Show S HIRAM CRONK CENTENARIAN Hiram Croak Cronk last survivor of the thear war ar or of 1St 1812 whose hose death was an announced announced in a brief dispatch the other day was as an interesting character He was born In New York April 29 1800 1500 ad aad at t the time of his death was 1 years and aM H 14 days old He enlisted in inthe inthe the United States arm army on August 2 ISH 1514 and in the defense of Sack Sacketts etts harbor on Lake Ontario untIl Nov XOy Ii 1 ISH 1814 when be was discharged The old man continued to work at hIs trade that of shoemaking king until a few years ago He as no years of age before he asked the government for a pension and was then given ghen i At the time oJ of his bis death this had been increased to 72 a 8 month and the state gave him an additional pension of ofa ofa a month S so that b he was enabled to be to the last The old mans oldest child is a lad of SO Sf He left five chIldren ren aU all paSt sixty years of age The eld man tailed failed to come elo close to the Utah record in the matter of He lead had only orny fourteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Further particulars of his manner or of livIng JIving explain how it was as possible for him to reach the age of He chewed t ten n ts worth of tobacco h day was wasa a 8 l Methodist and voted the Democratic ticket Thanks to the tobacco trust his dally daily ration of tobacco was dimin J Ded during his later yr yours but his Methodism m and Democracy were ere taken in good old oh thic doses until the end a m |