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CRAMTON - WARD

Josiah Obear CRAMTON was born on 7 JUL 1838 in Berkshire, Franklin, VT.
Source: Birth Records, Vermont Vital Records.
He died on 2 MAY 1883 in Colchester, Chittenden, VT , and was buried in Enosburg Center Cemetery, VT.
   Parents: Chester Augustus CRAMTON (b. 11 OCT 1812) and Samantha MILLER (b. 9 MAY 1814)
   Graphics: Ancestry chart

Dr. Cramton suffered from rheumatic fever as a child. He was considered
too sicly to take up farming, so he apprenticed himself to a physician.
Later, he finished his medical studies in New York. He served as army
surgeon for the Union Army at Spotsylvania at the Battle ofthe Wilderness.
Returning from the war, he practice medicine in Winooski, VT. He served
as a surgeon general for the state, and served two terms in the state
legislature. Both is son and grandson also physicains (McMillian, 1956,
Page 640).

Charlotte Elizabeth WARD was born on 5 MAR 1844 in Castleton, Rutland, VT.
Source: Cramton, Augustus. Personal Papers in the collection of the Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier, VT
She died on 5 MAY 1909 in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, VT , and was buried in Enosburg Center Cemetery, VT.

Josiah Obear CRAMTON and Charlotte Elizabeth WARD were married on 30 OCT 1863 in Milton, Chittenden, VT.
They had the following children:

Infant Son CRAMTON was born on 2 DEC 1868 in Fairfield, Franklin, VT. He died on 2 DEC 1868 in Fairfield, Franklin, VT.
Charles Augustus CRAMTON was born on 1 JUL 1872 in Winooski, Chittenden, VT. He died on 21 MAR 1933 in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, VT.

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