John Thompson Crum came from Indiana in 1838 in company with Martin D McCrea. Mrs. McCrea was his sister. He made a claim , and after remaining a number of years he went to Indiana and married Mary Pierce. He had a stock goods at Genesee Grove, which he afterwards sold to Ephraim Brookfield, and then went back to Indiana where he still lives. Mr. Crum built the first house in the place now called Coleta, for a store and dwelling house combined, on the corner of Sections 10 and 22.
Extracted from Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County Page 228
