. History of Cass County Indiana : From its earliest settlement to the present time : with biographical sketches and reference to biographies previously compiled. ey are the parents of twochildren, Mary and Robert. Sylvester S. Cragun. Of the many valuable farms found in Casscounty, one of the most valuable is that known as Hill Top farm, whichis devoted to stock raising and is located on the Hill Top road. Here itsowner, Sylvester S. Cragun, is breeding a superior line of Percheronhorses and other valuable stock, and his activities have made him wellknown among the successful men of his commu
. History of Cass County Indiana : From its earliest settlement to the present time : with biographical sketches and reference to biographies previously compiled. ey are the parents of twochildren, Mary and Robert. Sylvester S. Cragun. Of the many valuable farms found in Casscounty, one of the most valuable is that known as Hill Top farm, whichis devoted to stock raising and is located on the Hill Top road. Here itsowner, Sylvester S. Cragun, is breeding a superior line of Percheronhorses and other valuable stock, and his activities have made him wellknown among the successful men of his community. ]\Ir. Cragun belongsto an old and honorable family, and was born in Clinton township, Casscounty, May 20, 1852, a son of Zachariah and Elizabeth N. (Shideler)Cragun. The family was founded in America by Patrick Cragun, whocame from Dublin, Ireland, prior to the Revolutionary war, and tookpart in the struggles of tlie American colonists that resulted in thewinning of independence. Patrick Cragun was the father of severalchildren, among them Joshua Cragun, the grandfather of Sylvester S. Zachariah Cragun was born in 1824, in Clinton county, Indiana, on. HISTORY OF CASS COUNTY 915 his fathers farm, and was nineteen years of age when he came to Casscounty. He had been reared to agricultural pursuits, working on thefarm during all of his school period, and until he was married, wasemployed as a farm hand. Sulisequently he became the owner of atract of his own, and the remainder of his life was passed in tilling thesoil. His wife was born near Eaton, Preble county, Ohio, and was asmall girl when she came to Cass county with her parents, who becameprominent farming people of Clinton township. Sylvester S. Cragun was born in a little log cabin on the oldCragun homestead, as were his two sisters, Dora, who became the wifeof Andrew Y. Shanklin, and Ellen, who is now deceased. He waseducated in the common schools of his day, and was an able assistantto his father in the clearing of
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