In showshoes the troops marched off to fight the enemy. David Cronk and his brother John Cronk had both signed up to fight. Their father was probably John, brother of the below James father of Hiram. John David and Hiram marched not together but towards each other and fought on opposite sides. John Cronk was wounded in battle and died of his wounds. Searching Cronks in New Brunswick, Stacy Weeks [email protected] > THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF THE WAR OF 1812 IS HIRAM CRONK, OF DUNN BROOK, N.Y. > > Mr. Cronk is the last of a family of nine children. He was born in > Frankfort, Herkimer county, N.Y. April 29, 1800. His father, James > Cronk, and two brother came to this country from Holland early in the > 19th century. One of the brother amassed a fortune in America and > returned to Holland. > > When still a child Mr. Cronk's father removed his family from > Herkimer county to Oneida County. After living at Wrights' > Settlement for several years the Cronks removed to ----- > --------Western where ---------resided ever since. > > > In his 15th year Cronk, in company with his father and two brothers > enlisted in the United State Army. His country was then at war > with England and the Cronks were stationed at Sackets harbor with a > force held at that point to repel an invasion from Canada... in the > first engagement young Cronk acted with such gallantry that he was > publicly commended by his commander. > > At the close of the war the Cronks returned to their home and Hiram > became an itinerant shoemaker. > Mr. Cronk comes of a long-lived family. His sister, Mrs. Betsey > Fuller, lived to be 98 years old, his brother Casper 97; another > brother 75, and two brothers Eber of Omro, Wis. and Rev. Jarvis Cronk > of Houseville, N.Y. lived to be 98 and 94 respectively.