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NEWSPAPER: Fulton County Republican
           Thursday, May 18, 1905
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                             THE WAR OF 1812
                             HAS NO SURVIVOR
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                             HIRAM CRONK DIED
                               THIS MORNING
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                       The Last Survivor of the 1812
                       War, Hiram Cronk, a Native of
                       Herkimer County, Will Be Accord-
                       ed Military Funeral -- His Remains
                       Will Lie in State in New York
                       
                       Utica, May 13. --Hiram Cronk, the
                     last survivor of the war of 1812, who
                     two weeks ago today celebrated his
                     105th birthday anniversary, died at
                     his home in Dunn Brook, 18 miles from
                     Rome, at 6 o'clock this morning.  Cronk
                     had been unconcious since last Sunday.
                       Cronk was born in the village of
                     Frankfort, in Herkimer county, and 
                     fought as a private in Captain Fuller's
                     company of the 157th regiment in the
                     defense of Sackett's Harbor.  His fath-
                     er served in the same company.
                       Five children survive Cronk, as fol-
                     lows: William and John, of Rome;
                     Philander and Mrs. Rowley of Dunn
                     Brook, and George E. of Oklahoma.
                     There are fourteen grandchildren and
                     eight great-grandchildren.
                       Cronk will be honored by a soldier's
                     burial, and his body will be interred in
                     a plot in Mount Victory, Cypress Hills
                     cemetery, Brooklyn, where a number of
                     the old soldiers of that war are bur-
                     ied.  The government has consented
                     that the troops at Governor's Island
                     shall form part of the escort of honor.
                     
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