OBADIAH CRATTY
(deceased), formerly of Parker�s Landing, Armstrong County, was born in
September 1835, in Westmoreland County, PA, son of William and Elizabeth (Henchew)
Cratty, who were natives of Westmoreland and Butler counties, respectively.
Obadiah Cratty received a
thorough education in the public schools of Westmoreland County and at
Witherspoon Institute, Butler, PA. Having
this qualified himself, he taught school for about ten years, and during that
period, studied medicine, but he never practiced his profession.
For several years, he held the contract for carrying the United States
mails between Butler and New Castle, PA, and New Castle and Youngstown, Ohio. After residing for ten years at Butler, Mr. Cratty went to
Parker Township, where for two years he was an oil producer, and branched out
into the grain and merchandise business, conducting extensive operations along
these lines at Stone House for ten years.
In the fall of 1880, Mr. Cratty moved to Parker�s Landing, where he
established himself as a merchant, and continued to conduct his store until
his death, which occurred in the fall of 1885.
In March 1865, Mr. Cratty
enlisted in Company K, 104th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and
after a service of seven months was honorably discharged as corporal.
He belonged to Craig Post, No. 75, G. A. R., of Parker City, and was
adjutant of the same for several years, being elected on the Republican
ticket. The Presbyterian Church
held his membership.
On Aug. 11, 1859. Mr. Cratty
was married to Carrie A. Griesemer, daughter of Henry and Catherine (Donnelly)
Griesemer, both born in Pennsylvania and early settlers of Allegheny County,
PA. Mr. Griesemer was in employ
of the Spang Iron Company, acting as their manager at Etna, PA.
His death occurred in 1864, when he was forty-eight years old.
His wife survived him, living to be seventy-six years old. Mr. And Mrs. Cratty became the parents of ten children, eight
of whom attained maturity: Henry
L.; Edwin E.; Estella, wife of J. M. Whyte; Sterling H.; Charles W.; Roswell
S.; Samuel O., and Clarence K.
Source: Page 489-496, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J. H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed September 2001 by Donna Rae Smith for the Armstrong County Beers
Project
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