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E. O. CRUEA, meat market, Bradford, Ohio. James Cruea, the father of E. O., was born in Miami County, Ohio, on the 18th of June, 1818; was united in marriage with Miss Maria E. Alexander, who was born in Piqua, Ohio, on the 29th day of January, 1822; on the 7th day of August, 1873, the angel of death entered this peaceful family, removing from earth to heaven their kind and loving mother, leaving a large concourse of friends to mourn her death. Mr. Cruea is not a resident of Darke County, as he resides in Miami County, the street being the division line; he is hale and robust, being 61 years old. E. O. Cruea, the subject of this sketch, was born in Piqua, Ohio, on the 19th day of August, 1847; spent his boy hood days in Piqua, where he obtained a good common-school education; was united in marriage with Miss R. Anna Boulden, in Piqua, on the 16th day of September, 1869; she was born in Piqua on the 9th day of September, 1848; he moved to German Township, Darke County, in the spring of 1870, where he engaged in the livestock business, buying and selling; meeting with good success, he sold out in 1872, and moved to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, where he dealt in livestock, butchering part of the time till the spring of 1874, when he sold out and moved to Bradford, where he still resides, and is at present engaged in the butchering business, carrying on the largest meat market in Bradford. Four children were given to their union, viz.: Anna A., who was born on the 18th day of September, 1870; James W. was born on the 2d day of November, 1873; Edna G. was born on the 2d day of December, 1875; Lizzie May was born on the 2d day of May, 1877.