Summary Information
Jefferson Cruger Diary
1831-1871
- Cruger, Jefferson, 1804(?)-1884
Micro 765
1 reel of microfilm (35mm)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Diary of Jefferson Cruger, including poems and sermon extracts, concerning his deep involvement in religion and the temperance movement, and his daily activities as a teacher in New York, farmer in Iowa, Civil War soldier in the 46th Iowa Infantry, farmer in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and teacher near Mondovi, Wisconsin.
English
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Biography/History
Jefferson Cruger, school teacher, soldier, temperance movement activist, and farmer, was born in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1804(?), son of Daniel C. Cruger, Jr., a New York Congressman. He began his career as a school teacher in Poughkeepsie. On September 17, 1831, he married Mary Sherwood. They had eight children: Mary, Minerva, Jefferson, Henry, Elizabeth, George W., Daniel D., and Joseph. Prior to the Civil War Cruger moved to Iowa and started farming. In 1862 at the age of 58 he enlisted in Company K, 46th Iowa Infantry, Union Army. His sons, Jefferson, who died in New Orleans during the war, and Henry, also enlisted. After the war Henry moved to Waterloo, Wisconsin. His father bought a farm and settled in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. As times were hard after the war, the elder Cruger returned to teaching near Mondovi, Wisconsin. He died in Eau Claire on October 26, 1884.
Scope and Content Note
The diary details Jefferson Cruger's day-to-day activities. Also included are his observations on religion and on the temperance movement in which he was deeply involved.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Original loaned for microfilming by Robert Grilley, Madison, Wisconsin, 1979. Accession Number: M79-790
Processed by Gregor Trinkaus-Randall and Max J. Evans, August 1979.
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