Census 1880 lists name as James Madison Croan,Dad said he was always called Matt. He was married to Mallinda A. Forkner. The line Starts with Robert, John.Stamen,Thomas Jefferson (Jeff),Ephraim Stamen, my grandfather. As for them being from Germany it is possible, however, the Hahns and Bollingers were. There is a county in Mo. named for the Bollingers.
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