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Descendants of Garret Dircksen Croesen (Kroesen), Sr.

Generation No. 6

6. FRANCIS "FRANK"⁶ CRUSER, JR. (FRANCIS⁵, JOHN KROESEN⁴ (CRUSER), DERRICK³ KROESEN, GARRET², GARRET DIRCKSEN CROESEN¹ (KROESEN), SR.) was born 1817 in Pennsylvania, and died in Fulton County, Illinois. He married (1) EULANY "EULA" LEVINGSTON, daughter of JOHN LEVINGSTON and ELIZA ?. He married (2) SARAH C. "SALLY" WHITNAH December 25, 1866. He married (3) SARAH DUNCAN July 28, 1875.

Notes for FRANCIS "FRANK" CRUSER, JR.:
Francis, Jr. first acquired land in Fulton County, Illinois in 1855, when purchased 32 acres in Section 33 of Putnam Twp. Two years later he bought a lot in the town of Cuba, Illinois from his brother Abraham. On August 19, 1858 he purchased 160 acres in Section 12, Bernadotte Twp, where he farmed for a number of years. By the time of the 1870 U.S. Census, he had cleared 60 acres of land, and was producing winter wheat, Indian corn, Irish potatoes, wool, butter, molasses and wood products. He was listed as owning four horses, 13 sheep, 20 swine, five "milch cows" and eight other cattle.

Four months after death of Eula died, Francis, Jr. married his second wife, Mrs. Sarah C. "Sally" (Whitnah) Smith, the widow of Theoderick R. Smith. She had three children by her first marriage. Francis, Jr. and Sally had three children

Francis Jr.'s second wife Sally, died about March 1872. On July 28, 1875
Francis, Jr. married a third time, to Mrs. Sarah (Duncan) Hall. Her first husband was James Hall with whom she had four children. Francis, Jr. and Sarah had three children.

It is not known what became of his two younger children, Annie and Early, by Sally, although an article in the Canton Register of October 14, 1881 mentions them both:

"Little Annie Cruisen, who is living with her uncle, J. S. Whitnah, came near losing her life on Thursday last. She and her little brother Early were playing hangman...(which) would have caused death had it not been for her brother giving the alarm to Mrs. Whitnah, who went to her rescue, and found her hanging, apparently dead.....The girl lay in an unconscious condition....until the next morning, and only by good nursing was her life saved."

Notes for SARAH DUNCAN:
Sarah was the widow of James Hall with whom she had four children.

Children of FRANCIS CRUSER and EULANY LEVINGSTON are:

CATHERINE⁷ CRUSEN, b. April 25, 1846; d. January 1850.

Notes for CATHERINE CRUSEN:
Catherine died of the croup at Centerville (Cuba), Illinois

ii.

ELIZA JANE CRUSEN, b. October 28, 1850; d. September 28, 1881.

Notes for ELIZA JANE CRUSEN:
Eliza died of the "flux"

iii.

ANNILDA CRUSEN, b. May 29, 1852.

Notes for ANNILDA CRUSEN:
Annilda died as a child - no date available

8.	iv.		JASPER "JAP" CRUSEN, b. July 02, 1854; d. August 06, 1916, McDonough County, IL, buried in cemetery at Bushnell, Illinois.
	v.		MILTON CRUSEN, b. September 21, 1856; d. November 26, 1947; m. MALISSA HALL, February 11, 1878, Alexandria, Missouri.

Notes for MILTON CRUSEN:
Milton married his step-sister Malissa Amelia Hall.

They lived for many years in Monroe City, Missouri and had thirteen children.

	vi.		MARGARET ANN CRUSEN, b. June 25, 1859; m. KENDRICK DUNCAN.
	vii.		NANCY CRUSEN, b. December 23, 1861; d. July 29, 1934; m. (1) JAMES F. LOVELAND; m. (2) JAMES DARE.
	viii.		MARY ELIZABETH CRUSEN, b. December 13, 1863; m. PETER THARP.

Children of FRANCIS CRUSER and SARAH WHITNAH are:

	ix.		FRANCIS "FRANK"⁷ CRUSER III, b. October 16, 1868; d. December 24, 1947; m. INEZ LAVADA CHAMBERS.
	x.		ANNIE CRUSER, b. December 10, 1870.
	xi.		EARLY CRUSER, b. January 12, 1872.

Children of FRANCIS CRUSER and SARAH DUNCAN are:

	xii.		CATHERINE "KATIE"⁷ CRUSER, b. 1877; m. (1) ?? QUEEN; m. (2) ?? WOODS.
	xiii.		LARKIN CRUSER, b. October 1878; d. 1945; m. LILIE M. B. EYMAN.
	xiv.		GEORGE HARMON CRUSER, b. June 20, 1880; d. July 18, 1880.

7. ABRAHAM⁶ CRUISEN (FRANCIS⁵ CRUSER, SR., JOHN KROESEN⁴ (CRUSER), DERRICK³ KROESEN, GARRET², GARRET DIRCKSEN CROESEN¹ (KROESEN), SR.) was born July 11, 1823, and died January 08, 1895. He married ??.

Notes for ABRAHAM CRUISEN:
Abraham spelled his last name "Cruisen". He farmed until 1854 when rheumatism forced him to quit farming. He became a shoemaker and harness maker, living for most of his life in Cuba, Illinois.

Do not know how many children he had but two of his sons, John W. and James served in the Civil War.

Children of ABRAHAM CRUISEN and ?? are:

JOHN W.⁷ CRUISEN, b. November 1846.

Notes for JOHN W. CRUISEN:
John W. Cruisen served in the Civil War.

ii.

JAMES CRUISEN, b. March 1849.

Notes for JAMES CRUISEN:
James Cruisen served in the Civil War.

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