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 937, Waterford Township
Findley Krugan was born in the Buckeye State April 29, 1818, the
son of Joseph and Eleanor (Bennett) K., natives of Virginia; he was
left an orphan at 11 years old, and never attended school; he is a
farmer on sec. 4, owning 260 acres. In 1842 he married Maria Johnson;
of their 12 children 8 are living. He came to Fulton county in 1840. In
1862 he enlisted in Co. A, 103d Ill. Inf.; was wounded at Atlanta and
discharged in 1865.
My research states that this is Findley Kruzan married Mariah
Johnson November 11, 1841 in Fulton County, Illinois and they had a
son, Henry Kruzan (b. April 05, 1857 Waterford Township, Fulton County,
Illinois) married to Ida Marshall.
