Civil War Service:
Corporal, Co. A, 12th West Virginia Infantry
Mustered in at age 24, Aug. 16, 1862, at Wheeling, WV; Residence: Moundsville, WV; Occupation: Farmer; Mustered out June 16, 1865, at Richmond, VA.
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OBITUARY: ABSOLOM CROW, 89, CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIED LAST NIGHT
Absolom Crow, Civil War Veteran, aged 89 years, passed away at his home on North Jefferson avenue shortly before last midnight after an illness of four weeks duration.
He was born on Fairview Ridge, August 22, 1837, the son of William and Rachael Crow and was one of a family of twelve children of whom but one, Miss Sarah L. Crow of First street survives. He married Sarah E. Magers, on October 18, 1866. The wife preceded him in death on the 9th of the present month. The surviving children are: J. N. Crow of Fairview; Mrs. Permetea Ruckman of Center street; Charles B. Crow, Chris C. Crow and Dessie Padgett of Moundsville, and Arch Crow of Newark, O.
He served during the Civil War as a member of Company A, 12th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry. He spent the greater part of his life as a livestock dealer and was widely known over the county. He was a member of the Methodist church.
The funeral will be held from the residence of his son, Mr. Chris Crow, at 205 Washington avenue, at two thirty o'clock Thursday afternoon. Services will be conducted by Rev. J. A. Shultz, of the Calvary M. E. church and interment will occur in Mount Rose Cemetery.
∼Occupation: retired
COD: chronic gastritis/infirmities of age
Father: William Crow, b.PA
Mother: Sarah Magers, b.Ireland
Spouse: not known
Corporal, Co. A, 12th West Virginia Infantry
Mustered in at age 24, Aug. 16, 1862, at Wheeling, WV; Residence: Moundsville, WV; Occupation: Farmer; Mustered out June 16, 1865, at Richmond, VA.
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OBITUARY: ABSOLOM CROW, 89, CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIED LAST NIGHT
Absolom Crow, Civil War Veteran, aged 89 years, passed away at his home on North Jefferson avenue shortly before last midnight after an illness of four weeks duration.
He was born on Fairview Ridge, August 22, 1837, the son of William and Rachael Crow and was one of a family of twelve children of whom but one, Miss Sarah L. Crow of First street survives. He married Sarah E. Magers, on October 18, 1866. The wife preceded him in death on the 9th of the present month. The surviving children are: J. N. Crow of Fairview; Mrs. Permetea Ruckman of Center street; Charles B. Crow, Chris C. Crow and Dessie Padgett of Moundsville, and Arch Crow of Newark, O.
He served during the Civil War as a member of Company A, 12th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry. He spent the greater part of his life as a livestock dealer and was widely known over the county. He was a member of the Methodist church.
The funeral will be held from the residence of his son, Mr. Chris Crow, at 205 Washington avenue, at two thirty o'clock Thursday afternoon. Services will be conducted by Rev. J. A. Shultz, of the Calvary M. E. church and interment will occur in Mount Rose Cemetery.
∼Occupation: retired
COD: chronic gastritis/infirmities of age
Father: William Crow, b.PA
Mother: Sarah Magers, b.Ireland
Spouse: not known
Civil War Service:
Corporal, Co. A, 12th West Virginia Infantry
Mustered in at age 24, Aug. 16, 1862, at Wheeling, WV; Residence: Moundsville, WV; Occupation: Farmer; Mustered out June 16, 1865, at Richmond, VA.
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OBITUARY: ABSOLOM CROW, 89, CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIED LAST NIGHT
Absolom Crow, Civil War Veteran, aged 89 years, passed away at his home on North Jefferson avenue shortly before last midnight after an illness of four weeks duration.
He was born on Fairview Ridge, August 22, 1837, the son of William and Rachael Crow and was one of a family of twelve children of whom but one, Miss Sarah L. Crow of First street survives. He married Sarah E. Magers, on October 18, 1866. The wife preceded him in death on the 9th of the present month. The surviving children are: J. N. Crow of Fairview; Mrs. Permetea Ruckman of Center street; Charles B. Crow, Chris C. Crow and Dessie Padgett of Moundsville, and Arch Crow of Newark, O.
He served during the Civil War as a member of Company A, 12th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry. He spent the greater part of his life as a livestock dealer and was widely known over the county. He was a member of the Methodist church.
The funeral will be held from the residence of his son, Mr. Chris Crow, at 205 Washington avenue, at two thirty o'clock Thursday afternoon. Services will be conducted by Rev. J. A. Shultz, of the Calvary M. E. church and interment will occur in Mount Rose Cemetery.
∼Occupation: retired
COD: chronic gastritis/infirmities of age
Father: William Crow, b.PA
Mother: Sarah Magers, b.Ireland
Spouse: not known
Corporal, Co. A, 12th West Virginia Infantry
Mustered in at age 24, Aug. 16, 1862, at Wheeling, WV; Residence: Moundsville, WV; Occupation: Farmer; Mustered out June 16, 1865, at Richmond, VA.
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OBITUARY: ABSOLOM CROW, 89, CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIED LAST NIGHT
Absolom Crow, Civil War Veteran, aged 89 years, passed away at his home on North Jefferson avenue shortly before last midnight after an illness of four weeks duration.
He was born on Fairview Ridge, August 22, 1837, the son of William and Rachael Crow and was one of a family of twelve children of whom but one, Miss Sarah L. Crow of First street survives. He married Sarah E. Magers, on October 18, 1866. The wife preceded him in death on the 9th of the present month. The surviving children are: J. N. Crow of Fairview; Mrs. Permetea Ruckman of Center street; Charles B. Crow, Chris C. Crow and Dessie Padgett of Moundsville, and Arch Crow of Newark, O.
He served during the Civil War as a member of Company A, 12th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry. He spent the greater part of his life as a livestock dealer and was widely known over the county. He was a member of the Methodist church.
The funeral will be held from the residence of his son, Mr. Chris Crow, at 205 Washington avenue, at two thirty o'clock Thursday afternoon. Services will be conducted by Rev. J. A. Shultz, of the Calvary M. E. church and interment will occur in Mount Rose Cemetery.
∼Occupation: retired
COD: chronic gastritis/infirmities of age
Father: William Crow, b.PA
Mother: Sarah Magers, b.Ireland
Spouse: not known
