Almira E Simeral

Almira Crane, dau. of Samuel Crane and Katurah Roundy, was born in Moriah, New York on Oct. 28, 1832; m. JOHN H. SIMERAL of Terra Haute, Indiana on Dec. 9, 1852; res. in Silverton, Oregon.

OBITUARY: Mrs. Almira E. Franklin Joins Throng on Other Shore – Deceased Crossed Plains in 1864 and Located in Marion County the Following Summer – of Five Children Four Survive Her – Mrs. Almira E. Franklin died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Carrie Hicks, at Silverton, Oregon, Monday, December 7, 1903, aged 71 years, 1 month, and 9 days. Almira E. Crane, the subject of this sketch, was born in Essex County, New York, on the 28th day of October 1832. She moved to Iowa with her sister in 1849, where she was united in marriage to John H. Simeral on December 9, 1852. To this union five children were born, four of whom survive her, W. L. Simeral, of Macleay; A. F. Simeral and Mrs. Carrie Hicks of Silverton, and C. J. Simeral of this city. The family resided in Iowa until 1864, when they crossed the plains to Boise City, Idaho, where they remained during the winter, and came to the Willamette Valley in the summer of 1865, settling in Marion County, where they have since resided, with the exception of a year and a half’s residence in Clackamas County. She embrace religion when quite young, and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which she was a member until a few years ago, when she transferred her membership to the Abiqua class of the United Brethren Church. She could not attend this church the last few years, and asked for a letter and deposited it with the Christian church in Silverton. On December 21, 1891, the husband and father preceded her to that shore from whence no traveler returns. On November 24, 1897, she was again united in marriage to Mr. Josiah Franklin, who died February 13, 1898. Mrs. Franklin had resided with her children since her second affliction, and passed to her reward, as stated above, on Monday afternoon. She was in her usual good health and a little spryer than usual, ate a hearty dinner and sat down in a rocking chair by the stove and when noticed by her daughter a few minutes later she was asleep, but in that long last sleep, to not awaken until the sounding of the trumpet. The remains were laid to rest yesterday by the side of those of her first husband, in the Warren Cemetery, in the Waldo Hills. Daily Oregon Statesman 10 Dec 1903 8:3.

• http://archive.org/stream/historyofwashing00wash#page/n7/mode/2up. Pg. 358

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daughter of Samuel E Crane & Katura Roundy

married Josiah Franklin, Nov 24, 1897, Marion, Oregon

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