Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Crago, John February 15, 1814 - ????
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

      John Crago, a retired farmer of Cumberland Township, 
was born February 15, 1814, and is a descendant of one of 
the pioneer families of Greene County.  He is a son of John 
Crago.  He owns 330 acres of well improved land, where his 
great grandfather settled and was afterwards killed by 
Indians.  The Cragos all came of industrious and energetic 
ancestors and are noted for their morality and patriotism; 
they were represented in the Revolutionary War.
  
      John Crago, of whom we now write, received his 
education in the subscription schools of his township, where 
he was married in 1840 to Eleanor Flenniken, daughter of 
John and Mary Flenniken, both natives of Greene County and 
of Irish and English descent.  They have two children: 
Caroline Crago, wife of M L McMinn; and William H Crago, a 
farmer who was born in Cumberland township, April 5, 1843.  
He grew up on the farm, attended the district school and has 
made farming his chosen occupation. In 1862 Mr Crago 
enlisted in a cavalry company, which was afterwards 
consolidated and became Company D, Twenty Second 
Pennsylvania Cavalry.  He was discharged for disability 
March 22, 1864.
  
      Mr Crago has been blind for a number of years; but is 
possessed of such a wonderful memory that he can go all over 
his farm and attend to almost any kind of work.  He 
transacts his own business affairs, in which he has been 
greatly prospered, having at present a competence sufficient 
to keep him in comfort for the rest of his days.

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