52 Ancestors: Week 43, James and Louisa (Bailey) Cram

Orginal post: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks James Cram, son of James and Dorcas (Woodman) Cram, was born probably in Montville, Lincoln County, Maine (now Waldo County) in March 1825 and died probably in Burt County, Nebraska after the census was taken on 7 June 1900.1 He married say 1846, Lousia Bailey, daughter of Thomas Turner and Harriet (Turner) Bailey. She was born in Pittston, Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now Maine) 13 February 1815 and died in Nebraska 5 January 1886.2 After a few years in Trenton, Washington County, Wisconsin, James and his family returned to Montville, Maine where they resided in 1850.3 On 21 December 1855, Thomas W. Slip sold he and his father lots 30 and 13 (each containing 80 acres) of the Portland Academy Grant (incorporated as Bridgewater in 1858) in Aroostook County, Maine, respectively.4 He was recorded there in the 1860 census.5 The agricultural schedule for the census indicates that only 15 of the 80 acres were improved and that he had 1 horse, 3 milk…