Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Cronkhite, Jonas November 12, 1836 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Starjak naela@earthlink.net July 19, 2008, 3:15 pm Author: Hardin & Willard Cronkhite, Jonas, Danube, was born November 12, 1836. He succeeded to the old homestead upon which his grandfather Cornelius settled in 1786. This was originally part of the Lansing patent. Cornelius, upon his death, left the land to his son, John C. Cronkhite, father of Jonas, to whom it descended. The farm contains 118 acres of fine dairy land, upon which Mr. Cronkhite as erected a magnificent residence. He married Ann McKenzie, and they have one son, Grant J., who married Kitty Seeber, and they have one son, Ralph. Jonas Cronkhite as served as inspector of elections, commissioner of highways, etc. 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/herkimer/bios/cronkhit343gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb