Souvenir Edition, The Williamstown Courier, Williamstown, Ky, May 30, 
1901, reprinted September 19, 1981 by the Grant County KY Historical 
Society.

WILLARD GLIDDEN CRAM, SR., is a New Yorker by birth, having first come
into this world in that state August 24, 1819.  His parents were old 
Puritans and very strict in their beliefs and habits.  His father 
migrated to Kentucky when Mr. Cram was only five years old and settled 
in Kenton County.  There the young man Willard grew to manhood's estate.
He was reared on his father's farm and was inured to the hardships and 
the labors of pioneer farming at that early day.  His father died when 
Mr. Cram was very small and left six helpless children to the care of 
his mother.  Mr. Cram helped to provide for and take care of the family 
until his maturity, when he began farming for himself.
     In 1846, on November 10th, he was united in marriage to Maria
McDonald, and for more than fifty years he and his good wife have fought
the battle of life together.  To them eleven children have been born,
all of whom are now living.  The children are all married excepting 
George and all are doing well.
     In politics Mr. Cram is a free silver Democrat and is always in
line for his party and his friends.  During the war, while he did not 
enlist in the army of the Confederates states, he was a southern 
sympathizer, and he was arrested and placed in confinement at Camp 
Chase. 
     Mr. Cram and his wife have each been members of the Baptist Church
for many years and are always willing to do all they can to forward the
good work.  While a rich man, Mr. Cram is exceedingly liberal and broad
minded.  Mr. Cram has always had a warm spot in his heart for young men
and started several good boys in business, sent them to school and gave
them a chance in life.  He cast his first vote for Martin Van Buren in
1841 for President, and has never missed voting for the Democratic
ticket from top to bottom since.  Mr. Cram moved to Grant County on the
first day of December, 1880.  His youngest child is thirty years old,
and he and his good wife live in peace and quiet at the elegant country 
home north of Williamstown, on the Covington and Lexington Turnpike.

Cram McDonald
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Kenton-KY NY

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