Craven, David P.

CRAVEN, BENNETT

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Date: 12/3/2008 at 14:21:38

CRAVEN, David P.
Farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Kellogg; was born in Wayne Co., N. Y., Oct. 17, 1841, and came to this county in 1866, and owns 330 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre. He is a Democrat in politics. His wife, Julia E. BENNETT, was born in Same county June 14, 1844; they were married Nov. 8, 1865; their children's names are James E., born Sept. 6, 1866; David Homer, July 10, 1869; John Reverdy, Sept. 19, 1871; Thurman P., Aug. 10, 1875; Galen Gladstone, June 22, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. CRAVEN have been school teachers in New York State and also in Iowa. He has been County Supervisor. Is an enterprising man and has his large farm under a high state of cultivation. ~ "Mariposa Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)