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View Tree for Daniel C. CripeDaniel C. Cripe (b. May 06, 1762, d. December 10, 1859)

Daniel C. Cripe (son of Jacob Grieb Jr. and Barbara Shidler) was born May 06, 1762 in Altoona, PA, and died December 10, 1859 in Goshen, IN; Elkhart County. He married Magdalena Miller on May 25, 1796 in OH / KY ??, daughter of Philip Jacob Miller and Magdelena Rochette.

 Includes NotesNotes for Daniel C. Cripe:
In the spring of 1830, he acquired land on the Elkhart Prairie, tow miles south of Goshen, IN. There he built a cabin. He returned to OH; Montgomery County to persuade his family to come to St. Joseph County, IN. Among those to acompany him were his son, Samuel & family, Martin Weybright & family, and Jacob Studebaker & family. With the help of neighbors, Daniel constructed a plow with a wooden mouldboard. Tradition states he was the first settler to plow a furrow on the Elkhart Prairie.

Daniel began to preach to pioneer families, preaching in German. A church as organized in 1830 with Daniel Cripe as its first elder and minister. Daniel & Magdalena's bodies were moved to the West Goshen Cemetery on May 28, 1961.


More About Daniel C. Cripe:
Date born 2: Could be 1772.

More About Daniel C. Cripe and Magdalena Miller:
Marriage: May 25, 1796, OH / KY ??.

Children of Daniel C. Cripe and Magdalena Miller are:
  1. Mary Cripe, b. January 08, 1797, d. November 04, 1868, Goshen, IN; Elkhart County.
  2. +Samuel D. Cripe, b. October 16, 1799, Montgomery, OH; Hamilton County, d. June 22, 1862, Goshen, IN; Elkhart County.
  3. Benjamin Cripe, b. August 06, 1801, OH; Clerm. County, d. November 09, 1855, Goshen, IN; Elkhart County.
  4. John Cripe, b. October 11, 1802, OH, d. November 04, 1886, Goshen, IN; Elkhart County.
  5. Daniel Cripe, b. May 29, 1805, OH, d. December 17, 1883, Goshen, IN; Elkhart County.
  6. Emanuel Cripe, b. October 07, 1806, OH; Montgomery County, d. June 1893, Goshen, IN; Elkhart County.
  7. Elizabeth Cripe, b. May 27, 1808, OH, d. February 05, 1840, Goshen, IN; Elkhart County.
  8. Susan Cripe, b. February 05, 1810, OH, d. February 03, 1876, Goshen, IN; Elkhart County.
  9. Catherine Cripe, b. May 06, 1812, OH; Montgomery County, d. November 13, 1888, Goshen, IN; Elkhart County.
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