Delaware-Franklin County OhArchives Biographies.....Cronkleton, E J ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Alice Warner Brosey http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00015.html#0003503 September 2, 2011, 4:40 pm Source: History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth; 1882 Author: Western Publishing Company E. J. Cronkleton, of the firm of Cronkleton & Warren, contractors and builders, was born in Delaware county, O., in 1835; learned his trade at Columbus, and in 1856 moved to Lyons, Ia., and the next year moved to Davenport. In 1861 he enlisted in the 2nd Ia. Cav. He was in a number of important battles, and was taken prisoner at Ripley, Miss., in July, 1864, and imprisoned at Cahaba. Ala.; was released at the close of the war and discharged in 1865, at Davenport. In the spring of 1866 he went to Montana; returned in the fall, and located at Fort Dodge; in the summer of 1867 came to Dunlap and established his present business. He married Julia O'Hare at Boone, Ia., and has four children. Additional Comments: From Harrison County Chapter; Dunlap Biographies File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/delaware/bios/cronklet266gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb