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��was married to Miss Elizabeth Gardner, daughter of George and Elizabeth Gardner, Dec. 25, 1870 ; she is of German descent ; her mother's maiden name was Mentzer. Thomas M. and Elizabeth Coulter are the parents of five children, three of whom are living and two dead — Esther A., born Jan. 19, 1872, died May 17, 1874; Elmer Alonzo, born .Jan. 19, 1874, died Jan. 21, 1875; Samantha Irena, born Dec. 1, 1875; Charley C, Feb. 1, 1877, and Mary Jane, Nov. 25, 1878.

CRAIG, LEMUEL, farmer; P. 0. Lucas. His father, John, Craig, was born in Washington Co., Penn., Feb. 8, 1805 ; was of Irish descent, and a farmer by occupation ; his wife, whose maiden name was Hannah Perry, was a Virginian by birth, was born Aug. 10, 1805 ; was twice married, married to Samuel Stewart Sept. 9, 1823 ; he was of Scotch-Irish descent ; by this marriage she had six children — Mary Jane, born Sept. 14, 1824 ; Samuel P., born Sept. 9, 1825; Susannah, born May 15, 1827 ; Mathew D., born Aug. 7, 1828 ; Alvah, born Sept. 25, 1829, and John, born Aug. 9, 1831. Mr. Stewart came to Richland Co. in 1830, and July 22 of the same year, purchased the northeast quarter of Sec. 29, in Monroe Township, where he continued to reside until the day of his death ; he died Jan. 8, 1831. John Craig and Hannah Stewart were married about the year 1834 ; they have two sons and three daughters, who have lived to be men and women — Lemuel, born March 9, 1835 ; Elizabeth, born May 29, 1836 ; Nancy and James, twins, born June 29, 1840, and Mary Ann, born March 2, 1847. Mr. and Mrs. Craig continued to reside on the farm where she first settled in the township as long as they lived ; he died Jan. 22, 1869, and she Aug. 21, 1869. Mr. Craig was a member of the Lutheran Church, and was buried in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery ; Mrs. Craig was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, and was buried in the Monroe Cemetery. Lemuel Craig was married to Drusilla Huston March 30, 1858, by Rev. W. A. G. Emerson ; Miss Huston is the second daughter of John and Mary Huston ; Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Craig were both born and raised in Monroe Township, and have lived on or near the farm on which they now reside, ever since their marriage ; Mr. Craig now owns 56 acres of the west side of the old homestead ; has erected thereon a very good barn and neat and comfortable dwelling, besides making many other important improvements. Mr. Craig and wife have been active and zealous members of the Lutheran Church for about twenty-two years. He held the office of Township Clerk, and discharged his official duties to the satisfaction of all concerned.

CRAWFORD, DAVID (deceased) ; he was born in Greene Co., Penn., April 15,1781; his father's name was John Crawford ; his mother's maiden name was Issabella Parker ; his parents subsequently moved to Venango Co., in the same State. He remained with them, working on the farm, until he was 25 years of age, when he removed to Washington Co., Penn.; he came to this county about 1815, and entered a quarter- section of laud in the southeast part of Monroe Town- ship ; he then returned home. He was married, Oct. 1, 1818, to Lucy Applegate, second daughter of Aaron and Mary Applegate, of Allegheny Co., Penn. In the spring of 1819, he again came to this county, erected a

��cabin and cleared a field of 2 or 3 acres, planting it in corn and potatoes. He remained here until the 1st of July, when he returned to Pennsylvania, and, in September of the same year, removed his family to his home in Monroe Township, the county at that time in a wild and unsettled state ; Abrams Baughman, Senior and Junior, Adam Wolfe and Solomon Gladden were his nearest neighbors. Mr. Crawford was a member of the Presbyterian Church originally, as were nearly all the old Crawford family. Some difficulties arose in the church, and he withdrew his name from the church book. About this time, he obtained some of the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg. Believing the doctrine expounded by the founder of the New Jerusalem, he, together with a number of his neighbors, formed an organization in that doctrine. He lived a consistent member thereof the remainder of his life. He was a great reader, and had a remarkable memory. He could relate, with great accuracy, historical events of which he had read years before. He withstood the privations, hardships and dangers incident to every new country — cleared up his farm and reared a family of six children, three sons and three daughters. After cultivating his farm for twenty years, in 1840, he had an attack of palsy that made him an invalid the remainder of his life. He died Feb. 1. 1860, at the age of 78 years 9 months and 16 days. His wife, Lucy, was born in Allegheny Co., Penn., May 7, 1794; she died .Jan. 4, 1870, aged 75 years 7 months and 27 days. Their children were Mary, born in 1819 ; A. Harvey, in 1820; Issabella, in 1822; William T., in 1825; James, in 1827, died in 1850, and Amanda, in 1837. Harvey is living in Emlenton, Venango Co., Penn. ; Issabella is living in Ft. Wayne, Ind., and the other three — Mary, Amanda and William — are living in Mon- roe Township. They are all married, except William.

CRAWFORD, WILLIAM T., former; P. 0. Perrys- ville; was born in Monroe Townshiy March 16, 1825 ; he is the second son of David and Lucy Crawford, pioneers of the township. His boyhood was spent in assisting his father on the farm and in attending the district school in the winter season when his services were not required on the farm ; ere he had attained his majority, his father became disabled, when the whole management of the farm devolved upon him ; at the death of his parents, he bought the interest of two of his sisters and became the owner of two-thirds of the homestead, where he still continues to reside. He was a private in Co. B, 163d 0. N. G.; went into camp at Mansfield May 2, 1864, and served with credit four months and twelve days, when he was honorably discharged, having served a month more than his term of enlistment. Mr. Crawford is passionately fond of music, and in his younger days was one of the leading singers of his neighborhood. He has been a member of Perrysville Division, No. 588, Sons of Temperance, about twenty years ; has been a member of the Lutheran Church about fourteen years.

CULLER, GEORGE, farmer: P. 0. Lucas; was born in Frederick Co., Md., Jan. 31, 1810; his father's name was Jacob Culler ; his mother's maiden name was Barbary Long ; they were both of German descent ; they came to Richland Co. in the fall of 1825, and pur- chased the farm now owned by the heirs of Andrew

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