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- "Effie was born December 6, 1886 in Gibson County, Indiana. She married Thomas Crackel December 5, 1904 in Bellmont,Wabash County, Illinois. Thomas was born May 14, 1876 in Caseyville, Kentucky. His parents were Walter Eldon and Alexzeen (Black) Cracke. Alexzeen was of French descent from the Lovellette families of Knox Co., Indiana, and Wabash County, Illinois."
"Tom Crackel fished, was a farm laborer and sometimes was a tax collector. According to Harry Joe Crow, Tom liked to drink Stirling Beer, was mild tempered (except when riled while drinking), traveled a lot, aand enjoyed chance games. He wore high top sneakers and dress slacks whenever possible. Effie and Thomas lived in Bellmonth, Illinois for awhile, where their first child was born. They later moved to Crowleyville, Indiana and lived on the banks of the Wabash River, where they (had) three more children. Thomas'father, Walter, lived with the family until 1918 when Tom Crackel moved his family to southeast Missouri. Walter died shortly thereafter. Tom was a farm laborer and Effie supplemented the famil income by picking cotton alongside her children close to Kennett, Missouri. Effie and Tom separated when the children were teenagers and Tom moved back to the Crowleyville, Indiana area."
"Effie followed her son, Kelsey, to Los Angeles, California in the early 1940s. She worked as a chef in Mannings restaurant in Los Angeles, and bought a house of her own in Baldwin Park, California. She retired on social security in the 1960s. Effie had a green thumb and loved to grow colorful flowers. People rode the red street car from other communities to come and look at her garden. Thomas died January 4, 1958 in Princeton, Indiana and is buried in Maumee Cemetary (sic) Johnson, Gibson Conty, Indiana. Effie died on July 27, 1967 in San Gabriel, California and she is buried in Rose Hills Cemetary (sic), California.
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1886 - Yes, date unknown
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