52 Ancestors: Week 41, Thomas Abial and Emma Alberta (Bailey) Cram

Orginal post: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Thomas Abial Cram, son of James and Louisa (Bailey) Cram, was probably born in Trenton, Washington County, Wisconsin1 30 August 1849 and died probably in Burt County, Nebraska 24 February 1904.2 He married at his parent's home in Cuming City, Washington County, Nebraska 27 February 1870, Emma Alberta (Rice) Bailey, adopted daughter of Thomas B. and Ruth Waterman (Fletcher) Bailey.3,4,5 She was born in Washington County, Wisconsin 27 October 1849 and died in Herman, Washington County, Nebraska 2 January 1923.6,7 They were both buried in New England Cemetery in Herman.8,9 Thomas' mother Louisa (Bailey) Cram and Emma's adoptive father Thomas B. Bailey were siblings. The two families were part of a migration of several interrelated families from Maine to Wisconsin in the 1840s. By 1850, James' parents had return to Montville, Waldo County, Maine.10 Emma's family were still in Trenton, Wisconsin in 1850.11 They later moved to Juneau County, Wisconsin…