Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Croak, John B. August 18, 1838 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Croak, John B., Winfield, was born in Carlow county, Ireland, August 18, 
1838.  He came to Frankfort in 1848 and to Winfield in 1852, where he worked 
at farming until 1856, and since that at mason work until December, 1863, when 
he went to Washington in the quartermaster's department, remaining there until 
the spring of 1864.  He was drafted in the fall of 1863 and paid $300 
commutation.  In the spring of 1864 he returned to Winfield and worked at his 
trade in that town, and Rome, Utica and other places as a contractor and 
builder, and did quite an extensive business.  In 1885 he was appointed 
postmaster of West Winfield, which he held until June, 1889, when he returned 
to his trade.  He married Nancy Rice in 1869, and they have four children:  
William T., George H., Maggie and Julia.  John B. Croak is a son of Martin and 
Margaret (Maher) Croak (both deceased).  The former died in Dakota, and the 
latter died on the ocean of cholera, June 23, 1848.  

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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