Cramer, Lewis bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 429, Astoria Township
Lewis Cramer, farmer, sec. 29; P. O., Astoria. In 1827, May 30, there was born to Samuel and Elizabeth Cramer, in Knox Co., O., a son, the subject of this biography. At an early age he accompanied his parents to Vermont township, this county, and the following winter located in this township. In 1849 he married Miss Nancy Downen, daughter of Josiah Downen. Their children number 7, - Eliza J., Elizabeth, Velila, Charles, John, Rachel and Monroe. Mr. C. first purchased 60 acres of poorly improved land, but now owns a 180-acre well-improved farm.
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