Cronkleton, E. J.

CRONKLETON, OHARE

Posted By: Alice Warner Brosey
Date: 7/6/2026 at 02:40:48

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Alice Warner Brosey http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00015.html#0003503 September 2, 2011, 4:39 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.

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