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HUSBAND |
Robert Cratty |
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Thomas Cratty, Jane McKinney
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| Born |
Aug. 24, 1784, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Penn.
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| Died |
Aug. 20, 1877 |
| Buried |
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| WIFE |
Elizabeth English1 |
| Parents |
Samuel English (51) |
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Fall 1820 (51) |
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Butler Co., Penn (51) |
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| WIFE |
Ellen Porter2 |
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Dec. 24, 1844 (51) |
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| Married |
Fall 1821, Milford Center, Union Co., Ohio
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| WIFE |
Sarah Burrell |
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May 26, 1861 (51) |
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| Married |
October 1845 (51) |
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| WIFE |
Sarah Wyatt (prev married to Kilburn) |
| Parents |
Ezra Wyatt, Mary (51) |
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| Married |
July 23, 1861 (51) |
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| CHILDREN |
Samuel Cratty1 (51) |
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Thomas Cratty1 (51) |
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William Cratty1 (51) |
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Robert Cratty1 (51) |
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James Cratty1 (51) |
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Jane Cratty1 (51) |
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Eliza Cratty1 (51) |
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Mary Cratty2 (51) |
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John Cratty2 (51) |
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Harvey Cratty2 (51) |
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David Cratty2 (51) |
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Hiram Cratty2 (51) |
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Madison Cratty2 (51) |
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Jane Cratty2 (51) |
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Harvey W. Cratty2
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Joseph Cratty2 (51) |
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Another child died at birth2
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Another Child died at birth2
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Another child died at birth2
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| RECORDS |
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Member of Presbyterian Church since the age of 21
(51) |
| Formerly a Whig and in
his later years, a Republican
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| OCCUPATION |
| Supervisor
of the Township (51) |
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| MILITARY |
| Ensign
at Fort Erie during War of 1812
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| KNOWN
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abt. 1817 came to Scioto Twp.,
Delaware Co., Ohio (51) |
| Fall 1819
Purchased farm 1 mile east of Prospect, Ohio
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| March 3, 1820
Moved into recently completed cabin on farm 1 mi east of
Prospect, Ohio (51) |
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| IN THE NEWS |
THE MARION STAR, MARION OH, OCTOBER 22, 1951
One of the early pioneers of Prospect Township was Robert
Cratty, native of Pennsylvania, who died Aug. 20, 1877, at
the age of 103 years. he moved to Delaware County in
1817, and three years later established his home one mile
east of Prospect. He helped build the first house in
Prospect and the first schoolhouse in the township.
The schoolhouse was built of hewed logs with a rough
clapboard roof and windows of greased paper. David
Davis was the first teacher. For many years previous
to his death, people for miles around met each year in Mr.
Cratty's grove as a token of respect to the pioneer. |
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(51)
ROBERT CRATTY, pioneer farmer, is the oldest person now
living in Marion County, and was born August 24, 1784, at
Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Penn. His parents' names were
Thomas and Jane (McKinney) Cratty, the former a native of
Ireland and the latter born on the same farm as our subject.
His maternal grandparents were natives of Ireland. The
father of Robert came to America as a soldier in the British
Army about 1750 to 1755, and married his wife in Franklin
County, Penn. They had ten children, our subject being next
to the youngest. The family moved to Westmoreland County,
Penn., in 1786, and in 1797, to Butler County, Penn. In the
latter county, Mr. Cratty was married to Elizabeth English,
a daughter of Samuel English. He. with his wife and family
of seven children — Sam- uel, Thomas, William, Robert,
James, Jane and Eliza Cratty — came to Ohio in 1817 and
located near Ostrander, Delaware County, where they remained
three years. In the fall of 1819, he purchased, at $3 per
acre, 114 acres of land, one mile east of Prospect Village,
joining the boundary line. The folllowing winter, he built
on this land a round log house, 18x20 feet in size, and
March 3, 1820, took up his residence in it, with his family.
The neighbors were mostly Seneca Indians, only three other
white families living near; they were tbe families of Thomas
Pugh, one mile north; Ephraim Markley, one and a half miles
northwest; and Elijah Adams, about three miles southeast.
The first season the family were much afflicted with chills
and fever. Mrs. Cratty died in the fall of 1820, leaving
seven children. In tbe fall of 1821, Mr. Cratty was married
at Milford Center, Union County, to Ellen Porter. By this
marriage there were twelve chil- dren, as follows: Mary,
John, Harvey, David, Hiram,Madison, Jane, Harvey W., Joseph
and three died at birth. December 24, 1844, Mr. Cratty's
second wife died, and in October. 1845, he was married to
Sarah Burrell, who died May 26, 1860, leaving no children.
He was married the fourth time, July 23, 1861, to Mrs. Sarah
W. Kilburn, now eighty-six years old, daughter of Ezra and
Mary Wyatt. Mr. and Mrs. Cratty are now living on the old
homestead that Mr. Cratty bought in 1819, and where be has
continuously resided. This land was originally covered with
a heavy growth of white oak, hickory, walmit. ash and beech
timber. For many years after bis settlement here, his taxes
were only about $2.50 per annum, having as much or more
stock tban he has ever had since, though no stock at that
time was taxed until after three years of age; now on the
same prop- erty the taxes amount to $130 or $140 yearly. But
he adds that it was as hard to get the $2.50 then as it is
to get the $130 or $140 now. Then he was obliged to haul his
wheat over dreadful roads to Delaware for 37£ cents per
bushel, and the best of pork for $1.50 per hundred pounds,
and has hauled loads of forty bushels of wheat to Sandusky
City, getting 62 cents per bushel, starting Monday morning
and arriving home Saturday or Sunday night, at times
bringing back a load of salt, leather, etc., for mer-
chants. He has in fine cultivation eighty acres of the
homestead, princi- pally cleared through his own exertions.
Mr. Cratty is now in his one hundredth year, and is
exceptionally hale and hearty for a man of his age. He
served as an Ensign at Fort Erie in the war of 1812, and
four of his sons and two grandsons served in the war of the
rebellion. Mr. Cratty was Supervisor of the township for
several years, and supervised the clearing up of many milee
of the present township roads. Since the age of twenty- one,
he has been a member of thePresbyterian Church, and in
politics was formerly a Whig, and of later years a
Republican. |
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