Vernon Elmer CRAVENS

1897 - 1950  (52 years)

• Name	Vernon Elmer CRAVENS
  Birth	14 Jul 1897	Minnesota, United States   [1]
  	No record of Vernon's birth has been found at the time of this writing (2013). However, his birth date is accepted as 14 Jul 1897 based on several records. On the 1900 census, his birth was listed as July 1897. The US Veterans Gravesites database lists his date of birth as 14 July 1917 and service start date as 21 April 1917. There was obviously with a transcription error for the year of birth.
  Gender	Male
  Military	21 Apr 1917  [1]
  News	9 Jan 1919	Princeton, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States   [2]
  	Home on furlough, Vernon Cravens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hason Cravens, formerly of Minneapolis but now of Wayzata, is home on a 15-day furlough. He has been overseas as a member of the crew of the battleship Texas for two years and witnessed the surrender of the German fleet. After his furlough he will complete the four-year term for which, at the age of 19, he enlisted.
  News	10 Jul 1919	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States   [3]
  	Mr. and Mrs. Clair Cravens and children, Vernon Cravens and Miss Hustad, all of Minneapolis, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Olson from Thursday of last week to Monday of this. The Cravens boys are both working in Minneapolis printing offices and doing well. Vernon recently returned from European waters, where he was a gunner on the battleship Texas. He was present at the surrender of the Hun fleet and attended the banquet given by the kind and queen of Great Britain to the American tars at Buckingham palace.
  Census	8 Jan 1920	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
  News	20 May 1939	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States   [4]
  	Obituary of Georgiana (Stanwood) Cravens
  Death	27 Apr 1950	Hennepin, Minnesota, United States   [5, 6]
  Burial	1 May 1950	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I1826	Stanwood Family
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Hazen Elmer CRAVENS,   b. 23 Apr 1863, Princeton, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States d. 13 Aug 1936, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Georgiana STANWOOD,   b. 31 Jan 1872, Santiago, Sherburne, Minnesota, United States d. 19 May 1939, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	27 Jun 1888	Princeton, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States   [7]
  Family ID	F224	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hazel HUSTED,   b. 20 Nov 1895   d. 21 Oct 1987 (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	Y  [6]
  	1929
  Family ID	F391	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Vernon Cravens was remembered fondly by his cousin, Goldie (Simpson) Edwards. Quite the prankster, Vernon would put cigarettes into young Goldie's purse, attempting to get the notice (and reaction) of Goldie's mother, Susie. At the age of 19, Vernon enlisted in the Navy, and served as a gunner on the battleship Texas. Newspaper reports state he witnessed the surrender of the German fleet and was entertained by the King and Queen of Great Britain at Buckingham palace. Sometime after this, Vernon apparently owned a restaurant, as his cousin Goldie recalled he was undaunted by prohibition, continuing to sell alcohol in his establishment. Vernon and his wife Hazel did not have children.

  
  

• Sources

  [S506] "U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006", entry for Vernon Elmer Cravens, accessed 16 February 2013. citing National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [S1421] NEWS: The Princeton Union, local news; 9 January 1919; Vernon Cravens home on furlough, p. 5.; 17 February 2013. CRAVENS_Vernon_b1897_news_1919_01_09_001 [S1421] NEWS: The Princeton Union, Local Brevities; 10 July 1919; Vernon Cravens and Miss Hustad, and Mr. & Mrs. Clair (sic) Cravens and children, p. 5; 17 February 2013. CRAVENS_Vernon_b1897_news_1919_01_09_002 [S1145] NEWS: The Minneapolis Star, Death notices; 20 May 1939; Georgiana Cravens, p. 8; 2011. STANWOOD_Georgiana_b1872_obit_001 [S1689] DB: Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2017, 16 February 2013; entry for Vernon Elmer Cravens. [S850] Cravens, Richard, Cravens genealogy to Mahieu (8 May 1996), Lauren Rogers, Mahieu Family Papers, Family group sheets, annotated, included with personal correspondence. [S999] Ilgen, Diana Schwartzkopf, E-mail to Lauren Rogers Mahieu, Cravens Family Files, ca. 2000, copy of marriage certificate for Hason E. Cravens and Georgiana Stanwood (1888).