Nancy Louise (Clarke) Cresson 1864-1956
Categories: Albion, Wisconsin, Berlin, Wisconsin, Janesville Gazette Obituary
   "The Janesville Daily Gazette", Janesville, Wisconsin, Saturday, Mar. 10, 1956, p 5.
  Whitewater - Mrs. Nancy L. Cresson, 92, died Friday evening at the Walworth County Home.   She had spent most of her life at 224 N. Case St., Whitewater.
  The daughter of the late William D. and Lucy Davis Clark, she was born Jan. 20, 1864, at Berlin, Wis.   She was married in Janesville in 1887 to Robert Cresson, who died in 1930.   A son, Robert, also preceded her in death.
  Surviving are two sons, George and Phil, Milwaukee, and 11 grandchildren.
  Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Hickey Funeral Home, the Rev. Lewis Douglas, Methodist Church, officiating.   Burial will be in Albion Cemetery.   Friends may call at the Hickey Funeral Home Monday afternoon and evening and Tuesday morning until the service.

Census: 1880 Albion, Dane Co., Wisconsin: age 16

Robert Dwight Cresson 1845-1930
Categories: Albion, Wisconsin, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Janesville Gazette Obituary, Masonic Lodge, Veteran Civil War
   "The Janesville Daily Gazette", Janesville, Wisconsin, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1930, p 1.
  Whitewater - Robert DeWright Cresson, 84, better known as “Colonel” Cresson, widely known for his experiences during the Civil war, died at 5 p.m. Monday in his home at 204 Case street after a short illness.
  "Colonel" Cresson was born in Winsor, N. Y., July 27, 1845, and entered the Union army at the age of 17 in Binghamton, N. Y.   He served with the army of the Potomac for a time and was wounded at Chancellorsville, Va., where he was captured and placed in the famous Libby prison.   He was later sent to Belle Island prison and then paroled to Alexandria, Va., where he recovered from his wounds.
  After an exchange of prisoners, "Colonel" Cresson joined the 11th army corps under Gen. Joseph Hooker and took part in four of the greatest battles of the war: Wahatcha Valley, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and Taylor's Gap, where he was again wounded and sent to a hospital.   For a short time he served on light duty and was discharged in 1865.
  That year he came to Albion Prairie, Wis., and operated a farm.   In 1886, he married Nancy Louise Clark and in 1897 he retired and moved to Whitewater.   He was a member of the G. A. R. here, and the Masons, Knights of Pythias, and Odd Fellows of Edgerton.   "Colonel" Cresson was well posted and widely read.
  His wife; one daughter, Mrs. Florence Hubbard, Baker, Mont.; and three sons, Robert, Pittsfield, Ill., George, Milwaukee, and Phillip, West Allis, survive.   Members of the G. A. R. and Daughters of the G. A. R. in a body will attend the funeral at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Cummings and Hickey funeral home.   Burial will be in the Albion cemetery.

Census: 1880 Albion, Dane Co., Wisconsin: age 31, divorced

Served in the Civil War, Co F, 37 N. Y. Inf