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Crete, Valentine

Alternate name: Crite

Crete served in Abraham Lincoln's company in the Black Hawk War. In 1843, he married Eliza McMurphy in Sangamon County, Illinois.

Muster Roll of Abraham Lincoln’s Company of Mounted Volunteers; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Sangamon County, 7 May 1843, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL.


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