Mary Ann Cragun

Mary Ann (Ellis) Cragun (1855 - 1926), daughter of Edmund Ellis (1822 - 1903) and Sarah Grace Barnaby (1832 - 1904), was born 3 August 1855 at Melksham, Wiltshire, England. She married Wilford Elisha Cragun (1852 - 1896) on 2 January 1871 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory; they had thirteen children. She died at the age of 70 on 19 March 1926 at Pleasant View, Weber County, Utah, and was buried on 23 March at Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, Weber County.

Marriage and Children

1. Wilford Elisha Cragun (1852 - 1896), married 2 January 1871 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory
   1. Mary Ann "Manie" Cragun (1871 - 1961)
   2. Sarah Susan Cragun (1873 - 1874)
   3. Wilford Simeon Cragun (1875 - 1946)
   4. Julia Amelia Cragun (1877 - 1960)
   5. May Mahalia Cragun (1878 - 1944)
   6. Mormon Cragun (1880 - 1954)
   7. Edmund Cragun (1882 - 1964)
   8. Wiley Moroni Cragun (1884 - 1935)
   9. Rachel Eliza Cragun (1886 - 1886)
   10. Pearl Cragun (1887 - 1919)
   11. James Hyrum Cragun (1889 - 1951)
   12. Violet Grace Cragun (1892 - 1955)
   13. Eva Lillian Cragun (1894 - 1984)

Biographical Sketch

Mary Ann Ellis met Wilford Elisha Cragun after her family's move in 1869 to "Pole Patch" near Hot Springs, Weber County, Utah Territory. Wilford was a neighbor. She was fifteen and he was eighteen at the time of their marriage. Their first home was a two-room log cabin built way up on the hill at the foot of Ben Lomond Mountain. Soon Wilford bought land down the long road close to the highway, and built a two-story rockfront house with the rocks from his land and the bricks that he made from the clay on his land. Here, eleven of their thirteen children were born. Besides raising eleven of her own children, Mary Ann raised seven orphaned grandchildren.

• Residence: North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States - 1880
• Residence: Farr West, Harrisville, Pleasant View, Slaterville Precincts, Weber, Utah, United States - 1900
• Residence: Pleasant View, Weber, Utah, United States - 1910