CRAMER, James I. (1832-1914) and Sarah A. (1833-1915)

James Cramer and Sarah Scott became Sabbatarian Adventists about 1853, shortly before their marriage. In her 1859 diary Ellen White reports that she stayed overnight at the Cramers’ home in Grand Rapids, Michigan. By the following year, 1860, the Cramers had moved to nearby Wright, Michigan, and stayed there for the rest of their lives. In 1861 James was elected a deacon in the Wright church. In the census records he is listed as “carpenter” and “farmer.” It is probable that the “Brother and Sister Cramer” to whom Ellen White wrote in 1873 concerning their spiritual struggles and dangers were in fact James and Sarah Cramer.1EGWLM 816.2

See: Ottawa County Cemetery Records, Vol. II, pp. 174-297, 1972, Advent Cemetery, Wright Township, Section 19, p. 275; obituary: “James I. Cramer,” Review, Sept. 3, 1914, p. 23; obituary: “Sarrah [sic] Scott Cramer,” Review, Nov. 4, 1915, p. 22; search term “Cramer” in Review and Herald online collection, www.adventistarchives.org; 1860 U.S. Federal Census, “James Cramer,” Michigan, Ottawa County, Wright, p. 121; Ellen G. White, Ms 5, 1859 (Jan. 18 entry); Lt 16, 1873 (Nov. 25).1EGWLM 816.3