Bio of Cronin, David Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Cronin, David (deceased) was one of the early settlers of Lake City,
having come here about 1856. He was born in Ireland, and there married
Miss Margaret Walsh in 1843. In 1846 they emigrated to the United States,
and for the following ten years was engaged in railroading in various
states both east and west. By this time they had succeeded in saving a
little money, and a small family had come to be cared for, hence their
removal so far northwest. Here he purchased a small farm of one hundred
and twenty acres in the town of Lake. Soon after he had got started at
farming came the outbreak of the late war, in which a spirit of patriotism
and love of his adopted country caused him to enlist. He became a member
of the 8th Minn. Vol. Inf., and was engaged in border warfare with the
Indians, when he died at Fort Abercrombie, where his remains now rest.
Mrs. Cronin, though aged and feeble, still resides in this city with her
four children, whose names in the order of their birth are: Daniel, Mary,
Margaret and David. One son, Michael, a promising young man, died (it is
supposed) from injuries received by being struck violently on the breast
with a plow handle. The mother and children are faithful members of the
Catholic church.
War of Rebellion (Civil War)