Thomas Craney (died 1855)

CRANEY

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 4/29/2009 at 21:53:03

Maquoketa Sentinel, June 28, 1855.

EARLY SETTLER DIES

THOMAS CRANEY, ESQ., one of the first settlers of Iowa, and a highly esteemed gentlemen, died at Dubuque on the 24th. He built the first house ever erected in the now city of Dubuque, and settled the first white family on the west side of the river above Keokuk. He was also a member of the first General Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, in which Iowa was then included, was elected one of the delegates to form the Iowa State Constitution.