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EDWARD KIMMEL CRAVENER, MD.

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on 2010-04-24 10:46:54

mecravener has been a Family Tree Circles member since Apr 2010. is researching the following names: CRAVENER, KIMMEL, SHOEMAKER and 1 other(s).

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by mecravener on 2010-04-24 12:08:03

DR. EDWARD KIMMEL CRAVENER WAS AN MD., AND MY PATERNAL GRANDFATHER.HE WAS BORN 1898 AND DIED YOUNG AT THE APPOXOMENTLY 45 YEARS OF AGE.
HE GREW UP IN ILLINOS, PENN. AS THE OLDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. HIS MOTHER WAS JENNIE MAE KIMMEL AND WAS MARRIED TO AMOS ORLANDO CRAVENER. EDWARDS FAMILY WAS A RELGIOUS ONE. AMOS BECAME A MINISTER AFTER HAVING RECIEVED HIS CALLING.

EDWARD CAME TO LEARN TO BIBLE VERY WELL. AS A YOUNG MAN HE OFTEN PICKED UP THE BIBLE AND READ IT ONLY TO CONTINUE RECITING IT BY MEMORY.

EDWARD AND GEORGE BEGAN TO CONSUME ALCHAOL ON A REGULAR BASIS.


AS A STUDENT HE STUDIED AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL. LATER HE WAS A MEDICAL INTERN IN CLIFTON SPRINGS, NEW YORK. THERE THE LAST DAY,
HE PROPOSED TO GRACE ELIZABETH MILLER. THEY WERE MARRIED.

TOGETHER THEY MOVE TO SCENECTATY, NEW YORK. MY GRANDFATHER OPENNED HIS PRACTICE AND BOTH GRACE AND EDWARD HAD QUITE A SOCIAL LIFE. EVENING BEFORE AN OPERATION, HE EXCUSED HIMSELF AND GO UPSTAIRS.
THEN ONE HEARD EACH SHOE DROP.

AFTER BEING MARRIED TEN YEARS,GRACE CRAVENER COMFRONTED HER HUSBAND. HE WAS TOLD THAT SHE WANTED A CHILD. SHE WOULD DIVORCE HIM OTHERWISE.
"YOU SHALL HAVE YOUR CHILD". WAS EDWARDS RESPONSE.

EACH MARCH THE FAMILY TOOK A TRIP TO THE BAHAMAS. WHEN MY FATHER WAS FOUR YEARS OLD HIS FATHER DIED. GRACE MOVED BACK TO CLIFTON SPRINGS.
EDWARD WAS IN HIS FOURTIES UPON HIS DEATH.

by mecravener on 2010-04-24 12:13:14

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