Crowley, Jacob biography
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Crowley, Jacob biography
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Classification: Biography
Surnames: Crowley, Johnson, Skinner, Hallett, Guild, Clark
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from reprint of “Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record†by Lewis Publishing, 1886. p. 125
JACOB CROWLEY, merchant, Woodburn, purchased the stock of D. B. Johnson five years ago. He also brought his own stock of goods from Ottawa and added to it, then built an extension of thirty feet to the store building,making it 20 x 60 feet, the largest in the town. He has a warehouse, 9 x 20 feet, by the side of the main store. He carries a general line of dry goods, groceries, hats, caps, boots, shoes, implements, etc. Mr. Crowley carries the largest and best-assorted stock of goods in town, and is the leading merchant.
He was born August 15, 1828, in Mansfield, Bristol County, Massachusetts, and is the son of Walter and Annie M. (Skinner) CROWLEY, natives of the same town, as was his grandfather, Abraham CROWLEY. The family all lived and died in that town except Walter, who died in Illinois, in 1869, while visiting a brother. He was sixty-five years of age.
Our subject was reared in the town of his nativity, where he lived many years, receiving his education in the schools of that noble State. He lived on a farm, and learned the blacksmith’s trade, following both his trade and farming, until he was twenty-five years of age; then entered the mercantile business, which he followed three or four years. He then went to Franklin County, Maine, purchased 300 acres of land, and farmed for a few years.
While there he was appointed by the Governor to the office of trial justice, which brought him a salary of $500. In 1862, his health failing, he sold his property, and in company with his brother-in-law Charles Hallett, captain of a vessel, took a trip to New Orleans, then in possession of B. F. Butler. Three months later he returned and engaged in building telegraph lines, by contract and otherwise, in Connecticut and New York State. Later he spent two years in Ohio and Indiana in the same work. In 1867, he removed to Oak Creek, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, and engaged in the manufacture of hats and bonnets an occupation in which he had previously had experience in Massachusetts. Mr. Crowley, like nearly all New Englanders, was skillful in all kinds of business, and has followed nearly all the trades of his time. He worked in a thread factory about a year.
In 1868 he removed to Decatur County, Iowa, and purchased a fine farm of 250 acres near Garden Grove. He worked at carpentering some, as he numbered that among his trades. In 1870 he went West to the Sac and Fox Agency, Indian Territory, when he followed blacksmithing and carpentering. He remained in the employ of the Government two years. From there he went to Smyrna, Clarke County, Iowa, and embarked in the mercantile trade, which he continued two years, then returned to his farm in Decatur. In the spring of 1878 he moved back to Clarke County and settled in Ottawa, and after one year of blacksmithing again went into the mercantile business. In January 1881, he came to Woodburn, where he has been engaged ever since. He has the most extensive trade of any merchant in this part of the county.
October 28, 1849, Mr. Crowley was married, in Maine, to Miss Mary P. Guild, who died in Garden Grove, August 26, 1877. September 18, 1878, he was married to Eliza A. Clark. He is the parent of seven children, four of whom are living-- J. A., Rosa A., Carlotta W., and Walter S. The deceased are -- Leroy, Winnie and Milo C.
From 1874 till 1884 Mr. Crowley was a minister in the Society of Friends, and spent considerable time and money traveling and holding meetings among them. But, feeling he was not wanted, he withdrew and turned his whole attention to business, with which he is at present engaged.
Mr. Crowley is a member of Unity Lodge, N. 212, of which he has served as master three years, and of Pintalpha Chapter, R. A. M., Osceola. In politics he is a Republican. He has held the offices of selectman, overseer of the poor, etc. in Massachusetts, and township trustee, and justice of the peace since coming here, is now township treasurer. His Grandfather CROWLEY was one of the patriots of the Revolution. His uncle, Jacob CROWLEY, served in the war of 1812-14.
from reprint of “Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record†by Lewis Publishing, 1886. p. 125
JACOB CROWLEY, merchant, Woodburn, purchased the stock of D. B. Johnson five years ago. He also brought his own stock of goods from Ottawa and added to it, then built an extension of thirty feet to the store building,making it 20 x 60 feet, the largest in the town. He has a warehouse, 9 x 20 feet, by the side of the main store. He carries a general line of dry goods, groceries, hats, caps, boots, shoes, implements, etc. Mr. Crowley carries the largest and best-assorted stock of goods in town, and is the leading merchant.
He was born August 15, 1828, in Mansfield, Bristol County, Massachusetts, and is the son of Walter and Annie M. (Skinner) CROWLEY, natives of the same town, as was his grandfather, Abraham CROWLEY. The family all lived and died in that town except Walter, who died in Illinois, in 1869, while visiting a brother. He was sixty-five years of age.
Our subject was reared in the town of his nativity, where he lived many years, receiving his education in the schools of that noble State. He lived on a farm, and learned the blacksmith’s trade, following both his trade and farming, until he was twenty-five years of age; then entered the mercantile business, which he followed three or four years. He then went to Franklin County, Maine, purchased 300 acres of land, and farmed for a few years.
While there he was appointed by the Governor to the office of trial justice, which brought him a salary of $500. In 1862, his health failing, he sold his property, and in company with his brother-in-law Charles Hallett, captain of a vessel, took a trip to New Orleans, then in possession of B. F. Butler. Three months later he returned and engaged in building telegraph lines, by contract and otherwise, in Connecticut and New York State. Later he spent two years in Ohio and Indiana in the same work. In 1867, he removed to Oak Creek, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, and engaged in the manufacture of hats and bonnets an occupation in which he had previously had experience in Massachusetts. Mr. Crowley, like nearly all New Englanders, was skillful in all kinds of business, and has followed nearly all the trades of his time. He worked in a thread factory about a year.
In 1868 he removed to Decatur County, Iowa, and purchased a fine farm of 250 acres near Garden Grove. He worked at carpentering some, as he numbered that among his trades. In 1870 he went West to the Sac and Fox Agency, Indian Territory, when he followed blacksmithing and carpentering. He remained in the employ of the Government two years. From there he went to Smyrna, Clarke County, Iowa, and embarked in the mercantile trade, which he continued two years, then returned to his farm in Decatur. In the spring of 1878 he moved back to Clarke County and settled in Ottawa, and after one year of blacksmithing again went into the mercantile business. In January 1881, he came to Woodburn, where he has been engaged ever since. He has the most extensive trade of any merchant in this part of the county.
October 28, 1849, Mr. Crowley was married, in Maine, to Miss Mary P. Guild, who died in Garden Grove, August 26, 1877. September 18, 1878, he was married to Eliza A. Clark. He is the parent of seven children, four of whom are living-- J. A., Rosa A., Carlotta W., and Walter S. The deceased are -- Leroy, Winnie and Milo C.
From 1874 till 1884 Mr. Crowley was a minister in the Society of Friends, and spent considerable time and money traveling and holding meetings among them. But, feeling he was not wanted, he withdrew and turned his whole attention to business, with which he is at present engaged.
Mr. Crowley is a member of Unity Lodge, N. 212, of which he has served as master three years, and of Pintalpha Chapter, R. A. M., Osceola. In politics he is a Republican. He has held the offices of selectman, overseer of the poor, etc. in Massachusetts, and township trustee, and justice of the peace since coming here, is now township treasurer. His Grandfather CROWLEY was one of the patriots of the Revolution. His uncle, Jacob CROWLEY, served in the war of 1812-14.