Clark Crow, of Allen Twp.

Clark Crow, p. 367

        CLARK CROW was born on August 6, 1825, on the farm where he is
        now living, in Allen township, Washington co., Penn., a son of
        Lawrence Crow, and a grandson of Lawrence and Margaret Crow.
        The last mentioned ancestors were natives of Maryland, and in 1784
        settled in Allen township, this county. Lawrence, the grandfather,
        applied for a patent August 31, 1784, and on December 16, same
        year, surveyed the tract called �Crow�s Egg,� which contained 295
        acres, and became the permanent home of the Crow family, who lived
        there in block-houses for many years.

        Lawrence Crow, father of Clark Crow, was in 1795, on the home
        place in Allen township, Washington county, receiving his early
        education in the country schools. On November 9, 1812, he was
        married to Mary Riggs, a native of that township, and a daughter of
        William and Mary Riggs, the former of whom was a Methodist minister;
        both her parents were born in Maryland, and in 1773 came to
        Washington county, Penn., locating on the Monongahela river, where
        they died many years ago. To the union of Lawrence and Mary (Riggs)
        Crow there were children as follows: Elizabeth, born November 16,
        1813, was married to James Donaldson, and died October 9, 1847, in
        Greenfield, Penn.; William J., born July 29, 1815, married Nancy
        Jackman, and died in Illinois in 1876; Mary Ann, born May5, 1817,
        died June 21, 1856, in Pennsylvania; Margaret L., born April 11,
        1820, was married to James D. Latta, and died in Washington county,
        Penn., January 20, 1853; Sarah, born May 10, 1822, was married to
        William Dunlavey, and died February 11, 1850; Clark, the subject of
        this sketch; and James, born September 10, 1828, married Sarah
        Ward, and died October 3, 1857, Clark being now the only survivor of
        the family. The father died in 1835, followed in 1865 by his widow. He
        was a Democrat in politics, and he and his wife were members of the
        First M. E. Church built in Allen township, this county, and known as
        the �Howe M. E. Church;� it was originally erected in 1820, taken
        down in 1872 and rebuilt in 1892.

        Clark Crow, whose name opens this memoir, received a subscription
        school education, and assisted his father in clearing up the home farm.
        On April 30, 1851, he was united in marriage with Rachel, daughter of
        William and Rachel (Stewart) Latta, and a native of Allen township, this
        county. To this union were born three children: Ann Salene, Charles C.
        (deceased September 8, 1866) and James B. (deceased September
        18, 1856). The mother of these children died December 18, 1859, and
        May 25, 1862, Mr. Crow took a second wife Isabel Wilkin a native of
        Coal Centre, this county, a daughter of Reuben Wilkin, who was born
        February 9, 1799, near Lost River, Hardy Co., W. Va., a son of
        George and Mary Wilkin, of West Virginia, who moved to Greenfield
        (now Coal Centre), Penn., in an early day.

        Coming to Greenfield (now Coal Centre), East Pike Run township,
        Washington Co., Penn., Reuben Wilkin was married April 2, 1826, to
        Bethsheba Dowler, a native of that township, born in 1808, a daughter
        of Thomas and Elizabeth Dowler, and to this union were born as
        follows: George W., born January 28, 1826, married September 13,
        1849, to Margaret Ann Addis; Elizabeth, born June 19, 1828, died
        June 19, 1829; Emily, born May 29, 1830, died December 20, 1887;
        Henry D., born May 8, 1832, married October 18, 1860, to Anna
        Piper; Mary Jane, born June 14, 1834, married to Peter Corwin,
        November 23, 1837; Thomas, born April 7, 1836, married January 1,
        1861, to Mary McMillan; Rebecca, born August 26, 1838, died
        September 30, 1838; Isabel, born October 3, 1839, wife of Clark
        Crow; Lucinda, born July 2, 1844, married October 28, 1878, to
        William S. Wighams; and Harriet, born February 25, 1847, married
        December 8, 1878, to Robert Moore. The father of this family died in
        1882, having been preceded to the grave by his wife in 1869; she was
        a member of the First M. E. Church in Allen township, which went by
        the name of the �Howe Church,� of which mention has already been
        made in this sketch.

        Mr. and Mrs. Clark Crow have always resided on the home place,
        which is one of the oldest farms in Washington county, and contains
        190 acres of good land. In politics he is a Democrat, and has served
        faithfully as a road supervisor, judge of elections and a member of the
        school board. In religion he and his wife are members of the M. E.
        Church at Mount Tabor. Their children are Olive E. (Mrs. Samuel
        Winnett, living on the home farm) and Loretta (Mrs. W. A. Strowd, of
        East Pike township) (twins), Eldora (wife of J. M. McCracken, of
        Greene county, Penn.), William (married to Olive Crawford, and living
        in Allen township), Fred G., Lawrence C., and Edgar J., all three of
        whom are living with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Crow are the
        grandparents of six children living, and one deceased. 


        Text taken from page 367 of:
        Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington
        County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). 

        Transcribed May 1997 by Dawna Trainor of Baltimore, MD as part of the Beers
        Project.