Alexander Smith CRAM

Birth:
21 Oct 1873
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Death:
18 Jan 1948
Kanab, Kane, Utah
Burial:
20 Jan 1948
Kanab City Cemetery, Kane, Utah
Marriage:
23 Oct 1907
Kanab, Kane, Utah
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                   BIRTH-DATE-PLACE-PARENTS:  1.  Cemetery records, Kanab, kane county, Utah.  FHL film #0873918.  2. "A Compilation of Historical Facts and Information of the CRAM Family" compiled from various Cram family members by Stu Anthony and printed on May 3, 1992.  3.The Cram Sourcebook, vol. III.

MARRIAGE-DAT=PLACE-SPOUSE:  "A Compilation of Historical Facts and Information of the CRAM Family" compiled from various Cram family members by Stu Anthony and printed on May 3, 1992.

DEATH/BURIAL-DATE-PLACE:  1.  Cemetery records, Kanab, kane county, Utah.  FHL film #0873918.  2. "A Compilation of Historical Facts and Information of the CRAM Family" compiled from various Cram family members by Stu Anthony and printed on May 3, 1992.

OBITUARY:
                            ALEXANDER SMITH CRAM
                          Local Stockman, 75 Passes, Tuesday

         Funeral services for Alexander Smith Cram, 75, veteran stockman, was held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Kanab North Ward LDS Chapel, with Bishop Barton McAllister conducting.  Mr. Cram died at his home Tuesday, January 18, of causes incident to age.  A son of Charles and Margaret Smith Cram, he was born October 21, 1873, in Salt Lake City.  At the age of six he moved with his parents to Johnson, Kane County, Utah.  As a young man he made his home in Kanab, where he has resided since.
          Mr. Cram was engaged in the livestock industry during his entire life.  As a boy he assisted in running the cattle operated by the LDS Church at V. T. Ranch in the Kaibab forest, Arizona.  At the age of eighteen, he entered the cattle industry as a private owner, grazing his first livestock on mountain.  At the time of his death his livestock operations were based in House Rock Valley, Arizona.  His interests in this grazing territory began many years ago, when the valley was reached only by wagon trail.
         Mr. Cram assisted in developing the first culinary water system in Kanab, and was one of the contractors who built the tunnel section of the present local irrigation system.  He was a member of the LDS Church.
         He married Margaret Swapp, October 23, 1908, in Kanab.  In addition to his widow, he is survived by six children: Ormand Cram, Yucaipa, California; Mrs. Iva C. Maddox, Jacob Lake, Arizona; Mrs. Edith S. Bonham, Kanab; Cecil Cram, Fredonia, Arizona; Mrs. Hazel C. Fleming, Provo, and Margaret Cram of Kanab, Ten grandchildren, and one brother, George Cram of Las Vegas, Nevada.
Margaret SWAPP
Birth:
13 May 1888
Glendale, Kane, Utah
Death:
21 Mar 1973
Kanab, Kane, Utah
Burial:
Kanab City Cmty, Kane, Utah
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                   BIRTH-DATE-PLACE-PARENTS:  1.  LDS Church records for kanab, kane couty, Utah.  FHL film #0026061. 2. "A Compilation of Historical Facts and Information of the CRAM Family" compiled from various Cram family members by Stu Anthony and printed on May 3, 1992.

MARRIAGE-FAMILY:  Same as source of Birth information.

DEATH-BURIAL:  Same as source of Birth information.

OBITUARY:
                                     MARGARET SWAPP CRAM FARNSWORTH

         Mrs. Margaret C. Farnsworth, 80, passed away March 21 at the Kanab, Kane, County Hospital in Kanab from natural causes.
         Mrs. Farnsworth was born in Glendale, Utah, April 13, 1888, to James and Margaret Brinkerhoff Swapp.  She was one of twelve children.
         She married Alexander S. Cram, October 21, 1907, the marriage was later solemnized in the St. George LDS Temple.  This union was blessed with the birth of seven children, six of whom are still living.
         Mrs. Farnsworth was active in her Church in ward and stake primary for many years; also as a visiting teacher in Relief Society.  She was also a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers for many years.
         She married Frank Farnsworth, November 16, 1960.
        She is survived by her husband, Frank Farnsworth; sons, Ormand, San Diego, California; Cecil, Fredonia, Arizona; and daughters, Iva Maddox, and Edyth Bonham, of Kanab; Hazel Fleming of Provo; and Margaret Tennant, of Agana, Guam; fifteen grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren; brothers, George Swapp and Donald Swapp, Kanab; sisters, Elizabeth S. Ford, Kanab; Loretta Little, Oroville, California; Viola G. Beams, Seal Beach, California.
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Notes:
                   BIRTH-DATE-PLACE-PARENTS:  1. LDS Church records for Kanab, Kane county, Utah. FHL film #0026061.  [NOTE: Name is listed as be ALEXANDER ORMAND - note - ORMAND ALEXANDER.]  2.  "A Compilation of Historical Facts and Information of the CRAM Family" compiled from various Cram family members by Stu Anthony and printed on May 3, 1992.

MARRIAGE-FAMILY:  Same as source of Birth information.

DEATH-BURIAL:  Same as source of Birth information.

BAPTISM: LDS Church records for Kanab, Kane county, Utah. FHL film #0026061
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                   BIRTH-DATE-PLACE-PARENTS:  1.LDS church records. Kanab, Kane county, Utah.  FHL film #0026061.  2. Cemetery records, Kanab, kane county, Utah. FHL film #0873918.

DEATH/BURIAL-DATE-PLACE:  1.  Cemetery records, Kanab, kane county, Utah.  FHL film #0873918.
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                   BIRTH-DATE-PLACE-PARENTS:  1. "A Compilation of Historical Facts and Information of the CRAM Family" compiled from various Cram family members by Stu Anthony and printed on May 3, 1992.  2.  LDS Church records for Kanab, Kane county, Utah.

BAPTISM:  LDS Church records for Kanab, Kane county, Utah.  FHL film #0026061.

DEATH-DATE-PLACE:  "A Compilation of Historical Facts and Information of the CRAM Family" compiled from various Cram family members by Stu Anthony and printed on May 3, 1992.
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Alexander Smith Cram - Margaret Swapp

Alexander Smith Cram was born at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah 21 Oct 1873. His parents were Charles Sanborn Cram and Margaret Smith.

He married Margaret Swapp 23 Oct 1907 at Kanab, Kane, Utah . Margaret Swapp was born at Glendale, Kane, Utah 13 May 1888 .

They were the parents of 7 children:
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Alexander Smith Cram died 18 Jan 1948 at Kanab, Kane, Utah .

Margaret Swapp died 21 Mar 1973 at Kanab, Kane, Utah .