Brief Life History of John Allen
When John Allen Croan was born in August 1842, in Carter, Kentucky, United States, his father, Thomas Crone II, was 53 and his mother, Elizabeth Grayson, was 40. He married Margaret Elizabeth Casebier on 26 June 1866, in Jefferson, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Carter, Carter, Kentucky, United States in 1850 and Fairview Township, Jefferson, Kansas, United States in 1880. He died on 27 February 1874, in Ozawkie, Jefferson, Kansas, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Jefferson, Kansas, United States.
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- John Crone in household of Elizabeth Crone, "United States Census, 1860"
- John A Croan, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
- John Allen Croan, "Find A Grave Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1854
Bleeding Kansas was a time period between the years 1854 and 1861 with a series of violent confrontations over whether slavery would be legal in Kansas Territory.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: variant of Crone .
Irish: possibly a variant of Croghan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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