A. Cruisen
Biography

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 870, Putman Township
  A. Cruisen, harness and shoemaker, Cuba, was born in Hanover township, Licking Co., O., July 11, '23, and is the son of Francis and Catherine (Ryne) Cruisen, of Pennsylvania. In 1849 he came to this county, where he engaged in farming. This occupation he was compelled to abandon on account of being afflicted with rheumatism, which he did in 1854. Jan. 6, '46, he was married to Nancy Irwin, who bore him 3 children. She died Nov. 25, '55. He was united in marriage the second time March 16, '57, with Sarah Wheeler, daughter of an old settler. She is a member of the Christian Church.



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