John Gooch Cravens

1848 - 1907  (58 years)

• Name	John Gooch Cravens
  Birth	18 Dec 1848	, McLean, Kentucky, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Jun 1907	Delaware, Daviess, Kentucky, USA
  Person ID	I18006	Master
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	Young Jackson Cravens,   b. 10 Sep 1815, , Daviess, Kentucky, USA d. 12 May 1861, , McLean, Kentucky, USA (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Mildred Davis,   b. 31 Aug 1815, , Henderson, Kentucky, USA d. 3 Oct 1851, , Daviess, Kentucky, USA (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	1 Nov 1838	Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, USA
  Family ID	F4584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 18 Dec 1848 - , McLean, Kentucky, USA Death - 1 Jun 1907 - Delaware, Daviess, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  John Gooch Cravens was the fourth and youngest son of Young Jackson and Mildred Cravens and was born near Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky on December 18, 1848. John was named for the famous Governor Gooch of Goodland, Virginia. The early life of John was spent on a farm in McLean County, where he attended the county school. After Julia and John married they made their home at John's father's farm and lived there until 1891. John and Julia left the farm and moved to Henderson, Kentucky, later leaving the town of Henderson and into the county of Henderson. John and Julia had a total of eight children, all born in McLean County. In 1893, John moved his family once again, this time to Delaware County, Kentucky. In 1902 their home in Henderson County was completely destroyed by fire, which also destroyed all of their belongings. At the time of the fire, only two of their eight children still remained at home. These two were the youngest who were twins, Ethel and Elbert. John, Julia and their two remaining children then moved to a nearby farm in Daviess County, Kentucky. "The House of Cravens" "John G. Cravens was a prominent leader in his community and active in all civic affairs. He was one of the founders of the Delaware Creek Baptist Church and was first clerk. He served as a deacon from 1894 to 1904. John was a man of jovial nature and great tease, which often resulted in numerous scuffles and practical jokes with his children. As was the custom in his day, he wore a full length beard, which attained a length of some five inches below his chin, and it was very heavy and inclined to be curley. A favorite story of my mother, the youngest daughter, is that one day he came around the back of the house where the girls were doing their family laundry in wash tubs and made some disparaging remark about the quality of their work in getting the clothes clean. This resulted in his daughter, Mabel, who possessed some of her father's deviltry, scooping up a handful of very thick starch with which she was getting ready to starch the stiff petticoats., and starching his entire beard." John Gooch Cravens died at the Delaware farm house on June 01, 1907. The REVEREND W. Stevens of the Calhoun Baptist Church, where John Cravens served as clerk from 1888 to 1890, performed the ceremony. Julia's parents registered their marriage bond on April 07, 1834, witnessed by William Settle and James D. Shackelford, which was recorded at the Springfield, Kentucky Court House.