Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., Grant Co. EDWARD T. CRAM was born in Pendleton County, Ky., October 1, 1853, and is the third son of Willard G. and Maria (McDonald) Cram, natives of Niagara County, N. Y., and Kenton County, Ky. Willard G. Cram came to Kentucky with his father, Ambrose Cram, also a native of New York, about 1825, and settled in Kenton County. Willard G. Cram was born in 1819. Jabez McDonald, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was a native of Kenton County, Ky., and of Scotch-Irish extraction. Edward T. Cram was reared in Pendleton County, and for several years was engaged in farming and teaching school. About 1880 he went to Williamstown, and took charge of the Williamstown Courier, the leading journal of the county, which was established September 4, 1879, by C. C. Cram, his brother, and now has a circulation of about 800. Edward T. Cram was married December 26, 1874, to Miss Margaret Grace, of New Orleans. Three children have blessed this union, viz: Willard G., Matthew A., and Cora O. Mr. Cram is a member of the Baptist Church, and a Democrat. Cram McDonald Grace = Kenton-KY Pendleton-KY Niagara-NY LA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/grant/cram.et.txt