STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1902,page 5, column 5

DELILA (STEALY) CRAIN, 16 Sep 1834 - 09 Jul 1902

   Delila Stealy Crain was born in Marion Co., Ohio, September 16, 
1834, died in Milan, Oklahoma, July 9th, 1902, aged 67 years, 9 
months and 23 days.
   Mrs. Crain was a sister of our townsman, Jacob Stealy.  Obituary 
next week.

STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1902, page 8, column 7

   Delila Stealy was born in Marion county, Ohio, Sept. 16, 1834, 
and came to Steuben county, Feb. 17, 1836.  In Dec. 1850 she was 
married to Orange Crain and continued to Live in Angola until 
October 1878, when they moved to Kansas, living in Tanner county 
until Jan. 1, 1898, when they went to make their home in Milan, 
Wood county, Oklahoma, and when Mr. Crain died in 1900, Mrs. Crain 
remained there until her death which occurred July 9, 1902.  Five 
children survive her, three sons and two daughters.
   Mrs. Crain was an estimable woman, a faithful wife and loving 
mother, and beloved by all.  She was one of the eleven children of 
Rev. John Stealy, four of whom are still living in Angola, Lewis 
and Jacob Stealy, Mrs. Levi Bigler and Mrs. Lydia Adams.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Delila (Stealy) Crain, 16 Sep 1834 - 09 Jul 1902, married Orange Crain, 
03 Apr 1827 - 21 Jun 1900. (12 Dec 1852 on marriage license with her name 
as Delilah).  No information on burial place.  No information on 
children's names.

   Delila's parents were Rev. John Stealy, 07 Apr 1793/94 - 17 Aug 
1848/49, and Susanna H. (Seitze) Stealy, 16 Jul 1801 - 14 Mar 1875.  They 
are buried at Old Angola Cemetery, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana.

A partial list of Delila's siblings:

   Catherine (Stealy) Bigler, 05 Aug 1830 - 25 Jul 1909, married Levi 
Bigler, 18 Mar 1829 - 16 Dec 1930, both buried at Circle Hill Cemetery, 
Angola, Steuben County, Indiana.  Levi was the son of Emanuel and Anna 
(Ewing) Bigler.
   Lydia (Stealy) Adams, married Chester Adams.  Not listed in Cemetery 
book.
   Christian Stealy, 13 Dec 1818 - 21 May 1883, married Catherine 
Wrigther. Christian is buried at the Old Angola Cemetery.  Burial place 
for Christian is unknown.
   John Stealy, 05 Nov 1839 - 21 Feb 1862, a fifer in Co. A., 44th Ind. 
Vol. Inf., enlisted Aug 1861, died of typhoid.
   Lewis Stealy, 02 Nov 1826 - 21 Jul 1907.  Buried at Old Angola 
Cemetery.

"History of Steuben County, IN - 1885",
   page 651, biography of father-in-law, Ezekiel Crain
   pages 654, 655, biography of brother, Christian Stealy
   pages 667, 668, biography of brother-in-law, Levi Bigler
   pages 673, 674, biography of brother-in-law, A. D. Crain
   page 693, biography of brother, Lewis Stealy
Steuben Republican, 22 Aug 1900, "The Pioneers"
Steuben Republican, 27 Aug 1902, "The Pioneers"
"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Siebel Lewis, Vol. 
I, page 151; Vol. II, page 1743.

Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net