Mahlon Crampton b 1827 OH
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Mahlon Crampton is one of the honored pioneers who aided in laying the foundation on which to erect the superstructure of Delaware County's present prosperity and progress. Through the period of early development he was an important factor in the improvement and advancement of this section of the state, becoming identified with its interests when a young man of twenty-seven years. It was in the year 1854 that he came to Indiana and cast his lot with the early residents of Harrison Township, Delaware County, locating on the farm on which he now resides and on which had been erected a little log cabin. Into this cabin home he installed his family and they began life here in true pioneer style. All was then new and wild, but Mr. Crampton has lived to see his land cleared from the timber and placed under an excellent state of cultivation, and to him belongs the credit of having built the first ditch in this locality. He also took an active part in the building of the roads of Delaware County, assisting in building seven turnpikes in all, and many other equally as important public matters owe their origin to Mahlon Crampton. In 1870, a commodious and pleasant frame residence replaced his little cabin home, and here he is now spending the evening of his long and useful life.
Mr. Crampton was born in Ashland County, Ohio, March 2, 1827, a son of Joel and Elenor (Ross) Crampton. The father was born in New Heaven, Connecticut, November 20, 1802, and when a little lad of seven years, in 1809, he went with his parents to Ohio and there spent the remainder of his life, although his death occurred in Delaware County, Indiana, August 27, 1882. His entire business career was devoted to farming and stock raising, driving his stock to the Sandusky, Cincinnati and Toledo markets, and he became well and prominently known throughout the entire state of Ohio. His political affiliations were with the Whig Party. In Ashland County, Ohio, Joel Crampton married Elenor Ross, born in Jefferson County, that state, March 14, 1808, and she died in Warren County, Ohio, September 20, 1861. Their marriage was celebrated on the 13th of April, 1826, and they became the parents of six children, three of whom are now living: Mahlon, the subject of this review; Charles C., born in Ashland County, Ohio, October 9, 1838, married Mrs. Mary A. Benadum, nee Lincecum, and she is now deceased; and Hiram, who was born in Warren County, Ohio, May 23, 1842, married Rosa Lyons.
When but a boy of nine years, Mahlon Crampton entered upon a clerkship in a store in Richland County, Ohio, and from his Ohio, home he journeyed to Indiana in 1854. Two years previously, on the 2nd of September, 1852, he had married Miss Ruth Jane Crane, who was born in Warren County, Ohio, April 3, 1829, the daughter of Abner and Hulda (Robinson) Crane, both of whom were born in New Jersey, the former died on the 8th of December, 1835. They were married in Warren County, Ohio, and became the parents of nine children, five sons and four daughters, all of whom lived to years of maturity, but all are now deceased with the exception of Mrs. Crampton. Mr. Crane was numbered among the early Ohio pioneers and businessmen, he having conducted a cooper shop, and was also interested in the making of brick, pottery and crockery. He was a member of he New Light Church and was a Jefferson Democrat politically. Of the seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Crampton, five are now living: Ira E., who married L. Beuoy; Leroy R., who married Annie Smith, now deceased; Hulda E., the wife of John O. Lewelen; Isaac W., who married Nellie Thornburg; and Alfred S., who married Alta Reasnor. During the past fifty years, Mr. Crampton has held membership relations with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for many years has served as its trustee. As early as 1840 his father served as Superintendent of a Sunday school of that denomination in Ohio, and both the father and son taught classes in that school. Mr. Crampton has ever been deeply interested in any movement or measure tending to elevate or advance the interests of humanity, and his upright life commands universal respect.