CROSE, PHILIP

CROSE, CAMPBELL, CROUCH

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Date: 5/31/2005 at 13:00:52

Biography reproduced from page 490 of the History of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties, Iowa published in 1884:

Philip Crose, son of Solomon and Fannie (Campbell) Crose, was born Nov. 18, 1812, in Ohio. When quite young, he left Ohio, and went with his father to Shawneetown, Ill., where he lived five years, and then removed to Vigo Co., Ind. near Terre Haute. After living here a while, he moved to Tippecanoe Co., Ind., and lived with this father until he died in 1845. He was married Jan. 22, 1834, to Mary Crouch, born in Ross Co., Ohio. They had seventeen children, eleven of whom are living—John, Syntha, Sarah, Abram, Thompson, James, Joseph, George, Louise, Frank and Philip. Mr. Crose owns 163 acres of fine land on sections 13 and 18, having his residence on section 18, Irvington township. Politically he is a democrat. Mrs. Crose is a member of the M. E. Church.