The numbered documents on this site are all related to an investigation regarding an inheritance of Margaret Marshall McCracken.  They include attorney correspondence, Power of Attorneys, and letters written by the children and/or grandchildren of Alexander and Margaret (Marshall) McCracken.  Many of these letters include recollections of the writer regarding Margaret and Alexander’s history and are written in the mid 1870’s although a few are dated earlier than that.

                In all of the transcriptions, no corrections have been made to any spelling or grammer errors.  Illegible words are marked as {can’t read} as well as notes added by the transcriber. 

                Each document is numbered with the following description:

 

Attorney Correspondence:

#1:  (28th Jan. 1875) Letter from attorney Fred Fairthorne to attorney A. W. Falkenthal

#2:  (21st July 1876) Letter from Dublin attorney, James _________ to A. W. Falkenthal

#3:  (29th April 1875) Letter from A. W. Falkenthal to Margaret (McCracken) Gaff

#4:  (28th Jan. 1875) Letter from Baker & Green, NYC attorneys to attorney A. W. Falkenthal

#5:  (3rd March 1875) Letter from Baker & Green, NYC attorneys to attorney A. W. Falkenthal

 

Lilly (McCracken) Reed’s Branch:

#6:  (24th July 1875) Letter from John Reed, son of Lilly, to attorney A. W. Falkenthal.  Also letter written

                from Lilly Reed as written by her daughter to A. W. Falkenthal.

 

William McCracken’s Branch:

#7:  (May/June 1868) Power of Attorney from William McCracken, Lilly Reed, Robert McCracken, John

                and Martha Harbison to Alexander McCracken of Cambridge, OH

#8:  (no date, 1870’s) Fraction of a letter from Alexander McCracken of Philadelphia to A. W. Falkenthal

#9:  (Sept. 1875) Fraction of a letter from Alexander McCracken of Philadelphia to A. W. Falkenthal

#10:  (23rd June 1869) Letter from George Dougan of Niles, Michigan to Alexander McCracken.  On the

                reverse side of the paper Alexander wrote his own letter to “Uncle” Arthur McCracken.

#11:  (25th Dec 1875) Letter from Alexander McCracken to A. W. Falkenthal

#12:  (3rd Sept. 1875) Letter from Alexander McCracken to A. W. Falkenthal

#13:  (24th Nov. 1875) Letter from Alexander McCracken to A. W. Falkenthal

#14:  (6th Dec. 1875) Letter from Alexander McCracken to A. W. Falkenthal

#15:  (21st Feb. 1877) Letter from Alexander McCracken to A. W. Falkenthal

#16:  (13th Sept. 1875) Letter from Alexander McCracken to A. W. Falkenthal

#17:  (7th Jan. 1876) Letter from Alexander McCracken to A. W. Falkenthal

#18:  (20th Jan 1876) Letter from Alexander McCracken to A. W. Falkenthal

#19:  (10th April 1876) Letter from Alexander McCracken to A. W. Falkenthal

 

Robert Marshall McCracken Branch:

#20:   (13th Aug 1875) Power of Attorney from Robert Marshall McCracken to Adolphus W. Falkenthal

#21:  (15th April 1875) Agreement from Robert Marshall McCracken to pay A.W. Falkthenal ½ of the

                expenses in pursuing the Marshall estate out of any proceeds gained.

#22:  (15th April 1875) An Affidavit from Robert Marshall McCracken about his Marshall lineage.

#23:  (no date) Fraction of an Affidavit from Robert Marshall McCracken

#24:  (16th Feb. 1875) Letter from Robert Marshall McCracken to A.W. Falkenthal

#25:  (13th May 1875) Letter from Robert Marshall McCracken to A.W. Falkenthal

#26:  (14th April 1875) Power of Attorney from Robert Marshall McCracken to A.W. Falkenthal

#27:  (17th April 1875) Letter from Robert Marshall McCracken to A. W. Falkenthal

#28:  (25th Sept. 1875) Letter from Robert McCracken, Jr. to Friend.

#29:  (23rd Nov 1875) Letter from Robert Marshall McCracken to A.W. Falkenthal

 

Alexander McCracken II Branch:

#30:  (21st Dec. 1875) Letter from Isabel (McCracken) Dooley to A.W. Falkenthal

#31:  Not copiable

 

Henry McCracken Branch:

#32:  (21st Nov. 186?) Letter from Sarah Jane (McCracken) Smith to “Uncle”

#33:  (5th Jan. 1875) Letter from Sarah Jane (McCracken) Smith to A. W. Falkenthal.  Very discursive

                about the Marshall family, and Sarah’s trip to Ireland.

#34:  (25th Oct. 1875) Letter from Sarah Jane (McCracken) Smith to A.W. Falkenthal

 

Martha (McCracken) Harbison’s Branch:

#35 (4th Jan. 1875) Letter from Alexander Archibald Harbison to A. W. Falkenthal

 

Margaret (McCracken) Gaff Branch:

#36:  (1st Aug. 1875) Contract between Margaret (McCracken) Gaff and A. W. Falkenthal

#37:

#38:  (15th Feb. 1876) Letter from Margaret (McCracken) Gaff to A. W. Falkenthal

#39:  (1st Aug. 1875) Letter from Margaret (McCracken) Gaff to A. W. Falkenthal

#40:  (11th April 1868) Power of Attorney from Margaret (McCracken) Gaff to Alexander McCracken

#41:  (5th May 1875) Power of Attorney from Margaret (McCracken Gaff to A. W. Falkenthal

#42: 

 

Arthur McCracken’s Branch:

#43:  (1875) Power of Attorney from Arthur McCracken to Adolphus W. Falkenthal

#44:  (10th July 1875) Letter from Arthur McCracken

#45: (no date)  Contract between Arthur McCracken and A. W. Falkenthal

#46:  (19th July 1875) Power of Attorney from Arthur McCracken to A. W. Falkenthal

#47:  Not copyable

#48:  (31st July 1875) Contract between Arthur McCracken and A. W. Falkenthal

#49:  (no date) Contract between Arthur McCracken and A. W. Falkenthal

#50:  (19th July 1879) Letter from Arthur McCracken to A. W. Falkenthal

#51:  (28th July 1875) Letter from Arthur McCracken to A. W. Falkenthal

 

Mary “Polly” (McCracken) McClary/Morton Branch:

#52:  (2nd April ????) Letter from Martha Jane Morrison to A. W. Falkenthal

#53: (31st Dec. 1875) Letter to A. W. Falkenthal from {can’t read} Morton

#54:  (26th Dec. 1875) Letter from ?? Morton to A. W. Falkenthal

#55:  (no date) Letter from Martha J. Morrison to A. W. Falkenthal

#56:  (17th Jan. 187?) Letter from Martha J. Morrison to A. W. Falkenthal

#57:  (27th Feb. ????) Letter from Martha J. Morrison to A. W. Falkenthal

#58:  (24th Jan. ????) Letter from Martha J. Morrison to A. W. Falkenthal

#59:  (10th Jul. ????) Letter from Martha J. Morrison to A. W. Falkenthal

 

 

Other:

#65-#71 (no date)  These are Sarah McCracken Smith’s pedigree charts as well as some of her notes.  Will

                take some time to transcribe these.

#72:  (around 1877) “History, traditions, statements, and lineage of the Marshall family and the McCracken

                family,” as arranged by Mrs. Sarah Smith

#73:  (27th July 1868) Copy of the results of searches against the lands of Fermaloy, Glenkeen, Bohard, and

                Derrycanton (written and copied by Sarah Smith)

#74:  (27th July 1868) Results of searches against the lands of Fermaloy, Glenkeen, Bohard, and

                Derrycanton from attorney ________ Mills, Dublin, Ireland

#75:  (23rd March to 13th June 1877) Notes, statements, etc. taken by Sarah Smith, together with her

                conclusions, etc.