Henry Crone
Henry Crone was born in Miami County, Ohio, Feb. 14, 1844, where he passed his minority days. Aug. 22, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, 110th O. V. I., served until May 18, 1865, when he was honorably discharged from the service and returned to his home in Miami County. In the autumn of 1865 he engaged in the furniture business in Piqua, Ohio, which he conducted about two years, or until the autumn of 1867, when he came to Shelby County and located in Hardin, Turtle Creek Township, where he was engaged in the saw-mill business for several years, or until 1872 or ’73, when he returned to Piqua and entered his brother’s furniture store as a clerk, with whom he remained until 1876, when he came to Shelby County and located in Loramie Township. Soon after his settlement in the township he purchased the steam saw-mill now known as the Crone & Wright Mill, located in section 3, near the canal and the C. C. C. and I. R. R., on which he has since been conducting the business of manufacturing and dealing in all kinds of hard-wood lumber. In 1878 he purchased a half interest in the Wright & Pampell Farm and Ice-houses, and has since been a partner in the firm of “Crone & Wright,” who conducted the business of farming and dealing in ice. On the 1st of April, 1866, he married Miss Lea L. Hamilton, of Miami County, by whom he has four children now living, viz., Harry W., Ora N., Mary E., and Joseph H.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883