>From The Historical Atlas of Crawford County 1876 Enclosed is a copy of a few Personal Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers of Crawford Co. that I am copying for Tom Yosets Website at http://www.gremlan.org/~yoset/ Thought everybody might enjoy reading them. I am still looking for descendants of Wm Crozier or Samuel Fisher. Would love to hear from you! Happy New Year- More Sketches will be posted on Tom's Site this Week. Keep Checking.... Bev Hopkins SAMUEL HENRY, East Fallowfield Township The monument may crumble, and the descendants may move to distant regions, and the place where rest honored remains may be lost to the living, but the biography of a life impressed in print goes with us, and is imperishable. Samuel Henry was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, about 1778, and about 1800 emigrated as one of the earliest pioneers to Crawford County, and settled on a four-hundred-acre tract of land. His life was marked by an application to labor of that trying character known only to the frontiersmen. Food was scarce at times, and the game of the forest was the only resort to stay the cravings of hunger. He was twice married, first to Miss Sarah Hunnell, by whom he had five children, all of whom are dead and sleep in the grave with their mother; second, to Miss Polly Rhodes, by whom he had nine children, --seven sons and two daughters. Four children survive. Mr. Henry was energetic and tenacious of purpose, and a shrewd business man. He reared a large family to industry and frugality, combined with honesty and generosity. The faithful wife and loving mother was ever at her post to assist in all that pertained to domestic duties. Her death occurred on July 22, 1851; Mr. Henry followed her on December 29, 1854. He was Democratic in politics, and a firm believer in the advantages of schools and the doctrines of the Bible, and was a staunch supporter of education and the church. This brief sketch is given by his son Alexander as a tribute to the memory of his parents, and as an ancestral record to those who are following after them. CYRUS SHREVE, Bloomfield Township Was born July 23, 1825. Was son of Israel Shreve, who came from Fayette County with his father in 1801, and settled in Bloomfield Township. Cyrus Shreve received only a limited education in his youth; became identified with the Baptist Church, studied theology, and for the past twenty-five years has been a preacher in that denomination; has been foremost in all benevolent movements; is a Life Director in the Pennsylvania Institute for Educating Young Men for the Ministry; may well be called a self made, upright, exemplary man. Was married in 1856 to Florrella Nourse, daughter of William Nourse, formerly of Vermont. Result of this union two sons, Milton W. and Owen M. THE COTTON FAMILY. In this age of invention and progress few stop to inquire after lineage, and what the man is, not who his parents were, is the basis of standing; but a decent respect for our parents requires a tribute to their memory on the printed page or sculptured marble. John Cotton, son of John and Margaret Cotton, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, October 11, 1793. The family removed to Meadville, Pennsylvania, in 1801, and in 1812, John Cotton, the son, enlisted and served one year in the military service of the United States. By occupation he has been a farmer. He married May McMaster on August 24, 1820. They had four children; Henry, Nancy Jane, Margaret, and Martha. The first two are living. Mr. Cotton, Sr., settled in West Fallowfield Township about 1818. He had a farm of one hundred and twelve acres. Himself and wife were church members. In politics he was a Democrat. He died March 17, 1846. His wife survived till June 25, 1873. Henry S. Cotton was born May 25, 1821, on the old farm he now owns, and follows farming. He married Miss May McKay, of Summer Hill Township, on October 26, 1843. Mrs. Cotton was born on May 3, 1822, and, having lived a Christian, died March 13, 1866. By this marriage there were eight children, three of whom have died. Mr. Cotton was again married on May 4, 1869, to Mrs. M.E. Martzall. He still resides on his birth-spot, the home of his father, and takes part in politics as a Democrat, and in religion as a Presbyterian, and watches the years roll on with confidence in national strength and perpetuity, and as abiding hope of a peaceful death and a happy resurrection. ****************************************************************************** ***************** Researching the Following Direct Lines: Gibson * Adsit * Mattocks * Putnam * Whiting * Fetterman * Hood * Mushrush * Birch/Burch * Grinnell * Wescoat/Westcott * Gaskill * Staley * Mook * Reed * Williams (Capt Billy's Family) * Andrew J. Williams family * Davis * Hays * Shreve * James * Lippincott * Horton * Seeley * McFaden (McFadden) * Taylor * Bennett * Bates/Betts * Johnson * Garwood * Hill * McGranahan * Hutcheson* Allen * Crozier * Fisher * McDowell * ****************************************************************************** ******************