John Crall

As printed in 1881

JOHN CRALL (deceased); born in Dauphin Co., Penn. Dec. 18, 1809; he was the son of Henry and Elizabeth (Henshew) Crall, who were natives of Pennsylvania. When young, Mr. Crall worked at the millwright trade, until he was married, which event occur-ed April 16, 1835, with Elizabeth Eaysor, daughter of John and Susanna (Fackler) Raysor. Mi-s. Crall was born Feb. 10, 1817, in the same county as her husband. After their marriage they lived with his father's family one j'ear, when they moved to the farm of her father; where they remained nine years; he gave them money to purchase the farm of Mr. Crall's parents, who were about to sell and move to the West. The Crall family moved to Ohio and settled in this county and the flattering accounts sent back by them of this country induced John Crall to move here; according-, he, with wife and Ave children, left Harrisburg in a two-horse wagon in April, and arrived in Crawford County, in June, 1852; they purchased the Samuel Foster place, where their son Elias lives. They were parents of twelve children, three of whom died in Pennsylvania in childhood, and two died in childhood after they came here. Those living are John, who resides at Milan; Elizabeth, now Mrs. E. M. Moore; William, Elias, Oliver and Susie reside with their mother. David enlisted in August, 1861, in Company C, 101st 0. V. I., and served through the war until captured by the rebels at the battle of Chiekamauga, and sent to Danville Prison, where he died May 24, 1864, thus terminating his sufferings in the rebel prison, which he had withstood from the preceding September. Mr. John Crall was called from his earthly scenes Nov. 25, 1879. He and Mrs. Crall had been members of the United Brethren Church since shortly* after their marriage; her father, John Raysor, was a minister of that persuasion.

As printed in History of Crawford County and Ohio : containing a history of the state of Ohio, from its earliest settlement to the present time ... a history of Crawford County ... biographical sketches, portraits (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.