Cravey Cemetery
Dodge County, Georgia
Photos and information submitted by Bill Harrell
and Stephanie Lincecum


John Cravey, the head of the Cravey family, came from North Carolina and settled in Telfair County, a part of which later became Dodge. He was a Captain in the Confederate army. He married a daughter of Daniel Campbell, and their children were: Dave; Dan C.; Bob; Henry; Locke; John; Susanna, who married Bayers Walker; Mary, who married Bill Pickren; Lizzie, who married John D. Moore. He married, second, Jane Burnham, and their children were: Emma, who married Mark Garrison; Lena, who married Jess Knight. His third wife was Katherine Pickren, and their children were: Ida, who married a Campbell; Ben; Joe; and Tom.

Dan C. Cravey, son of John, married Abbie Pickren, and their children were: John L.; William Marvin; Grover Cleveland; Daniel; Walter R.; Loche; Madie, who married Joe B. Williams; Maggie, who married Jim Studstill; Ruth, who married Jennings Coffee; Essie, who married Eugene Willcox.

John L., son of Dan C., married Mittie Holland; William Marvin, son of Dan C., married Abbie Brown; G. C. married Mary Coody; Walter R. married Mahaley Draffin; Loche married Trellie Steele.
[From History of Dodge County by Mrs. Wilton Philip Cobb]

Mary
Wife of Daniel Campbell
Died May 22, 1885
Aged 72 Years

To The Memory Of
Daniel Campbell
Died Aug 01, 1882
Aged 86 Yrs.
Sacred To The Memory Of
Columbia Campbell
Born Nov 10th, 1842
Died Sept 25th, 1862
S. J.
Wife Of John Crarey
Died March 16, 1878
Aged 35 yrs 9 mos 5 dys
Dear Mother, In Earth's Thorny Paths, How Long Thy Feet Have Trod! To Find At Last This Peaceful Rest, Safe In The Arms Of God.
Infant Daughter Of
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Pickren
April 16, 1940

To the Memory of
?
Wife of J. Cravey
Born Sept 5, 1825
Died Sept 18, 1869

To Our Father
David Yancey
Born Dec 13, 1843
Died Sept 28, 1899
Aged 56 Yrs. 9 Mo. & 10 Days

Elizabeth
Wife of John Crarey
Died Sept 18, 1869
Aged 44 Y'rs, 13 D'ys
She Sleeps Beneath Her Native Earth, And Near The Spot That Gave Her Birth. Her Youthful Feet Trod Flowers That Bloom In Beauty O'er Her Early Tomb.

W. D.
Son of W. N. & M. M. Pickren
Died Oct 10, 1884
Aged 1 yr 9 mos 8 dys


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