Elisha Edward Chronic
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James Chronic murdered 1875
Sherre Robbins 7/31/03
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History Of Scotland Co. Missouri
Edward Chronic
Edward Chronic a prominent citizen of Scotland Co. Missouri, and a resident of Jefferson Township,was born in Edgar Co. Ilinois Jan. 16, 1849, and is the son of of John and Elizabeth(Winn) Chronic.The father was born and reared in Illinois and moved to Iowa about 1852, but afterward moved to Scotland Co. Missouri and then to Doniphen Kansas, where he died in 1860. He was Pennsylvannia Dutch extraction. The mother of our subject was also a native of Illinois and died in the same county in which her husband's death occurred. She was of English descent, and both were members of the Baptist church.
Our subject is the third of of seven children , only two of whom it is thought are now living. Mr. Chronic recieved the rudiments of an education in Scotland Co. Missouri and this has been improved by general reading and contact with all kinds of business. He was only ten years of age whe his father died, and after that misfortune he left Kanas and returned to Scotland Co. Missouri, where he worked at anything he could get to do. At the age of sixteen he rented land, since which time he has brought and sold and traded until he moved to where he now resides.
In 1865 Miss Martha Floyd became his wife. She was born in Iowa and died in Scotland Co. Missouri, when thirty-two years of age. She was a member of the Baptist Church. And to theyre marriage were born five children, three now living Lizzie, Rosetta H., Mary C., Charles and James deceased.
In 1883 our subject married Miss Mary. McGary an excellant lady. Our subject's honest dealings and generousity have made him respected by all acquaintances. He has been one of the great traders of Scotland County and his success has been the result of his early formed determination to succeed.
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