NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11204 BOYLE CO – MRS. POLLY LITTLE CROW – Crow, Staley #11204: Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883, pp 439-440. MRS. POLLY LITTLE CROW. This well know and highly esteemed old lady was born in Kentucky, on January 28, 1792. She was raised near Perryville, in Mercer County, now called Boyle, and was married to Mr. Crow about the time she attained to womanhood. For some time after her marriage she remained in Kentucky, and about the year 1826 she removed with her husband and such part of her family as there were at that time to Missouri, and settled in Boone county, and after a residence there of about one year they came to Pike county and located on a farm southeast of Ashley and at but a small remove from that village where she has ever since continued to reside. After living with her husband long enough to celebrate their golden wedding he died, about seven years ago, since which time Mrs. Crow has lived with her daughter, Mrs. Myrian Staley, on the old homestead. Mrs. Crow was the mother of eight children, two sons and six daughters, two of whom, the eldest and the youngest, both daughters, are now dead. Mrs. Crow is a lady of more than ordinary intelligence, and even at her advanced age converses well upon the common topics of the day. She was well educated for the times in which she was raised, and prudently availed herself of the advantages, which her father was able to offer her. She was also well skilled in the duties of the housewife, and when a girl, besides being a good cook and familiar with the duties usually taught the young women of that period, she acquired the art of cutting by measure, and through this knowledge became specially useful to both her father’s family and her own. Her mind is but little impaired, and at the great age of more than ninety years she enjoys remarkably good health, sometimes complaining of a cold or other slight indisposition, but very seldom being confined to her bed even for a day. A feeling of loneliness sometimes oppresses her as she takes a retrospect of her life and finds that as many of those she had long known and dearly loved have passed away. About two years ago she lost a friend whose death she will never cease to mourn. This was her girlhood’s friend and the wife of her husband’s brother. They had been reared together and before either had taken upon themselves the duties and responsibilities of wifehood they had been accustomed to share each others confidence and to be made familiar with each other’s secrets. Destiny cast their lots in the same new country, in the same community, and they were again neighbors, each with the duties of a mother and the responsibilities of a growing family. A combination of circumstances naturally transpired to bind them even closer to each other than ever before. For years they lived in the relation of friends, neighbors, and kinfolks, each encouraging and assisting the other and furnishing for one another such social enjoyment as neither could find elsewhere. As they grew old together, their children affectionately provided for their enjoyment, and the birthday of each was always celebrated, the other being the first and most honored guest. One of them has fallen away from the circle of loved ones whose endeavors had long been to make her life joyous and happy; the other is well prepared for the change, and is, without complaining, patiently awaiting the final summons. Since about the time of her marriage, Mrs. Crow has been a consistent member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and one of the first congregations of this religious denomination ever organized in Pike county was constituted at her husband’s house. The faith of her early womanhood sustains her in her old age, and no fears that her trust is in vain can ever disturb her assurance of a blissful hereafter. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch