Joel Cramer  1824 to 1911
   Joel Cramer was born in Wayne County, Pennsylvania in 1824.  
Nothing is known of his parents.  By 1850 Mr. Cramer was working 
as a coach maker with Aaron Haycock in Henry County, Indiana.  
On May 19, 1850 he married Hannah Thayer, born in Pennsylvania.  
Their children were Josephine, born abt. 1852, Milton born 1854, 
James born 1855, Hannah, born 1856 and Ruth born 1860.
   Joel and Hannah and family moved between Pennsylvania, Indiana 
and Iowa, finally settling in Wingville, Grant County, Wisconsin 
about 1855.  He worked as a wagon maker in Wingville till he moved 
his business to the North side of Boscobel.
    Hannah died about 1860 and Joel married Elizabeth Allison of 
Wingville in 1862.  Elizabeth was born in Kentucky.  Their children 
were Henry E., who married Wilda Pratt, Frank who never married and 
Ara Ella who married Robert T. Gamble. 
   Mr. Cramer was an early member and trustee of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church formed in 1855.  He was a charter member of the First Lodge of 
Mason's, #101.
Sources:  "C.E.Butterfield's History of Grant Co."
 1881 Chicago, IL:   Western Historical Society
 
     Genealogical Research by Mary R. Jenista publication date: 2002

Reproduced with the permission to reprint and submitted by:  
Mary R. Jenista (jnm@mwt.net)