Account of Ancestors & Siblings by William Anderson Crouch
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The following Account of Ancestors & Siblings by W. A. Crouch, written
between 1918 & 1934, has been copied from photocopies of material sent
by Mrs. Joy Adams. From the late Glenn Crouch, Editor of the Crouch Family
Researcher.
Account of Ancestors & Siblings
[I am the son] of Jesse K. Crouch,
who was the son of William Crouch who Was
[was] the son of "Old Dad" Crouch.
Jesse Crouch, my father had one brother,
and two sisters. The brother's name was Luwellen,
and the names of his sisters were Eliza and Matilda. Eliza
married William Cox, and Matilda married
Elias Artiburn. Eliza was the mother of several boys and girls. I remember
the names of three of the boys--Jacob, William, who is a Baptist preacher
of no small degree of preaching ability, and said to be one of the best
pastors in all the territory of his ministrations, and Jesse Cox. I have
forgotten the names
of all my aunt's daughters.
My father's sister, Matilda, died when I was
about seven years of age, leaving a large family of children.
My paternal grandfather, William Crouch after
the death of my paternal grandmother, married again, and became the father
of a second group of children, and one of this group was named George Crouch,
who was, in 1872 with Ben Elder, in the Horse and Mule business in St. Louis,
and this same George Crouch was the father of Tom Crouch, who more recently
was engaged in the same business in St. Louis. I am of the opinion that
"Jephtha Crouch and Son", importers of Belgian Horses, are sprouts
from this same stump. My great grandfather, Old
Dad Crouch, was the father of a large family, but I can name only seven
sons and two daughters.
The sons were William, Jonathan, Hiter,
Isaac, Allen,
Reuben, and Joseph. Joseph
was a Baptist preacher in Owen County, Kentucky. The daughters were Polly
Ann, and Susan. Polly Ann married
Jeremiah Hale, who died in Jefferson County
Tennessee and left two sons who became Baptist
preachers, one named Henry, and one Jesse.
Susan married Allen King, who was also
a Baptist preacher, and moved to Kansas where he spent many years of faithful
service in preaching and teaching the things concerning the kingdom of God,
and died in a good old age honored and beloved by those who had been blest
both by his doctrine and his holy life.
How blest the righteous, when he dies,
When sinks a weary soul to rest,
His spirit mounts above the skies,
And all he leaves on earth is blest.
Jonathan Crouch, son of Old Dad Crouch,
married Ruthy Emmert, one of the most gentle, self sacrificing, tender,
motherly, patient, industrious, and Christ-like that I can call to my memory.
I never saw a frown gather on her brow, nor an acid word from her lips.
She gave you smiles by noonday, and at midnight. When her provocations seemed
to me to demand nothing but acerbity her words were sweet as honey, and
moved as smoothly as oil over polished marble, and those who heard and felt
the expressions of her meekness were constrained to the belief that all
the sweets of Paradise were not diluted in the waters of the flood, nor
burnt to ashes on Sinai, but in the valleys and low grounds of the pure
and holy of woman-kind there still may be found flowers and fruits transplanted
from the First but lost Eden.
This woman was the mother of Rev. G. A. Crouch,
son of Jonathan Crouch, son of Old
Dad Crouch. He was born in East Tennessee about 1840, and began to preach
in early manhood. He imbibed the mild and peaceful characteristics of his
mother. He was a most excellent peace-maker where dissentions existed in
churches. His pastoral qualities were most excellent. He indoctrinated the
churches in the truths of Holy Writ as he conceived them. He spent many
years in evangelizing the Hills-men and Mountaineers of East Tennessee.
He came to Missouri in the Sixties and served as Missionary in a number
of Associations. He lived in La Grange for a number of years, and his remains
lie in the Cemetery at that place, by the side of the woman who cheered
him in all his labors for the salvation of the lost.
Rev. G. A. Crouch left four sons and two
daughters. The sons, Boardman, John, James and
Charles still remain. John is a Baptist preacher
of recognized ability, and is now the President of La Grange Baptist College.
James is also a preacher and merchant in
Fort Morgan, Colorado. Charles is a button
manufacturer in La Grange. Sarah Crouch is
a teacher in our High Schools, and Jeannette,
her sister, is a Typist, secretary, and useful along many lines. Boardman
is an expert in finance. Whoever can see a dollar or dime farther than he
must have an excellent pair of orbs or a very clear atmosphere.
Hiter Crouch, twin brother of Jonathan
Crouch, and also a brother of my grandfather, William
Crouch, and brother-in-law to my father, as they two married sisters.
Hiter Crouch married Jemima McGuire, and
my father, Jesse K. Crouch married
Amy McGuire. These were the daughters of Nicholas and Amy McGuire. My mother
was named for my grandmother. Hiter Crouch
was the father of a large family.
W. S. Crouch, Joseph Crouch, A. L. J. Crouch,
Nicholas Crouch, and Elbert Crouch were his sons, and Anise, Emily, Sarah,
and Melissa were his daughters. These were dispersed over several western
states. Hiter Crouch was one of the most useful citizens locally, politically,
morally, religiously, and along all progressive lines to be found in Washington
County, Tenessee. His oldest son, William S.
Crouch, of whom I have previously made mention, was, beyond controversy,
a man who represented a large number of the virtues of as lofty a manhood
as any of the Crouch family, as far as my knowledge extends. His brother,
A. L. J. Crouch was a close second, and
surpassed him in some lines of self-expression. His power of analysis, in
determining the important principle in difficult and complicated questions
was of a high order. His ability to commit his thoughts to written form
in the most concise form, and in the most beautiful chirography which I
have never seen equaled, much less surpassed. His son, Elbert
Crouch, was the father of Rev. Austin Crouch, a Baptist minister of
more than ordinary usefulness and prominence.
The family of my father consisted of the following members. Jesse
K. and Amy Crouch the legal and authoritative Head. The first born
George, died when young, then came Maria, then Mary, then I appeared upon
the scene, then Eliza, then James Franklin, then Sarah, then Olivia Leone,
then A. P.,
then Nicholas. All have joined the silent majority except, Mary, Nicholas,
and myself.
I was married April 3rd. 1877, and will give a brief outline of the way
which I discovered the woman who became my wife and the mother of my children,
who shared in all my sorrows and joys, who has gone on before me to that
fair land of promise whose boundary must be near me.
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W. A. Crouch - D.D.--- Turney Missouri
Glenn's notes: The Account of Ancestors & Siblings was written by William
Anderson Crouch (1846-1934). William Crouch s/o Jesse King Crouch (1810-1888);
Jesse Crouch s/o William Crouch (ca1788- ); William Crouch s/o Jesse Crouch
(1760-1841); Jesse Crouch s/o John Crouch, Sr. (ca1720-1782). The date the
material was written is not given. William Anderson Crouch's wife, Martha
d Apr 1918, so we do know it was written between 1918 & 1934.
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