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Source:
A Centennial
Biographical History
of
Crawford
County, Ohio
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"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote
ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride
by remote generations."
- MACAULAY
Publ. Chicago:
The Lewis Publishing Company
1902
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JOHN C. CAHILL.
Prominent among the eminently successful farmers of Crawford
county, Ohio, is John C. Cahill, who is one of the most
progressive and intelligent agriculturists of his locality and
one who has raised his farming operations into a science. The
birth of Mr. Cahill was on the farm which he now
occupies, in Vernon township, on April 14, 1862, and he is a son
of Richard Wallace and Catherine (Richards)
Cahill, and was a member of a family of thirteen children
born to his parents. The seven survivors of this once large
family are: Eliza, who is the wife of Washington
Cummins; James, who resides in Tiro; Isaac,
who is an attorney in Bucyrus; Richard, an attorney who
resides in Napoleon, Henry county, Ohio; Warren, who
lives in this township: John C., the subject of this
sketch; Jennette Gundrum, of Toledo, Ohio.
Richard W. Cahill, the father of our subject, was a
distinguished citizen of Crawford county. He was born in Derby
township, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, on March 6, 1801,
and was of Scotch-Irish descent. He was a son of Abram and
Nancy (Wallace) Cahill. His father was an officer in the
state militia, and at one time had charge of all of the forces
in western Pennsylvania. In 1818 Richard W. Cahill
removed with his parents to Wayne county, Ohio, in 1827 removed
to Crawford county and later purchased the farm which our
subject now occupies. In 1829 he married Miss Eliza
Cummins, who died in 1843. To this union were born two
children: Abraham, who became a distinguished lawyer of the
Dayton, Ohio, bar; and David C., now a practicing
attorney of Bucyrus, Ohio. In 1844 he was married to Miss
Catherine Richards. In 1841 Mr. Cahill was elected
to the state legislature and was re-elected in 1842 and in 1843,
serving his constituency in an admirable, non-partisan manner.
In 1850 he was elected a member of the Ohio constitutional
convention, serving with distinction as a member of that body,
In all his career, both public and private, the sympathies of
Richard W. Cahill were always with the great masses of the
common people, and he was at ail rimes an uncompromising foe of
corporations. Mr. Cahill became a large land owner
before his death, which took place on October 2, 1886. His home
farm consisted of one hundred and sixty acres, while he also
owned two hundred acres east of the town of DeKalb, one hundred
and twenty acres in Auburn township, which is now the property
of B. F. Lash, and other holdings. He was a power in the
Democratic party and held many of the township offices besides
his public service in the legislature and constitutional
convention. He was known as a consistent Christian gentleman,
and his declining years were comforted by the affection of all
who knew him.
The mother of our subject was born in 1822, in Vernon
township, which is now Jefferson township, a daughter of
James Richards, who was the second settler in the
township, appearing here in 1821. He was the first blacksmith in
the locality, and shortly after the erection of his cabin built
a small round-log shop. He made cow bells, prepared iron points
for plows, hammered out and tempered axes, obtaining his
supplies of iron from Sandusky City. Mr. Richards
found much to do in repairing settlers' wagons that had become
disordered in the long journey from the east. At this date there
were but two roads in the township. The Columbus and Sandusky
road, running north .and south through the township, had been
first cut out about the year 1818, and was simply a blazed path
through the forest, from which undergrowth and fallen trees had
been removed. The death of the mother of our subject was on
February 28, 1898.
John C. Cahill, whose successful farming
operations, in connection with his prominent identification with
all progressive movements in the township, bias became an
important factor in this part of Crawford county, was reared on
his father's farm. His primary education was completed in the
public schools, from which he graduated into the normal college,
at Ada, with a view of still pursuing higher branches in a
university. However, his father was alone on the farm and needed
his assistance, and in 1880 our subject returned to the old home
and took charge of the operations there. His parents experienced
tender care as long as they lived, and after the death of his
father he purchased the interest of the other heirs and now owns
the old Cahill farm, with the exception of two small portions.
Mr. Cahill is a thoroughly honorable man, liberal
with his employes and generous of heart—destitution and poverty
never appealing to him in vain. Modest and unassuming in manner,
yet when drawn out in conversation his opinions are sound and
valuable upon all questions which come under his observation. He
is a scientific farmer, thoroughly up-to-date and manages his
agricultural operations on the same basis that he would conduct
any other business. Hence he has been unusually successful and
many of his neighbors are inclined to follow his methods.
Mr. Cahill was married in 1887, to
Miss Mary Weirich, who was a native of Wayne county, Ohio, a
daughter of Christian and Addie (Miller) Weirich, both of
whom are now deceased. To our subject and wife have been born
three children, as follows: Allen W., John R. and
Edith, deceased. In politics he has been a life-long
Democrat, and has been honored by his -fellow citizens by
election to many of the responsible offices of the township. For
a considerable period he served as township trustee. At the
present time he is-serving his second term as clerk of the
township, his efficiency and honesty making him one of the most
highly esteemed officials in the county. Mrs. Cahill
is a consistent member of the United Presbyterian church, and
our subject is usually an attendant upon the services there with
Mrs. Cahill. For very many years the family name
has been one which has commanded respect in Crawford county, and
our subject is a worthy representative of it.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
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JONATHAN CARMEAN |
JONATHAN CARMEAN
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TARLINGTON B. CARSON |
FARLINGTON B. CARROW
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AMOS B. CHARLTON.
Among the eminently successful and widely known farmers and
stock-raisers of Liberty township, Crawford county, is Amos
B. Charlton, who was born on the 7th of September, 1835, in
this township, a son of Michael and Anna (Mason) Charlton.
Nine children were born to the parents of our subject, and of
these six still survive, namely: Mary, the wife of L.
H. Mason, of Ashland county; Elizabeth, the widow of
J. H. Wert; Amos B., of this sketch: Narcissa,
the widow of William Tobias, of Wooster, Ohio;
Jonas,. formerly a member of the One Hundred and First Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and now a resident of Columbus county, Ohio;
and Alpheus D. Charles was a member of
Company C, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil war, and
died of typhus ever at Grafton, Virginia; and Anna and
Alexander have also passed away.
The father of this family, Michael Charlton,
was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, on the 5th. of March, 1808, a
son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Menser)
Charlton, who, with their family of ten children, emigrated
to Columbiana county, Ohio, as early as 1822. In 1829 his father
gave him a tract of eighty acres of land in Liberty township,
Crawford county, which the latter had entered some time
previously. After one summer s work on this farm, however,
Michael returned to Columbiana county, and there married
Anna Mason, who was born, therein in 1810. In the
following spring they returned to Liberty township and settled
on their farm, and this became their permanent residence. As
time went on Michael Charlton bought other land,
adding at different times. till he owned four hundred and
thirteen acres in Liberty township, and one hundred and sixty in
Columbiana county. A long and useful life was his, and although
it extended to his ninety-first year it was filled with good
deeds, and when death came, on January 15, 1899, he was
sincerely mourned by a large circle of friends. To the end he
took an interest in public affairs, was. a stanch Republican and
was a most estimable man. The mother had passed away on
September 20, 1892, at the age of eighty-one years, eleven
months and seven days.
Amos B. Charlton, our immediate subject, grew to
manhood surrounded by excellent home influences, and it was not
until he had attained his majority that he embarked in farming
upon his, own account. His success as a dealer and shipper of
stock was immediate, but the Civil war broke out just at this '
time, and on August 12, 1861, he enlisted for service in Company
C, Forty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was made second
lieutenant of his company. He saw eight months of service in the
Army of the Cumberland, under General Buell, but
was then stricken with typhoid fever and was sent to the
hospital at Louisville, Kentucky, for several weeks. So eager
was he to be again in the field that he rejoined his regiment
before he was able, suffered a relapse and was obliged to resign
his command, sending in his resignation. A change seemed to
cause sp much improvement that his comrades persuaded him to
recall his resignation, and in his desire to be again on the
field of duty he did so, but the very next day he was again
prostrated and was quickly put aboard the train and sent home.
This explains why he never received any formal discharge,
although he had been a brave and faithful soldier.
The following summer was spent by Mr.
Charlton in recuperating, but the next season he again
engaged in farming, working for his father on the shares and
also resumed his buying and shipping of stock to eastern
markets. When Mr. Charlton first engaged in the
business of shipping- he was the youngest shipper in this
section of the country. His judgment was excellent, he
understood his market, was careful and cautious and his business
in this line so prospered that the time came when he shipped as
high as ninety thousand dollars worth of stock in a single
season. In 1872 he purchased the home farm, consisting of one
hundred and seventy-one acres, and has ever since continued to
make this desirable place his home. He sold it in 1894 to L.
H. Mason, who in turn sold it to W. H. Charlton.
The marriage of Mr. Charlton was in 1809,
to Miss Emma E. Hoppel, a native of Northampton county,
Pennsylvania, born on the 23d of October, 1849, and came to
Crawford county with her parents when quite young. To this
marriage were born seven children: Virgil H., who is in
the office of the Osborne Machine Company, of Columbus,
Ohio; Ary B., a hotel man of Allegheny, Pennsylvania;
Michael Z., a teacher, who resides at home; Anna, a
teacher and wife of Dr. E. E. Bevington, of Sulphur
Springs, Ohio.: Mabel, .also a teacher, who is the wife
of W. F. McCameron, of Sandusky township; and
Orlo H. and Donald H., who are living at home. All of
the children of Mr. Charlton have been afforded excellent
educational opportunities and four of them have been acceptable
teachers. Virgil H. and Michael Z. finished their
courses at Ada (Ohio) College.
Mr. Charlton has been identified with
various interests, for nine years being a partner in the
butchering business in Sulphur Springs, continuing until 1895,
and he did not give up his successful stock business until 1885.
Since the latter date he has paid considerable attention to the
farm. In politics he has ever been a stanch Republican, and most
acceptably served the township as assessor for three years. His
connection with the Lutheran church has covered many years, in
which he has held the position of trustee and is known as one of
its most liberal supporters. Not only is Mr. Charlton
an intelligent and liberal-minded man, but is also something of
a traveler, having visited fourteen of the states in the Union.
Fraternally he is connected with the Masonic order, in which he
is highly esteemed.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
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JOHN A. CHESNEY |
JOHN A. CHESNEY Source: A Centennial Biographical History
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GEORGE CLOSE -
See NELSON CLOSE
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
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HARVEY
CLOSE, of Texas township, Crawford County, Ohio, is a son
of Nelson and Elizabeth (Bender) Close, and was born at
the old house of the family in Texas township, Mar. 31, 1858.
Nelson Close, who was a prominent citizen of Texas
township, was born in the Empire state in 1818, and died at his
home Apr. 25, 1874. By his wife, Elizabeth Bender,
who is still living he had children as follows: Mary,
who married Michael Davis, and lives in Nebraska;
George, who owns a part of his father's old homestead;
Hannah, who is dead; Ella, who lives in Texas
township; Harvey, who is the immediate subject of this
sketch; Adelbert, who is dead; and "Alta, who
married Robert Torbet and lives in Homes county, Ohio.
Mr. Ohio was a member of the Lutheran Church, in which
his widow is also a communicant. The latter taught a
subscription school in a log building at Benton in her young
womanhood.
The subject of this sketch was educated in the common schools
near his home and for a time was a student at the Normal School
at Fostoria, Seneca county, Ohio, and finished his studies at
Ada, Hardin county, this state. He began active life as a
school-teacher at the age of eighteen years, and from that time
on for twelve years he taught school every winter, giving his
attention to farming during the spring, summer and fall months.
Since 1888 he has devoted himself exclusively to farming.
He is the owner of ninety acres of fertile land, which he has
improved and placed under cultivation and which he has furnished
with a good house, large barns and graneries and all essential
outhouses. He gives his attention to general farming and
stock-raising and makes a specialty of strawberries, to which he
devotes about three acres of land and of which he sold four
hundred and seventy-five bushels in 1901.
Mr. Close was married Mar. 21, 1883, to Miss
Lizzie Fleming, and they have two children: Iva, aged
seventeen; and Charles, aged eleven years, Mr. Close
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he fills
the office of steward. In politics he is a Democrat, and
he exerts a recognized influence upon local affairs. He
circulated the petition for the postoffice of the village of
Plankton and conferred upon the locality the name by which it
has become known. He was first elected to the office of
justice of the peace in 1880, and by repeated re-election he has
served in that office since except during four years. In
1890 he was elected to the office of land appraiser. The
public schools of the township have always been very close to
his heart, and he has, by suggestion and otherwise, been
instrumental in broadening their scope and in increasing their
efficiency. His long experience in the school-room gave
him a practical and technical knowledge necessary to such
service, and he has been an adviser both to teachers and
directors, whose opinion has been often sought and has always
been held valuable.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
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NELSON CLOSE,
who in his time was one of the prominent citizens of Texas
township, Crawford county, Ohio, was born in the state of New
York in 1818, and died at his home in Texas township Apr. 25,
1874. He emigrated to Ohio in 1844 and located on the farm
on which he passed the remainder of his life. He was
married in 1845 to Elizabeth Bender, who was born in
Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, Feb. 15, 1820, a daughter of
GEORGE and Mary (Fohler) Bender.
Mrs. Close came with her father and other members of this
family to Ohio in 1824. They made the journey from
Pennsylvania by horse team and stopped for about a year at
Bucyrus, the site of which was at that time marked by only a few
primitive log cabins. In 1825 they went on to Benton, in
Crawford county, where Mr. Bender entered a claim to
government land, on which he erected a small log house.
The forests round about abounded with wild game and Indians
often came to his cabin, but never showed aught but a friendly
disposition. He hunted some and burned a good deal of
lime, which he hauled to Bucyrus. He was a very
progressive and enterprising man, who was a member of the
Lutheran church and took an active interest in evangelical and
Sunday-school work. He was the first incumbent of the
office of trustee of Texas township and platted the village of
Benton, and was the first postmaster at that point. He
died Feb. 10, 1851, aged fifty-four years. His daughter,
Mrs. Close, taught a subscription school in a log
building at Benton when she was about twenty years old.
She was the oldest of eight children of her parents and she was
early orphaned. by the death of her mother at the early age of
thirty-two years.
Mr. Bender's house was noted for its hospitality, and
its roof sheltered not only white men, but from time to time
Indians remained there over night. The Indians trusted him
and he wielded considerable influence over them, and it was
their custom to come to him for advice concerning their troubles
with each other and with whites.
Mr. Bender's advent in Texas township was followed by
some discouraging incidents. Nearly all of his money was
stolen and one of his horses died, but he did not permit these
troubles to daunt his courage, though he and his family endured
many hardships and often were put to great inconvenience to
secure the necessaries of life. He was obliged to carry
his wheat on horseback to Upper Sandusky to mill, and after
waiting for it to be ground brought his share of the flour home,
the miller retaining the customary toll for grinding it.
The only windows in their first house were holes in the wall
covered with greased paper, and while they admitted a certain
amount of light nothing was visible through them. They had
no stove in their cabin, and they ate form old-fashioned pewter
dishes which they had brought with them from the east.
Mr. Bender was an industrious man, the sounds of whose ax
strokes could be heard early the late, and he cleared most of
his land of the dense forest, and eventually even of the stumps,
fenced it and put it under a good state of cultivation.
Nelson and Elizabeth (Bender) Close had children
as follows: Their daughter Mary is the wife of
Michael Davis, of Nebraska. Their son George
owns a part of his father's homestead on which his father made
his original settlement, which consisted of one hundred and
twenty acres. Their daughter Hannah is dead.
Their daughter Ella lives at the homestead in Texas
township. A biographical sketch of their son Harvey
appears elsewhere in this work. Their son, Adelbert
is dead. Their daughter Alta lives in Holmes
county, Ohio. Mr. Close was a member of the
Lutheran Church, and his widow, who since his death has lived on
the farm home, is also devotedly attached to the belief of that
religious organization.
George Close, son of Nelson and Elizabeth
(Bender) Close, who since his father's death has farmed the
old homestead, has won a good business success and is regarded
as an enterprising, progressive citizen of much public spirit.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
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THOS. H. B. CLUTTER |
THOMAS H. B. CLUTTER
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COLONEL WILLIAM CRAWFORD,
in whose honor Crawford County was named, was a Virginian, of
Scotch Irish lineage, born in the year 1732. His childhood
home was that of a pioneer farmer of the Old Dominion. His
education was limited. In early life he learned the art of
surveying in companionship with Washington, and followed the
vocation, together with farm work, until about twenty-three
years of age.
In the year 1755 he forsook the plow and compass and
began a most brilliant military career. Commissioned an
ensign by the governor of Virginia, and joining the company of
riflemen, he accompanied the army of the ill-fated General
Braddock in the march against Fort du Quesne. For
gallantry displayed upon that disastrous occasion, Ensign
Crawford was promoted the following year to a lieutenancy.
Later he received a captain's commission, recruited a company
and participated in the second march against Fort du Quesne,
reaching which the army found it vacated. For three years
thereafter Captain Crawford remained in the army service
of Virginia, and then returned to his home in the valley of
Shenandoah. Until 1767 he was again engaged in farming and
surveying. After examining the valley of the Youghiogheny,
he located there in what is now Fayette county, Pennsylvania,
thither removing his family in the year 1769.
When the war of independence came on he recruited a
regiment for continental service. Jan. 12, 1776, he was
made lieutenant-colonel of the Fifth Virginia Regiment, and Oct.
11th, the same year, he was appointed colonel of the Seventh
Regiment of Virginia battalions, by congress, commission to be
dated the 14th of August. Colonel Crawford served
under Washington upon the seaboard, repaired to Fort
Pitt, built Fort Crawford, engaged under McIntosh in the
Detroit expedition, aided Clark's expedition, then
retired from active military service by returning to his home,
hoping to discontinue in warfare. But, induced to join in
the Sandusky expedition, we find him again in warfare, and it
was in this last named expedition that he lost his life.
While on this expedition he was captured by the Delaware
Indians, and at their hands met an awful death by torture, -
burning at the stake, June 11, 1782!
It is fitting that some mention, in this connection, be
made of the gallant officers who served under Colonel
Crawford in the Sandusky expedition.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
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ELIAS CRISSINGER,
a trustee of Dallas township and a prominent farmer and
successful stock-raiser, was born near Peru, Illinois, August
11, 1853. He was a son of William and Mary (Baker)
Crissinger, both natives of Ohio, the former of Marion
county and the latter of Crawford county. The paternal
grandparents were of Dutch ancestry and removed from
Pennsylvania to Crawford county, Ohio, early in its settlement,
later going to Marion county where they spent their last days.
William Crissinger was
reared in Marion county, but his wife grew up in Crawford
county, where her father, Benajah Baker, was a
pioneer settler of Whetstone township. Later in life he removed
to Indiana and died in Jasper county. Four children were born to
Mr. and Mrs. Crissinger, one of whom has passed away.
After the death of our subject's mother in Illinois, when he was
but two years old, the father placed the children in the care of
their paternal grandparents. Later he married a second time and
lived in Marion county, and from there, in 1861, he entered the
United States army, and upon the expiration of his term of
enlistment re-enlisted, and died at Murfreesboro while serving
in the cause of his country.
Our subject did not live with his grandparents very
long, as after his second marriage the father claimed his
children. After his death they were directed by a guardian and
thus Elias had several early homes, but was given a
common-school education and was taught how to work on a farm.
From early life, however, he was obliged to earn all he received
and perhaps the stern discipline of necessity helped to make him
the reliable and excellent man he now is.
In 1874 Mr. Crissinger was married to
Harriet L. Houser, a daughter of Anthony Houser,
of Marion county, Ohio, and then settled in Dallas county, where
he began farming, first as a renter. An accidental discharge of
a shotgun so injured his hand that the amputation of his arm
below the elbow became necessary, and affliction which was borne
with most wonderful courage.
For the following seventeen years the family resided in
Marion county upon a forty-acre farm given to Mrs.
Crissinger by her father, but in 1896 he bought a farm of
one hundred and sixty acres, in Dallas township, Crawford
county, where he has since lived and followed farming.
In 1897 Mr. Crissinger was elected
trustee, and in 1900 was re-elected for a second term and in the
spring- of 1901 he was made assessor also and is now serving in
both positions, to the entire satisfaction of the community. In
politics he is a member of the Democratic party and is one of
the representative men of his community. With his wife and
family of eight children he belongs to the Methodist church,
where he is most highly esteemed for his many traits of
Christian character. His business relations have brought him
into contact with almost all the residents of the township and
there is no one who has more friends than Elias
Crissinger.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
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ROBERT
E. CROWLEY, who is a passenger conductor on the Big Four
Railroad, was born in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, in 1849,
and is a son of Robert Crowley, a native of Scotland.
Having arrived at years of maturity, the father married Miss
Agnes J. McCullough, also a native of the land of hills and
heather, their wedding being celebrated in Edinburg.
Crossing the Atlantic to America, they became residents of
Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, where occurred the birth of our
subject. He spent his boyhood days under the parental roof
until fifteen years of age, when he ran away from home in order
to aid his country in preserving the Union. On account of
his extreme youth his parents withheld their consent for him to
become a soldier, but his spirit of loyalty could not be checked
and he therefore quietly left the parental abode 1864 and was
enrolled as a member of the Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Five other bys of hte neighborhood enlisted at the same time,
but four of the number were killed or died in the service.
Mr. Crowley was with Sheridan in the Shenandoah
valley and did dispatch duty for a long time. This
service was particularly arduous and dangerous, but he never
faltered, although so young, and was ever found true to the
trusts reposed in him and to the important work given into his
charge. He was twice slightly wounded, and at the close of
the war was mustered out at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, receiving
an honorable discharge.
Throughout the greater part of his business career
Mr. Crowley has been connected with railroad service, having
been for twenty-eight years in the employ of the Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company. He was on
the road when it was known as the Bee Line, and since 1873 he
has been a conductor on what is now the Big Four Railroad, a
part of the Vanderbilt system. For some years he acted as
freight conductor between Galion and Union City, Indiana, but
since 1880 has been a passenger conductor, running to
Indianapolis. During all of the years of his connection
with the road he has never had an accident, never been suspended
and has never been reprimanded by railway authorities. It
is a record of which he has every reason to be proud and one
indicating close application and unquestioned fidelity.
Mr. Crowley was united in marriage to Miss
Margaret Carrothers, a daughter of George Carrothers,
who came from county Fermnagh, Ireland, to the new world when a
lad of ten summers. accompanied by his parents, who located in
Guernsey county, Ohio. This family of Carrothers were
heirs to the Abercrombie castle and estates in
Scotland. After some time spent in Guernsey county,
George Carrothers removed to Noble county, from there to
Morrow county, where his last days were passed. His widow
is still living on a farm in that county, her home being seven
miles from Galion. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Crowley have
been born five children: Agness Jane and Clyde
W., twins, who died in infancy, at the ages of eight months
and two years, respectively; Margaret, who is in Little
Rock, Arkansas, acting as private secretary to Bishop rown,
of the Episcopal church. She was educated in St. Mary's
Episcopal school, at Knoxville, Illinois, being graduated with
the class of 1898, in which she won class and valedictorian
honors. She learned stenography and typewriting in three
months, after which she accepted her present position.
Bishop Brown was residing in Galion during her infancy and
acted as her godfather and Mrs. Brown as godmother.
There are also two sons in Mr. Crowley's family -
Forest Glenn and Robert Garfield, - both of Galion,
the latter now a student in the high school.
Mr. Crowley is a Republican in his political
views, and, though he takes no active part in campaign work, he
believes firmly in the principles of the party and keeps well
informed on the issues of the day. He was reared in the
Episcopal church and he and his family attend its services.
Although his life has been quietly passed it contains many
lessons worthy of emulation, as does that of every man, who,
like Mr. Crowley, is true to his duties, to himself, to
his neighbors and to his country.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
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JACOB CRUM. One of
the old and highly respected farmers of Crawford county is Jacob
Crum, who has established a reputation as a thorough farmer and
estimable and useful citizen during a residence here which
covers more than a half century. Mr. Crum was born
in Adams county, Pennsylvania, on April 10, 1825, and he was a
son of Moses and Margaret (Rex) Crum, and was one of a
family of six children which was born to his parents. Of this
family our subject and his brother Michael, who is a
resident of Richland county, are the only living
representatives.
Moses Crum was a farmer in Pennsylvania,
where he was born in 1792, and from that state he emigrated to
Ohio, about 1838, locating in Sharon township, Richland county.
Here he lived until 1877, at which time he passed away, at the
age of eighty-five years and two months. His most worthy widow
survived him for about ten years, her age reaching ninety-five
years. Mr. Crum possessed at the time of his
decease about two hundred and forty acres of land, and provided
well for his children, ever taking a deep interest in their
welfare.
Jacob Crum was reared to farm work and
was about thirteen years old when his parents removed to Ohio.
His educational advantages were limited, his only opportunity
being during the few winter months when he could be spared from
the farm, the school house being such as the pioneer locality
provided, as at that time the advantages of education were not
always appreciated by those who were obliged to provide houses
and teachers.
Our subject remained at home until his marriage, in
1855, to Miss Susan Naser, who was a native of Cumberland
county, Pennsylvania, and who was a daughter of Samuel
Naser, who came to Richland county in 1834. Mr.
Naser located in Sharon township and lived there his
remaining years. After marriage our subject and his young
wife began housekeeping on the farm which he now occupies, in
Vernon township. This property was a present from his honored
father and comprised one hundred and sixty-six acres, to which
our subject has since added other lands. In 1880 he purchased a
tract of forty acres, which is located one-fourth of a mile
south of his home place, and in 1885 he bought another farm, the
location of the latter being in Auburn township, across the
highway from his residence farm, and consists of one hundred and
seventy acres. With these additions our subject owns three
hundred and seventy-six acres of land, and carries on extensive
farming and stock-raising operations.
Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Crum,
as follows: Samuel, residing on the Auburn township farm;
Elzina, the wife of Warren Turtle, of
Shelby: Jeremiah, of the state of Washington; Curtis,
of Shelby, Ohio; John, residing at home; Catherine,
the wife of Edward Johnson, of Shelby; and Luella,
deceased. In politics Mr. Crum has been a
life-long Democrat, and has been of service to his locality in
several offices, notably as school director, for several years.
He has been long one of the leading members of the Reformed
church, as was his wife until her death, in 1888. During his
long life in this locality Mr. Crum has witnessed
many changes, and has done his part in {developing the
agricultural section in his vicinity, and is held in "high
esteem and is one of the most substantial citizens of the
county.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 806 |
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