Husband of Ida Alice (Stout) Cruzan
Son of Proverbs Butt and Catherine Isabel (Blackburn) Cruzan
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From "A Standard History of Oklahoma, Vol 5" by Joseph Bradfield Thoburn....
Edward L. Cruzan. A resident of Oklahoma for more than a quarter of a century, Edward L. Cruzan has become widely known in a number of lines of endeavor, having been successively occupied as agriculturist, preacher, chiropractor and merchant. At the present time he is head of the prominent firm of Cruzan & Son Hardware Company, dealer in agricultural implements, wagons and vehicles and binder twine, a concern at Cushing which has been developed to large proportions by excellent management and honorable business methods.
Mr. Cruzan was born near the Town of West Union, in Adams County, Ohio, May 10, 1862, and is a son of Proverbs B. and Catherine (Blackburn) Cruzan, the former a native of Indiana and the latter of Ohio. He was a farmer by vocation and for a number of years carried on operations in Adams County, Ohio, but in 1882 moved to the West, settling on a farm in Chautauqua County, Kansas. That locality continued to be his home until 1889, when he moved with his son. Edward L., to Oklahoma and here passed away near Cushing, at the age of sixty-five years. During the period of the Civil war, while living in Ohio, he attempted on three occasions to enlist for service in the Union army, but was each time rejected, owing to an injury he had received -in youth and which made him ineligible for military duty. There were six children in the family, namely: Willie, who died in childhood; Mrs. Elizabeth McKee, who is deceased; Thomas J., who resides near Cushing; Edward L.; U. S. Grant, who lives on his fnrm five miles from Cushing; and Nora, who is the wife of Horve Custer, of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma.
Edward L. Cruzan was reared on his father's farm in Adams County, Ohio, and there received his education in the public schools. He was twenty years of ago when he accompanied his parents to the West, and in the fall of 1889 came to Oklahoma purchasing one-quarter section of land nine miles southwest of Stillwatcr, a property on which he resided until 1906, then disposing of his interests and moving to another tract on Kuchoe Creek, ten miles northeast of Cushing. Mr. Cruzan continued to be engaged in agricultural operations until the winter of 1914, when he retired from that line of endeavor, disposing of his interests therein and coming to Cushing, where he founded his present business of Cruzan & Son Hardware Company, succeeding the Cushing Trading Company. He has directed the affairs of this concern with judgment, acumen and foresight, and has attracted a large trade in shelf and heavy hardware, agricultural implements, wagons, binder twine and groeries, making a specialty of the Deere agricultural machinery. Aside from this business Mr. Cruzan has practiced during the past four years as a chiropractor, and has gained success and reputation as a devotee of the science of adjusting the joints, especially those of the spine, by hand, for the curing of disease. For about six years he was also a preacher of the Holiness faith, but in more recent years has been a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Cruzan is a republican in his political views and at various times has been elected to public office, having been particularly active in educational affairs as a member of the school board. Since coming to Cushing he has been busily engaged with the establishment of his business, but has found time to take a lively and helpful interest in civic affairs.
Mr: Cruzan was married in 1887 to Miss Ida A. Stout, who was born July 17, 1866, in Indiana, daughter of Samuel and Eliza Stout, and they are the parents of five children: Virgil, who is a farmer; Carl B., who is his father's business associate in the firm of Cruzan & Son Hardware Company; and the Misses Golda Belle, Ethel and Naomi.
Son of Proverbs Butt and Catherine Isabel (Blackburn) Cruzan
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From "A Standard History of Oklahoma, Vol 5" by Joseph Bradfield Thoburn....
Edward L. Cruzan. A resident of Oklahoma for more than a quarter of a century, Edward L. Cruzan has become widely known in a number of lines of endeavor, having been successively occupied as agriculturist, preacher, chiropractor and merchant. At the present time he is head of the prominent firm of Cruzan & Son Hardware Company, dealer in agricultural implements, wagons and vehicles and binder twine, a concern at Cushing which has been developed to large proportions by excellent management and honorable business methods.
Mr. Cruzan was born near the Town of West Union, in Adams County, Ohio, May 10, 1862, and is a son of Proverbs B. and Catherine (Blackburn) Cruzan, the former a native of Indiana and the latter of Ohio. He was a farmer by vocation and for a number of years carried on operations in Adams County, Ohio, but in 1882 moved to the West, settling on a farm in Chautauqua County, Kansas. That locality continued to be his home until 1889, when he moved with his son. Edward L., to Oklahoma and here passed away near Cushing, at the age of sixty-five years. During the period of the Civil war, while living in Ohio, he attempted on three occasions to enlist for service in the Union army, but was each time rejected, owing to an injury he had received -in youth and which made him ineligible for military duty. There were six children in the family, namely: Willie, who died in childhood; Mrs. Elizabeth McKee, who is deceased; Thomas J., who resides near Cushing; Edward L.; U. S. Grant, who lives on his fnrm five miles from Cushing; and Nora, who is the wife of Horve Custer, of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma.
Edward L. Cruzan was reared on his father's farm in Adams County, Ohio, and there received his education in the public schools. He was twenty years of ago when he accompanied his parents to the West, and in the fall of 1889 came to Oklahoma purchasing one-quarter section of land nine miles southwest of Stillwatcr, a property on which he resided until 1906, then disposing of his interests and moving to another tract on Kuchoe Creek, ten miles northeast of Cushing. Mr. Cruzan continued to be engaged in agricultural operations until the winter of 1914, when he retired from that line of endeavor, disposing of his interests therein and coming to Cushing, where he founded his present business of Cruzan & Son Hardware Company, succeeding the Cushing Trading Company. He has directed the affairs of this concern with judgment, acumen and foresight, and has attracted a large trade in shelf and heavy hardware, agricultural implements, wagons, binder twine and groeries, making a specialty of the Deere agricultural machinery. Aside from this business Mr. Cruzan has practiced during the past four years as a chiropractor, and has gained success and reputation as a devotee of the science of adjusting the joints, especially those of the spine, by hand, for the curing of disease. For about six years he was also a preacher of the Holiness faith, but in more recent years has been a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Cruzan is a republican in his political views and at various times has been elected to public office, having been particularly active in educational affairs as a member of the school board. Since coming to Cushing he has been busily engaged with the establishment of his business, but has found time to take a lively and helpful interest in civic affairs.
Mr: Cruzan was married in 1887 to Miss Ida A. Stout, who was born July 17, 1866, in Indiana, daughter of Samuel and Eliza Stout, and they are the parents of five children: Virgil, who is a farmer; Carl B., who is his father's business associate in the firm of Cruzan & Son Hardware Company; and the Misses Golda Belle, Ethel and Naomi.
Husband of Ida Alice (Stout) Cruzan
Son of Proverbs Butt and Catherine Isabel (Blackburn) Cruzan
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From "A Standard History of Oklahoma, Vol 5" by Joseph Bradfield Thoburn....
Edward L. Cruzan. A resident of Oklahoma for more than a quarter of a century, Edward L. Cruzan has become widely known in a number of lines of endeavor, having been successively occupied as agriculturist, preacher, chiropractor and merchant. At the present time he is head of the prominent firm of Cruzan & Son Hardware Company, dealer in agricultural implements, wagons and vehicles and binder twine, a concern at Cushing which has been developed to large proportions by excellent management and honorable business methods.
Mr. Cruzan was born near the Town of West Union, in Adams County, Ohio, May 10, 1862, and is a son of Proverbs B. and Catherine (Blackburn) Cruzan, the former a native of Indiana and the latter of Ohio. He was a farmer by vocation and for a number of years carried on operations in Adams County, Ohio, but in 1882 moved to the West, settling on a farm in Chautauqua County, Kansas. That locality continued to be his home until 1889, when he moved with his son. Edward L., to Oklahoma and here passed away near Cushing, at the age of sixty-five years. During the period of the Civil war, while living in Ohio, he attempted on three occasions to enlist for service in the Union army, but was each time rejected, owing to an injury he had received -in youth and which made him ineligible for military duty. There were six children in the family, namely: Willie, who died in childhood; Mrs. Elizabeth McKee, who is deceased; Thomas J., who resides near Cushing; Edward L.; U. S. Grant, who lives on his fnrm five miles from Cushing; and Nora, who is the wife of Horve Custer, of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma.
Edward L. Cruzan was reared on his father's farm in Adams County, Ohio, and there received his education in the public schools. He was twenty years of ago when he accompanied his parents to the West, and in the fall of 1889 came to Oklahoma purchasing one-quarter section of land nine miles southwest of Stillwatcr, a property on which he resided until 1906, then disposing of his interests and moving to another tract on Kuchoe Creek, ten miles northeast of Cushing. Mr. Cruzan continued to be engaged in agricultural operations until the winter of 1914, when he retired from that line of endeavor, disposing of his interests therein and coming to Cushing, where he founded his present business of Cruzan & Son Hardware Company, succeeding the Cushing Trading Company. He has directed the affairs of this concern with judgment, acumen and foresight, and has attracted a large trade in shelf and heavy hardware, agricultural implements, wagons, binder twine and groeries, making a specialty of the Deere agricultural machinery. Aside from this business Mr. Cruzan has practiced during the past four years as a chiropractor, and has gained success and reputation as a devotee of the science of adjusting the joints, especially those of the spine, by hand, for the curing of disease. For about six years he was also a preacher of the Holiness faith, but in more recent years has been a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Cruzan is a republican in his political views and at various times has been elected to public office, having been particularly active in educational affairs as a member of the school board. Since coming to Cushing he has been busily engaged with the establishment of his business, but has found time to take a lively and helpful interest in civic affairs.
Mr: Cruzan was married in 1887 to Miss Ida A. Stout, who was born July 17, 1866, in Indiana, daughter of Samuel and Eliza Stout, and they are the parents of five children: Virgil, who is a farmer; Carl B., who is his father's business associate in the firm of Cruzan & Son Hardware Company; and the Misses Golda Belle, Ethel and Naomi.
Son of Proverbs Butt and Catherine Isabel (Blackburn) Cruzan
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From "A Standard History of Oklahoma, Vol 5" by Joseph Bradfield Thoburn....
Edward L. Cruzan. A resident of Oklahoma for more than a quarter of a century, Edward L. Cruzan has become widely known in a number of lines of endeavor, having been successively occupied as agriculturist, preacher, chiropractor and merchant. At the present time he is head of the prominent firm of Cruzan & Son Hardware Company, dealer in agricultural implements, wagons and vehicles and binder twine, a concern at Cushing which has been developed to large proportions by excellent management and honorable business methods.
Mr. Cruzan was born near the Town of West Union, in Adams County, Ohio, May 10, 1862, and is a son of Proverbs B. and Catherine (Blackburn) Cruzan, the former a native of Indiana and the latter of Ohio. He was a farmer by vocation and for a number of years carried on operations in Adams County, Ohio, but in 1882 moved to the West, settling on a farm in Chautauqua County, Kansas. That locality continued to be his home until 1889, when he moved with his son. Edward L., to Oklahoma and here passed away near Cushing, at the age of sixty-five years. During the period of the Civil war, while living in Ohio, he attempted on three occasions to enlist for service in the Union army, but was each time rejected, owing to an injury he had received -in youth and which made him ineligible for military duty. There were six children in the family, namely: Willie, who died in childhood; Mrs. Elizabeth McKee, who is deceased; Thomas J., who resides near Cushing; Edward L.; U. S. Grant, who lives on his fnrm five miles from Cushing; and Nora, who is the wife of Horve Custer, of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma.
Edward L. Cruzan was reared on his father's farm in Adams County, Ohio, and there received his education in the public schools. He was twenty years of ago when he accompanied his parents to the West, and in the fall of 1889 came to Oklahoma purchasing one-quarter section of land nine miles southwest of Stillwatcr, a property on which he resided until 1906, then disposing of his interests and moving to another tract on Kuchoe Creek, ten miles northeast of Cushing. Mr. Cruzan continued to be engaged in agricultural operations until the winter of 1914, when he retired from that line of endeavor, disposing of his interests therein and coming to Cushing, where he founded his present business of Cruzan & Son Hardware Company, succeeding the Cushing Trading Company. He has directed the affairs of this concern with judgment, acumen and foresight, and has attracted a large trade in shelf and heavy hardware, agricultural implements, wagons, binder twine and groeries, making a specialty of the Deere agricultural machinery. Aside from this business Mr. Cruzan has practiced during the past four years as a chiropractor, and has gained success and reputation as a devotee of the science of adjusting the joints, especially those of the spine, by hand, for the curing of disease. For about six years he was also a preacher of the Holiness faith, but in more recent years has been a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Cruzan is a republican in his political views and at various times has been elected to public office, having been particularly active in educational affairs as a member of the school board. Since coming to Cushing he has been busily engaged with the establishment of his business, but has found time to take a lively and helpful interest in civic affairs.
Mr: Cruzan was married in 1887 to Miss Ida A. Stout, who was born July 17, 1866, in Indiana, daughter of Samuel and Eliza Stout, and they are the parents of five children: Virgil, who is a farmer; Carl B., who is his father's business associate in the firm of Cruzan & Son Hardware Company; and the Misses Golda Belle, Ethel and Naomi.
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