CRANSTON, D. J.

CRANSTON, DAWSON

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Date: 12/9/2001 at 08:42:05

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF De Witt TWP.
From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) pgs 736-751

D. J. CRANSTON, dealer in pumps, bed-springs and wheel-barrows, DeWitt; born in Ohio in 1842; came to Iowa in 1853; resided in Scott Co. till 1855, when he came to Clinton Co. He enlisted, in 1862, in the 26th I. V. I.; was at the battles of Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge; he lost a leg at the battle of Ringgold, in 1863; was discharged in April, 1865. Married, in 1871, Hannah Dawson, a native of Ohio; has three children-Harry 0., David G. and Fred. Mr. Cranston located in De Witt in 1869; engaged in his present business in 1873.