Crouch, William M.

CROUCH

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 9/26/2019 at 22:54:18

William M. Crouch

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.119, James Twp.)
William M. Crouch, farmer, P. O. Hancock, was born in Ripley County, Ind., October 4, 1839, son of John and Maria (Markland) Crouch, both natives of Kentucky, he born in 1818, and she in 1822. The father died in this State in 1879, and the mother in 1873. They had twelve children - three sons and nine daughters - of whom the sons and four daughters are now living. Our subject received his education in Indiana and this State, and began life as a farmer. August 2, 1862, he enlisted in the Twenty-sixth Iowa Infantry, Company A, Capt. Williams. He was engaged in the battles of Arkansas Post, siege of Vicksbiurg, Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain. He served three years. He was married, December 19, 1868, in Clinton County, this State, to Esther Adams, born in Pennsylvania May 9, 1845, daughter of James and Sarah Adams, both natives of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Crouch had four children - one boy and three girls - of whom there are living Lulu, born in 1869; and Bertha, born January 18, 1882. Our subject came to James Township in 1874, and purchased 320 acres of land at $11 per acre. He has since made some substantial improvements, including a five-acre grove and an orchard. He engages in general farming. Our subject has filled some township offices, and is at present Township Trustee. He is a member of the A. H. T. S., and in politics is a Republican.