Pvt. Cyrus Augustus Croff 2
General Notes: Both of his parents were born in New York. Noted events in his life were: • United States Census: Resided, 1850, Roxana, Eaton County, Michigan. • United States Census: Resided, 1860, Roxand Township, Eaton County, Michigan, USA. • Military: Company G, 10th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry, 1863, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA. • Civil War: Enlisted as a Private, 30 Oct 1863, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA. 7 • Pension: Civil War Pension, 30 Oct 1863, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA. • Residence, 1870, Danby Township, Ionia County, Michigan, USA. • Residence, 1880, Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan, USA. • Residence: US Census, 1900, Littlefield, Emmet County, Michigan, USA. • United States Census: Residence, 1920, Cheboygan, Cheboygan County, Michigan, USA. Cyrus married Esther E. Johnson, daughter of Samuel Johnson Sr. and Cordelia Adelia Fuller, on 1 Jan 1866 in Roxand Township, Eaton County, Michigan, USA. (Esther E. Johnson was born on 1 Jan 1849 in New York, USA 3 5 and died in 1899 in Michigan, USA.) Cyrus next married Hanna J. Crandle on 1 Apr 1885 in South Boston, Ionia County, Michigan. (Hanna J. Crandle was born about 1860 in Berlin, , Michigan, USA 8.) Cyrus next married Flora Belle Yeakey, daughter of George Washington Yeakey and Ellen Bert, on 23 Sep 1898 in Greenville, Montcalm County, Michigan, USA.1 (Flora Belle Yeakey was born on 1 Oct 1880 in Michigan, USA,9 died on 16 Jun 1931 9 and was buried in Littlefield Township Cemetery, Alanson, Emmet County, Michigan, USA 9.) Cyrus next married Cynthia A. Read, daughter of Jonas Read and Sarah Jane Sterling, on 13 Nov 1869 in Dekalb County, Illinois, USA. (Cynthia A. Read was born about 1855 in Illinois, USA and died on 16 Nov 1936 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA.) |