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Daniel Campbell “Dan” Cravey

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Daniel Campbell “Dan” Cravey

Birth
Telfair County, Georgia, USA
Death
3 Apr 1921 (aged 73)
Rhine, Dodge County, Georgia, USA
Burial
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DODGE COUNTY
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
Volume IV.
1920-1928
By: Tad Evans
See Page 1722
Thursday, April 7, 1921
DANIEL C. CRAVEY DIED SUNDAY.

Mr. Daniel C. Cravey, father of Hon. John L. Cravey, of Eastman, & a
prominent planter of Pondtown district, died at his home several miles below
Rhine on Sunday evening last, after an illness of several weeks of
bronchia-pneumonia & complications.
The body was buried in Rhine Cemetery Monday afternoon, funeral services
being conducted at the Methodist church by Rev. Mr. Hill, pastor. A large
congregation of sorrowing relatives & friends were in attendance & not more than
half of those present could gain entrance to the church so large was the number
of those who had gathered to pay their last tribute of respect to one who had
for many years been a pillar of the church & the social & educational life of
the community. Those in attendance included quite a number of colored people
from the neighborhood of Mr. CRAVEY's home, all of whom were allowed to enter
the church & view the remains before the body was carried to the cemetery.
Mr. Cravey was born in Telfair Co, near Milan, on the 9th of February, 1848.
He was son of Capt. John Cravey, a gallant officer of the Confederacy who was
married three times & reared a family of twenty children. In 1874 Mr. Cravey
married to Miss Abigail Pickren, by whom he is survived. He is also survived by
10 children & three brothers & two sisters. The children are John L. Cravey,
Mrs. Mary L. Williams, Marvin Cravey, Mrs. J.D. Studstill, G. C. Cravey, Mrs.
Jennings Coffee, L. M. Cravey, Miss Essie Cravey. The brothers & sisters are R.
C., L. M., & John Cravey, all of Milan, Mrs. Susannah Walker & Mrs. M.
Pickren.

DODGE COUNTY
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
Volume IV.
1920-1928
By: Tad Evans
See Page 1722
Thursday, April 7, 1921
DANIEL C. CRAVEY DIED SUNDAY.

Mr. Daniel C. Cravey, father of Hon. John L. Cravey, of Eastman, & a
prominent planter of Pondtown district, died at his home several miles below
Rhine on Sunday evening last, after an illness of several weeks of
bronchia-pneumonia & complications.
The body was buried in Rhine Cemetery Monday afternoon, funeral services
being conducted at the Methodist church by Rev. Mr. Hill, pastor. A large
congregation of sorrowing relatives & friends were in attendance & not more than
half of those present could gain entrance to the church so large was the number
of those who had gathered to pay their last tribute of respect to one who had
for many years been a pillar of the church & the social & educational life of
the community. Those in attendance included quite a number of colored people
from the neighborhood of Mr. CRAVEY's home, all of whom were allowed to enter
the church & view the remains before the body was carried to the cemetery.
Mr. Cravey was born in Telfair Co, near Milan, on the 9th of February, 1848.
He was son of Capt. John Cravey, a gallant officer of the Confederacy who was
married three times & reared a family of twenty children. In 1874 Mr. Cravey
married to Miss Abigail Pickren, by whom he is survived. He is also survived by
10 children & three brothers & two sisters. The children are John L. Cravey,
Mrs. Mary L. Williams, Marvin Cravey, Mrs. J.D. Studstill, G. C. Cravey, Mrs.
Jennings Coffee, L. M. Cravey, Miss Essie Cravey. The brothers & sisters are R.
C., L. M., & John Cravey, all of Milan, Mrs. Susannah Walker & Mrs. M.
Pickren.

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