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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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GEORGE CROGHAN, William Croghan, Jr., and Dr. Croghan, the owner of the Monmouth cave, were sons of Maj. William Croghan.
George Croghan, the most distinguished of them, was named after his uncle, Gen. George Rogers Clarke. He was born at Locust Grove, Nov. 15, 1791, and graduated at William and Mary College in 1810. At the age of twenty years he was aid-de-camp to Col. Boyd at the battle of Tippecanoe. On 12th of March, 1812, he was appointed captain in the 17th regiment of infantry, and distinguished himself at the sortie from Fort Meigs, where the Pittsburgh Blues under Capt. James R. Butler gained such honor. On the 30th of March, 1813, he became a, major, and was appointed aid-de-camp by Gen. William H. Harrison.
On the 1st and 2d of August, 1813, he commanded at Fort Stevenson, and conducted the memorable defense of that fort against five hundred British regulars and seven hundred Indians, with artillery, under Gen. Proctor. This defense will live in history as one of the most gallant successful exploits of any nation. For his bravery and skill in this affair George Croghan received a commission as brevet lieutenant-colonel, and the thanks of Congress, and on 21st of February, 1814, he was made lieutenant-colonel. In 1824 he was appointed postmaster at New Orleans, and on the 21st of December, 1825, was appointed inspector-general of the army.
He served under Gen. Taylor in the Mexican war; was in the battle of Monterey and other hard fights. Gen. Croghan died in New Orleans Jan. 8, 1849. He was a soldier “without fear and without reproach.”
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