Iowa
Old Press
Maquoketa Sentinel
Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa
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 first 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.
[transcribed by K.W., May 2009]