Belle McCrackin was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1870 to Dr. Maynard McPherson (of the McPherson line of Frederick County, Maryland)and Mary Pottinger Fitzhugh.
Belle married Alexander McCrackin, a career U.S. Naval officer, on 7/24/1895 in San Francisco, California. They married in her father's home. Belle was considerably younger than Captain McCrackin as she was only 43 or 44 years old when he died in 1911. The wedding announcement published in the San Francisco Chronicle on 7/25/1895 reported the wedding was a small affair with the bride's family and a few of her girlfriends in attendance. The Reverend Robert Walk, Rector of the Trinity Church, officiated and the maid of honor was Belle's cousin, Miss Anna Hall. A Mr. R. P. (Rennie) Schwerin served as the best man. The article noted that the bride was "gowned in heavy corded white silk". The article ended by saying they would spend a few days together in San Francisco, then return to Annapolis. Upon his retirement from active Naval service, they returned to San Francisco to live.
After her husband retired and his subsequent death in San Francisco, Belle stayed very active in San Franciscan society circles. Not only was she active in her Episcopalian church work, but she was also involved in women's suffrage, Colonial Dames Resident in State of California, the United Daughters of Confederacy, Town and Country Club of San Francisco, Y.W.C.A., Drama League, Channing Auxiliary, Army and Navy League, Navy Relief and something called the Rest Room for Business Women.
Belle's membership in the National Society of Colonial Dames (Maryland Chapter)is traced to her lineage of the following early Colonial Americans:
Col. Robert McPherson Hon. Henry Sewall
Col. William Fitzhugh Maj. Nicholas Sewall
Col. William Fitzhugh (Md.) Col. William Burgess
Belle and Commodore McCrackin had one child, Isabelle McPherson McCrackin, born 5/21/1896. She died in the Alta Bates Sanitarium in Berkeley, California at age 18, on 4/15/1915, from injuries suffered in an accident.
There is a Death Certificate for Belle McPherson Cambron shown on Ancestry.com showing Belle apparently remarried to a Caroll G. Cambron after Commodore McCrackin's death. This marraige took place in San Francisco in 1928 (Death Certificate information provided by Diane Reich). Camron is buried in the same cemetery in Colma as Belle and Commodore McCrackin.
This memorial will be added to once more information is verified.
Belle married Alexander McCrackin, a career U.S. Naval officer, on 7/24/1895 in San Francisco, California. They married in her father's home. Belle was considerably younger than Captain McCrackin as she was only 43 or 44 years old when he died in 1911. The wedding announcement published in the San Francisco Chronicle on 7/25/1895 reported the wedding was a small affair with the bride's family and a few of her girlfriends in attendance. The Reverend Robert Walk, Rector of the Trinity Church, officiated and the maid of honor was Belle's cousin, Miss Anna Hall. A Mr. R. P. (Rennie) Schwerin served as the best man. The article noted that the bride was "gowned in heavy corded white silk". The article ended by saying they would spend a few days together in San Francisco, then return to Annapolis. Upon his retirement from active Naval service, they returned to San Francisco to live.
After her husband retired and his subsequent death in San Francisco, Belle stayed very active in San Franciscan society circles. Not only was she active in her Episcopalian church work, but she was also involved in women's suffrage, Colonial Dames Resident in State of California, the United Daughters of Confederacy, Town and Country Club of San Francisco, Y.W.C.A., Drama League, Channing Auxiliary, Army and Navy League, Navy Relief and something called the Rest Room for Business Women.
Belle's membership in the National Society of Colonial Dames (Maryland Chapter)is traced to her lineage of the following early Colonial Americans:
Col. Robert McPherson Hon. Henry Sewall
Col. William Fitzhugh Maj. Nicholas Sewall
Col. William Fitzhugh (Md.) Col. William Burgess
Belle and Commodore McCrackin had one child, Isabelle McPherson McCrackin, born 5/21/1896. She died in the Alta Bates Sanitarium in Berkeley, California at age 18, on 4/15/1915, from injuries suffered in an accident.
There is a Death Certificate for Belle McPherson Cambron shown on Ancestry.com showing Belle apparently remarried to a Caroll G. Cambron after Commodore McCrackin's death. This marraige took place in San Francisco in 1928 (Death Certificate information provided by Diane Reich). Camron is buried in the same cemetery in Colma as Belle and Commodore McCrackin.
This memorial will be added to once more information is verified.
Belle McCrackin was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1870 to Dr. Maynard McPherson (of the McPherson line of Frederick County, Maryland)and Mary Pottinger Fitzhugh.
Belle married Alexander McCrackin, a career U.S. Naval officer, on 7/24/1895 in San Francisco, California. They married in her father's home. Belle was considerably younger than Captain McCrackin as she was only 43 or 44 years old when he died in 1911. The wedding announcement published in the San Francisco Chronicle on 7/25/1895 reported the wedding was a small affair with the bride's family and a few of her girlfriends in attendance. The Reverend Robert Walk, Rector of the Trinity Church, officiated and the maid of honor was Belle's cousin, Miss Anna Hall. A Mr. R. P. (Rennie) Schwerin served as the best man. The article noted that the bride was "gowned in heavy corded white silk". The article ended by saying they would spend a few days together in San Francisco, then return to Annapolis. Upon his retirement from active Naval service, they returned to San Francisco to live.
After her husband retired and his subsequent death in San Francisco, Belle stayed very active in San Franciscan society circles. Not only was she active in her Episcopalian church work, but she was also involved in women's suffrage, Colonial Dames Resident in State of California, the United Daughters of Confederacy, Town and Country Club of San Francisco, Y.W.C.A., Drama League, Channing Auxiliary, Army and Navy League, Navy Relief and something called the Rest Room for Business Women.
Belle's membership in the National Society of Colonial Dames (Maryland Chapter)is traced to her lineage of the following early Colonial Americans:
Col. Robert McPherson Hon. Henry Sewall
Col. William Fitzhugh Maj. Nicholas Sewall
Col. William Fitzhugh (Md.) Col. William Burgess
Belle and Commodore McCrackin had one child, Isabelle McPherson McCrackin, born 5/21/1896. She died in the Alta Bates Sanitarium in Berkeley, California at age 18, on 4/15/1915, from injuries suffered in an accident.
There is a Death Certificate for Belle McPherson Cambron shown on Ancestry.com showing Belle apparently remarried to a Caroll G. Cambron after Commodore McCrackin's death. This marraige took place in San Francisco in 1928 (Death Certificate information provided by Diane Reich). Camron is buried in the same cemetery in Colma as Belle and Commodore McCrackin.
This memorial will be added to once more information is verified.
Belle married Alexander McCrackin, a career U.S. Naval officer, on 7/24/1895 in San Francisco, California. They married in her father's home. Belle was considerably younger than Captain McCrackin as she was only 43 or 44 years old when he died in 1911. The wedding announcement published in the San Francisco Chronicle on 7/25/1895 reported the wedding was a small affair with the bride's family and a few of her girlfriends in attendance. The Reverend Robert Walk, Rector of the Trinity Church, officiated and the maid of honor was Belle's cousin, Miss Anna Hall. A Mr. R. P. (Rennie) Schwerin served as the best man. The article noted that the bride was "gowned in heavy corded white silk". The article ended by saying they would spend a few days together in San Francisco, then return to Annapolis. Upon his retirement from active Naval service, they returned to San Francisco to live.
After her husband retired and his subsequent death in San Francisco, Belle stayed very active in San Franciscan society circles. Not only was she active in her Episcopalian church work, but she was also involved in women's suffrage, Colonial Dames Resident in State of California, the United Daughters of Confederacy, Town and Country Club of San Francisco, Y.W.C.A., Drama League, Channing Auxiliary, Army and Navy League, Navy Relief and something called the Rest Room for Business Women.
Belle's membership in the National Society of Colonial Dames (Maryland Chapter)is traced to her lineage of the following early Colonial Americans:
Col. Robert McPherson Hon. Henry Sewall
Col. William Fitzhugh Maj. Nicholas Sewall
Col. William Fitzhugh (Md.) Col. William Burgess
Belle and Commodore McCrackin had one child, Isabelle McPherson McCrackin, born 5/21/1896. She died in the Alta Bates Sanitarium in Berkeley, California at age 18, on 4/15/1915, from injuries suffered in an accident.
There is a Death Certificate for Belle McPherson Cambron shown on Ancestry.com showing Belle apparently remarried to a Caroll G. Cambron after Commodore McCrackin's death. This marraige took place in San Francisco in 1928 (Death Certificate information provided by Diane Reich). Camron is buried in the same cemetery in Colma as Belle and Commodore McCrackin.
This memorial will be added to once more information is verified.
Gravesite Details
Per N Gray Funeral Records, Belle was cremated and her ashes placed at the Cypress Lawn Cemetery for interment in a niche or vault. However, there is a grave stone for her on the cemetery grounds.
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