CRESAP 22 Jun 1880 From the Bonaparte Journal of Van Buren Co, IA-Dr R N Cresap died in the burning steamship Golden Eagle on 30 May below Quincy. He was born in Allegany County MD on 26 Sep 1809 and in 1826 he went to Hampshire Co WV to study medicine with his brother-in-law, Dr John Temple. He came to Keokuk IA in 1833 engaging in the grocery business and the drug trade. He married Angeline Thompson in 1830 in TN and she died in 1835, leaving son John B and daughter Mary who had since died. He then married Mary S Keith on 03 Oct 1836. [Article is 4 paragraphs].
CRESAP 22 Jun 1880 From the Bonaparte Journal of Van Buren Co, IA-Dr R N Cresap died in the burning steamship Golden Eagle on 30 May below Quincy. He was born in Allegany County MD on 26 Sep 1809 and in 1826 he went to Hampshire Co WV to study medicine with his brother-in-law, Dr John Temple. He came to Keokuk IA in 1833 engaging in the grocery business and the drug trade. He married Angeline Thompson in 1830 in TN and she died in 1835, leaving son John B and daughter Mary who had since died. He then married Mary S Keith on 03 Oct 1836. [Article is 4 paragraphs].
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