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Alonzo Cramton

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Alonzo Cramton Veteran

Birth
Lapeer County, Michigan, USA
Death
18 Nov 1920 (aged 80)
Freeland, Saginaw County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Freeland, Saginaw County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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Alonzo Cramton, pioneer citizen of Tittabawassee Township, died at his home in Freeland Thursday. He was born in Lapeer county November 21, 1839, and later moved to Freeland where he spent the rest of his life. He leaves one son, Orie Cramton, Grayling; two daughters, Emma Cramton, freeland, and Mrs. John H. Crannell, Saginaw; one brother, D. B. Cramton, and one sister Mrs. Jack Chamberlain, Laporte, Mich. The funeral will take place Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock from Mrs. Johnson's undertaking rooms, Freeland. Rev. Wright will officiate and burial will be in the West Side cemetery.
Saginaw News - November 19, 1920

Civil War Veteran
Private, 8th Michigan Infantry, Company I
Enlisted: February 20, 1864
Discharged: July 30, 1865
Wounded in Action: May 12, 1864 in
Spotsylvania, Virginia

There are various spellings of the Crampton,Cramton surname. According to a relative of Alonzo Cramton, the marker is correct and the memorial should retain this spelling.
Alonzo Cramton, pioneer citizen of Tittabawassee Township, died at his home in Freeland Thursday. He was born in Lapeer county November 21, 1839, and later moved to Freeland where he spent the rest of his life. He leaves one son, Orie Cramton, Grayling; two daughters, Emma Cramton, freeland, and Mrs. John H. Crannell, Saginaw; one brother, D. B. Cramton, and one sister Mrs. Jack Chamberlain, Laporte, Mich. The funeral will take place Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock from Mrs. Johnson's undertaking rooms, Freeland. Rev. Wright will officiate and burial will be in the West Side cemetery.
Saginaw News - November 19, 1920

Civil War Veteran
Private, 8th Michigan Infantry, Company I
Enlisted: February 20, 1864
Discharged: July 30, 1865
Wounded in Action: May 12, 1864 in
Spotsylvania, Virginia

There are various spellings of the Crampton,Cramton surname. According to a relative of Alonzo Cramton, the marker is correct and the memorial should retain this spelling.


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  • Created by: Nancy
  • Added: Oct 23, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79159911/alonzo-cramton: accessed ), memorial page for Alonzo Cramton (21 Nov 1839–18 Nov 1920), Find a Grave Memorial ID 79159911, citing West Side Cemetery, Freeland, Saginaw County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Nancy (contributor 47099161).