Jasper Weekly Courier newspaper, Jasper, IN
Friday 26 November 1886; Page 4, Column 1
A GOOD CITIZEN OF JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP
A Straightforward Jackson Democrat From Revolutionary Sires
We publish below a sketch of "Uncle Johnny Crooks," of Jefferson township, who for several generations has been known as one of the best citizens of Dubois County. If there are any other old pioneers of Dubois County who would like to have their records preserved, the Courier will gladly furnish them the opportunity.
One of the oldest citizens or pioneers of Jefferson township, "Uncle Johnny" Crook, so called by nearly every person that is acquainted with him, was born in Lincoln County, KY, February 23rd, 1801, if her lives to see the 23rd day of next February he will be 86 years of age. He was married in 1824 to Miss Elizabeth Brown in Floyd County, IN; she is still living and was 81 years of age the 12th day of last September. They have had nine children, six are living and three are dead; their names are Solomon, Jeremiah, Eliza, Martha, Lucinda, Andrew, Amos, Sarah and Mary. They have 50 grandchildren living, and 10 dead, and 44 great-grandchildren living, and 11 dead, making altogether, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, 115 living and dead.
Jeremiah, one of the sons, was a solider of the late war; he volunteered in 1861, in the 49th regiment, Co. A, Indiana volunteers, was wounded at Vicksburg, died at Carrollton, near New Orleans, on the 16th of August 1863. Amos and Sarah died when small.
In politics Uncle Johnny is an old Jackson Democrat and voted for the old hero of New Orleans three times, and has voted for all the Democratic Presidents from Jackson down to Cleveland. He has been Township Trustee one term and Justice of the Peace one term. In religion he is a regular predestinarian(sic) Baptist of the old school. He moved to Dubois County on December 2, 1838, when the county was a comparative wilderness, and there was plenty of game of all kinds. Where the town of Huntingburg now stands was a wilderness, but a few log houses was(sic) seen.
The father of Uncle Johnny Crooks was born in Chester County, VA, in 1770 and lived there until 1784. At the age of 24 he went to South Carolina, near old Stanford, and from there to Lincoln County, KY, where he married in 1797 Miss Elizabeth Hickman, and to this union was 14 children born, Uncle Johnny being the third child. In December 1805, the father moved to Indiana, and crossed the Ohio River where Louisville and New Albany now stand;
the first brick building was just going up at Louisville, and at New Albany there was not a stick amiss; all was a dense forest, and Indian camps was all along the river on the Indiana side in the county now called Floyd. The father was in politics a Whig, and in religion Predestinarian(sic) Baptist. He lived to be 88 years of age, and died in the town of Galena, Floyd County.
The grandfather of our subject was a revolutionary solider, and was a pilot for the armies of Generals Francis Marion and Sumpter through South Carolina and North Carolina. He was discharged but a few days before the lamentable defeat of General Sumpter* on the Peedee(sic)*, on account of his old age.
The great-grandfather of our subject was stolen when but a boy by a British officer, and brought to the American colonies; his name was Solomon Crook and from him descended the Crooks.
A Subscriber
*possibly General Francis Marion on or about 27 July 1780
*Peedee is the Pee Dee River, also known as the Great Pee Dee River, is a river in the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina. It originates in the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina, where its upper course, above the mouth of the Uwharrie River is known as the Yadkin River. It is extensively dammed for flood control and hydroelectric power. The lower part of the river is named Pee Dee (in colonial times written Pedee) after the Pee Dee Indian Tribe.
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Jasper Weekly Courier newspaper, Jasper, IN
Friday 3 May 1889; Page 4, Column 2
Obituary
Died, April 28th, 1889, at his son Andrew's home, in Jefferson township, John H. Crook, aged 88 years, 2 months and 5 days.
John Hickman Crook was born in Lincoln County, KY, February 23rd, 1801. His father came from NC to Floyd County, IN, in 1806*. The first brick house was then going up in Louisville, and where New Albany is now located was a vast beech forest when John first saw the Hoosier state. Amid the scenic knobs of Floyd County, and the hardships of pioneer life he grew to manhood. He was united in marriage with Elizabeth Brown, June 17th, 1824. They resided in Floyd County on a farm, and once in New Albany, until December 2, 1838, when they moved to Dubois County, where they resided on a farm until January 19th, 1888, when his wife died. They had lived happily together for 64 years. They began life poor, but by untiring industry, frugality and economy, they accumulated a comfortable living.
Uncle Johnny, as he was familiarly called, will be missed from the community in which he lived so long. He was jovial, kind, honest, generous and industrious. In fact he was a grand, noble pioneer, who was a kind husband and father, a beloved grandfather and a good neighbor. He was the father of nine children, four boys and five girls. One daughter and one son died in childhood's sunny days. The second son, Jeremiah, died at Carrollton*, near New Orleans, August 16th, 1863*, being then 2nd Lieutenant of Co. A, 49th Indiana Volunteers*. Two sons and two daughters live in Dubois County; one daughter in Orange County and the other daughter in Marion County, this state. He has forty-two grandchildren and fifty great-grandchildren living.
Politically he was a straight out Democrat, casting his first vote for Monroe, and last for Cleveland. He never attached himself to any church, but held to the doctrine of the Old Predestination Baptists. He had nearly always enjoyed good health, and was only sick about two days before he passed to the unknown beyond.
His remains were interred in the Crook graveyard, Monday April 29th, where many relatives and friend had gathered to pay the last tribute of respect to an aged father and pioneer. Of his father's family of fourteen children, two survive him. A brother, David, in California, and a sister in Jeffersonville, IN.
*From this account, it ins't entirely clear if the family were already in Indiana or if they came to Floyd County, IN, in 1806; that could mean he was actually born in North Carolina, or enroute to Floyd County, IN.
*Carrollton is a historic neighborhood of Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, it is the part of Uptown New Orleans farthest upriver while still being easily accessible to the French Quarter. It was historically a separate town, laid out in 1833 and incorporated on March 10, 1845. Carrollton was annexed by New Orleans in 1874 (becoming the city's 16th and 17th Wards), but it has long retained some elements of distinct identity.
*The 49th Indiana Infantry was organized at Jeffersonville, Indiana and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on November 21, 1861, under the command of Colonel John W. Ray.
The regiment was attached to 12th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, December 1861. 12th Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio, to March 1862. 24th Brigade, 7th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October 1862. 3rd Brigade, Cumberland Division, District of West Virginia, Department of the Ohio, to November 1862. 2nd Brigade, 9th Division, Right Wing, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to December 1862. 2nd Brigade, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January 1863. 2nd Brigade, 9th Division, XIII Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to February 1863. 1st Brigade, 9th Division, XIII Corps, to July 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to August 1863, and Department of the Gulf to March 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XIII Corps, to July 1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, to February 1865. Department of Kentucky to September 1865.
The 49th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service September 13, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky.
*49th Indiana Volunteers - Ordered to New Orleans, La., August 13. Duty at Carrollton, Brashear City and Berwick until October. Newspapers of that time in New Orleans have articles about general lawlessness and general anti-Union sentiment.
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Jasper Weekly Courier newspaper, Jasper, IN
Friday 10 May 1889; Page 4, Column 2
Lines By Josie Crook,
On the death of John H. Crook, who died April 28th, 1889.
O, Grandpa, dear, you've left us here,
In this cold world to roam;
While thou hast gone to dwell forever
In thy eternal home.
Farewell, dear Grandpa, we must say
Farewell to thee so soon;
Thou hast gone from earth away,
Beyond earth's sun and moon.
Beyond the stars, that brightly shine
Upon thy grave so low;
Beyond earth's darkness to thy shrine
Where saints delight to go.
For two long days you suffered pain,
But meekly by bore it all,
You did not murmurer nor complain,
But waited God's last call.
Yet God knows best, His name be blest,
He doeth all things well,
He took you to your heavenly rest,
In highest joys to dwell.
Then Farewell, Grandpa, till we meet
At home in heaven above,
To sing God's praise in music sweet,
And dwell in Jesus' love.
Friday 26 November 1886; Page 4, Column 1
A GOOD CITIZEN OF JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP
A Straightforward Jackson Democrat From Revolutionary Sires
We publish below a sketch of "Uncle Johnny Crooks," of Jefferson township, who for several generations has been known as one of the best citizens of Dubois County. If there are any other old pioneers of Dubois County who would like to have their records preserved, the Courier will gladly furnish them the opportunity.
One of the oldest citizens or pioneers of Jefferson township, "Uncle Johnny" Crook, so called by nearly every person that is acquainted with him, was born in Lincoln County, KY, February 23rd, 1801, if her lives to see the 23rd day of next February he will be 86 years of age. He was married in 1824 to Miss Elizabeth Brown in Floyd County, IN; she is still living and was 81 years of age the 12th day of last September. They have had nine children, six are living and three are dead; their names are Solomon, Jeremiah, Eliza, Martha, Lucinda, Andrew, Amos, Sarah and Mary. They have 50 grandchildren living, and 10 dead, and 44 great-grandchildren living, and 11 dead, making altogether, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, 115 living and dead.
Jeremiah, one of the sons, was a solider of the late war; he volunteered in 1861, in the 49th regiment, Co. A, Indiana volunteers, was wounded at Vicksburg, died at Carrollton, near New Orleans, on the 16th of August 1863. Amos and Sarah died when small.
In politics Uncle Johnny is an old Jackson Democrat and voted for the old hero of New Orleans three times, and has voted for all the Democratic Presidents from Jackson down to Cleveland. He has been Township Trustee one term and Justice of the Peace one term. In religion he is a regular predestinarian(sic) Baptist of the old school. He moved to Dubois County on December 2, 1838, when the county was a comparative wilderness, and there was plenty of game of all kinds. Where the town of Huntingburg now stands was a wilderness, but a few log houses was(sic) seen.
The father of Uncle Johnny Crooks was born in Chester County, VA, in 1770 and lived there until 1784. At the age of 24 he went to South Carolina, near old Stanford, and from there to Lincoln County, KY, where he married in 1797 Miss Elizabeth Hickman, and to this union was 14 children born, Uncle Johnny being the third child. In December 1805, the father moved to Indiana, and crossed the Ohio River where Louisville and New Albany now stand;
the first brick building was just going up at Louisville, and at New Albany there was not a stick amiss; all was a dense forest, and Indian camps was all along the river on the Indiana side in the county now called Floyd. The father was in politics a Whig, and in religion Predestinarian(sic) Baptist. He lived to be 88 years of age, and died in the town of Galena, Floyd County.
The grandfather of our subject was a revolutionary solider, and was a pilot for the armies of Generals Francis Marion and Sumpter through South Carolina and North Carolina. He was discharged but a few days before the lamentable defeat of General Sumpter* on the Peedee(sic)*, on account of his old age.
The great-grandfather of our subject was stolen when but a boy by a British officer, and brought to the American colonies; his name was Solomon Crook and from him descended the Crooks.
A Subscriber
*possibly General Francis Marion on or about 27 July 1780
*Peedee is the Pee Dee River, also known as the Great Pee Dee River, is a river in the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina. It originates in the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina, where its upper course, above the mouth of the Uwharrie River is known as the Yadkin River. It is extensively dammed for flood control and hydroelectric power. The lower part of the river is named Pee Dee (in colonial times written Pedee) after the Pee Dee Indian Tribe.
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Jasper Weekly Courier newspaper, Jasper, IN
Friday 3 May 1889; Page 4, Column 2
Obituary
Died, April 28th, 1889, at his son Andrew's home, in Jefferson township, John H. Crook, aged 88 years, 2 months and 5 days.
John Hickman Crook was born in Lincoln County, KY, February 23rd, 1801. His father came from NC to Floyd County, IN, in 1806*. The first brick house was then going up in Louisville, and where New Albany is now located was a vast beech forest when John first saw the Hoosier state. Amid the scenic knobs of Floyd County, and the hardships of pioneer life he grew to manhood. He was united in marriage with Elizabeth Brown, June 17th, 1824. They resided in Floyd County on a farm, and once in New Albany, until December 2, 1838, when they moved to Dubois County, where they resided on a farm until January 19th, 1888, when his wife died. They had lived happily together for 64 years. They began life poor, but by untiring industry, frugality and economy, they accumulated a comfortable living.
Uncle Johnny, as he was familiarly called, will be missed from the community in which he lived so long. He was jovial, kind, honest, generous and industrious. In fact he was a grand, noble pioneer, who was a kind husband and father, a beloved grandfather and a good neighbor. He was the father of nine children, four boys and five girls. One daughter and one son died in childhood's sunny days. The second son, Jeremiah, died at Carrollton*, near New Orleans, August 16th, 1863*, being then 2nd Lieutenant of Co. A, 49th Indiana Volunteers*. Two sons and two daughters live in Dubois County; one daughter in Orange County and the other daughter in Marion County, this state. He has forty-two grandchildren and fifty great-grandchildren living.
Politically he was a straight out Democrat, casting his first vote for Monroe, and last for Cleveland. He never attached himself to any church, but held to the doctrine of the Old Predestination Baptists. He had nearly always enjoyed good health, and was only sick about two days before he passed to the unknown beyond.
His remains were interred in the Crook graveyard, Monday April 29th, where many relatives and friend had gathered to pay the last tribute of respect to an aged father and pioneer. Of his father's family of fourteen children, two survive him. A brother, David, in California, and a sister in Jeffersonville, IN.
*From this account, it ins't entirely clear if the family were already in Indiana or if they came to Floyd County, IN, in 1806; that could mean he was actually born in North Carolina, or enroute to Floyd County, IN.
*Carrollton is a historic neighborhood of Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, it is the part of Uptown New Orleans farthest upriver while still being easily accessible to the French Quarter. It was historically a separate town, laid out in 1833 and incorporated on March 10, 1845. Carrollton was annexed by New Orleans in 1874 (becoming the city's 16th and 17th Wards), but it has long retained some elements of distinct identity.
*The 49th Indiana Infantry was organized at Jeffersonville, Indiana and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on November 21, 1861, under the command of Colonel John W. Ray.
The regiment was attached to 12th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, December 1861. 12th Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio, to March 1862. 24th Brigade, 7th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October 1862. 3rd Brigade, Cumberland Division, District of West Virginia, Department of the Ohio, to November 1862. 2nd Brigade, 9th Division, Right Wing, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to December 1862. 2nd Brigade, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January 1863. 2nd Brigade, 9th Division, XIII Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to February 1863. 1st Brigade, 9th Division, XIII Corps, to July 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to August 1863, and Department of the Gulf to March 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XIII Corps, to July 1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, to February 1865. Department of Kentucky to September 1865.
The 49th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service September 13, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky.
*49th Indiana Volunteers - Ordered to New Orleans, La., August 13. Duty at Carrollton, Brashear City and Berwick until October. Newspapers of that time in New Orleans have articles about general lawlessness and general anti-Union sentiment.
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Jasper Weekly Courier newspaper, Jasper, IN
Friday 10 May 1889; Page 4, Column 2
Lines By Josie Crook,
On the death of John H. Crook, who died April 28th, 1889.
O, Grandpa, dear, you've left us here,
In this cold world to roam;
While thou hast gone to dwell forever
In thy eternal home.
Farewell, dear Grandpa, we must say
Farewell to thee so soon;
Thou hast gone from earth away,
Beyond earth's sun and moon.
Beyond the stars, that brightly shine
Upon thy grave so low;
Beyond earth's darkness to thy shrine
Where saints delight to go.
For two long days you suffered pain,
But meekly by bore it all,
You did not murmurer nor complain,
But waited God's last call.
Yet God knows best, His name be blest,
He doeth all things well,
He took you to your heavenly rest,
In highest joys to dwell.
Then Farewell, Grandpa, till we meet
At home in heaven above,
To sing God's praise in music sweet,
And dwell in Jesus' love.
Jasper Weekly Courier newspaper, Jasper, IN
Friday 26 November 1886; Page 4, Column 1
A GOOD CITIZEN OF JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP
A Straightforward Jackson Democrat From Revolutionary Sires
We publish below a sketch of "Uncle Johnny Crooks," of Jefferson township, who for several generations has been known as one of the best citizens of Dubois County. If there are any other old pioneers of Dubois County who would like to have their records preserved, the Courier will gladly furnish them the opportunity.
One of the oldest citizens or pioneers of Jefferson township, "Uncle Johnny" Crook, so called by nearly every person that is acquainted with him, was born in Lincoln County, KY, February 23rd, 1801, if her lives to see the 23rd day of next February he will be 86 years of age. He was married in 1824 to Miss Elizabeth Brown in Floyd County, IN; she is still living and was 81 years of age the 12th day of last September. They have had nine children, six are living and three are dead; their names are Solomon, Jeremiah, Eliza, Martha, Lucinda, Andrew, Amos, Sarah and Mary. They have 50 grandchildren living, and 10 dead, and 44 great-grandchildren living, and 11 dead, making altogether, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, 115 living and dead.
Jeremiah, one of the sons, was a solider of the late war; he volunteered in 1861, in the 49th regiment, Co. A, Indiana volunteers, was wounded at Vicksburg, died at Carrollton, near New Orleans, on the 16th of August 1863. Amos and Sarah died when small.
In politics Uncle Johnny is an old Jackson Democrat and voted for the old hero of New Orleans three times, and has voted for all the Democratic Presidents from Jackson down to Cleveland. He has been Township Trustee one term and Justice of the Peace one term. In religion he is a regular predestinarian(sic) Baptist of the old school. He moved to Dubois County on December 2, 1838, when the county was a comparative wilderness, and there was plenty of game of all kinds. Where the town of Huntingburg now stands was a wilderness, but a few log houses was(sic) seen.
The father of Uncle Johnny Crooks was born in Chester County, VA, in 1770 and lived there until 1784. At the age of 24 he went to South Carolina, near old Stanford, and from there to Lincoln County, KY, where he married in 1797 Miss Elizabeth Hickman, and to this union was 14 children born, Uncle Johnny being the third child. In December 1805, the father moved to Indiana, and crossed the Ohio River where Louisville and New Albany now stand;
the first brick building was just going up at Louisville, and at New Albany there was not a stick amiss; all was a dense forest, and Indian camps was all along the river on the Indiana side in the county now called Floyd. The father was in politics a Whig, and in religion Predestinarian(sic) Baptist. He lived to be 88 years of age, and died in the town of Galena, Floyd County.
The grandfather of our subject was a revolutionary solider, and was a pilot for the armies of Generals Francis Marion and Sumpter through South Carolina and North Carolina. He was discharged but a few days before the lamentable defeat of General Sumpter* on the Peedee(sic)*, on account of his old age.
The great-grandfather of our subject was stolen when but a boy by a British officer, and brought to the American colonies; his name was Solomon Crook and from him descended the Crooks.
A Subscriber
*possibly General Francis Marion on or about 27 July 1780
*Peedee is the Pee Dee River, also known as the Great Pee Dee River, is a river in the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina. It originates in the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina, where its upper course, above the mouth of the Uwharrie River is known as the Yadkin River. It is extensively dammed for flood control and hydroelectric power. The lower part of the river is named Pee Dee (in colonial times written Pedee) after the Pee Dee Indian Tribe.
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Jasper Weekly Courier newspaper, Jasper, IN
Friday 3 May 1889; Page 4, Column 2
Obituary
Died, April 28th, 1889, at his son Andrew's home, in Jefferson township, John H. Crook, aged 88 years, 2 months and 5 days.
John Hickman Crook was born in Lincoln County, KY, February 23rd, 1801. His father came from NC to Floyd County, IN, in 1806*. The first brick house was then going up in Louisville, and where New Albany is now located was a vast beech forest when John first saw the Hoosier state. Amid the scenic knobs of Floyd County, and the hardships of pioneer life he grew to manhood. He was united in marriage with Elizabeth Brown, June 17th, 1824. They resided in Floyd County on a farm, and once in New Albany, until December 2, 1838, when they moved to Dubois County, where they resided on a farm until January 19th, 1888, when his wife died. They had lived happily together for 64 years. They began life poor, but by untiring industry, frugality and economy, they accumulated a comfortable living.
Uncle Johnny, as he was familiarly called, will be missed from the community in which he lived so long. He was jovial, kind, honest, generous and industrious. In fact he was a grand, noble pioneer, who was a kind husband and father, a beloved grandfather and a good neighbor. He was the father of nine children, four boys and five girls. One daughter and one son died in childhood's sunny days. The second son, Jeremiah, died at Carrollton*, near New Orleans, August 16th, 1863*, being then 2nd Lieutenant of Co. A, 49th Indiana Volunteers*. Two sons and two daughters live in Dubois County; one daughter in Orange County and the other daughter in Marion County, this state. He has forty-two grandchildren and fifty great-grandchildren living.
Politically he was a straight out Democrat, casting his first vote for Monroe, and last for Cleveland. He never attached himself to any church, but held to the doctrine of the Old Predestination Baptists. He had nearly always enjoyed good health, and was only sick about two days before he passed to the unknown beyond.
His remains were interred in the Crook graveyard, Monday April 29th, where many relatives and friend had gathered to pay the last tribute of respect to an aged father and pioneer. Of his father's family of fourteen children, two survive him. A brother, David, in California, and a sister in Jeffersonville, IN.
*From this account, it ins't entirely clear if the family were already in Indiana or if they came to Floyd County, IN, in 1806; that could mean he was actually born in North Carolina, or enroute to Floyd County, IN.
*Carrollton is a historic neighborhood of Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, it is the part of Uptown New Orleans farthest upriver while still being easily accessible to the French Quarter. It was historically a separate town, laid out in 1833 and incorporated on March 10, 1845. Carrollton was annexed by New Orleans in 1874 (becoming the city's 16th and 17th Wards), but it has long retained some elements of distinct identity.
*The 49th Indiana Infantry was organized at Jeffersonville, Indiana and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on November 21, 1861, under the command of Colonel John W. Ray.
The regiment was attached to 12th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, December 1861. 12th Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio, to March 1862. 24th Brigade, 7th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October 1862. 3rd Brigade, Cumberland Division, District of West Virginia, Department of the Ohio, to November 1862. 2nd Brigade, 9th Division, Right Wing, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to December 1862. 2nd Brigade, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January 1863. 2nd Brigade, 9th Division, XIII Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to February 1863. 1st Brigade, 9th Division, XIII Corps, to July 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to August 1863, and Department of the Gulf to March 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XIII Corps, to July 1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, to February 1865. Department of Kentucky to September 1865.
The 49th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service September 13, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky.
*49th Indiana Volunteers - Ordered to New Orleans, La., August 13. Duty at Carrollton, Brashear City and Berwick until October. Newspapers of that time in New Orleans have articles about general lawlessness and general anti-Union sentiment.
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Jasper Weekly Courier newspaper, Jasper, IN
Friday 10 May 1889; Page 4, Column 2
Lines By Josie Crook,
On the death of John H. Crook, who died April 28th, 1889.
O, Grandpa, dear, you've left us here,
In this cold world to roam;
While thou hast gone to dwell forever
In thy eternal home.
Farewell, dear Grandpa, we must say
Farewell to thee so soon;
Thou hast gone from earth away,
Beyond earth's sun and moon.
Beyond the stars, that brightly shine
Upon thy grave so low;
Beyond earth's darkness to thy shrine
Where saints delight to go.
For two long days you suffered pain,
But meekly by bore it all,
You did not murmurer nor complain,
But waited God's last call.
Yet God knows best, His name be blest,
He doeth all things well,
He took you to your heavenly rest,
In highest joys to dwell.
Then Farewell, Grandpa, till we meet
At home in heaven above,
To sing God's praise in music sweet,
And dwell in Jesus' love.
Friday 26 November 1886; Page 4, Column 1
A GOOD CITIZEN OF JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP
A Straightforward Jackson Democrat From Revolutionary Sires
We publish below a sketch of "Uncle Johnny Crooks," of Jefferson township, who for several generations has been known as one of the best citizens of Dubois County. If there are any other old pioneers of Dubois County who would like to have their records preserved, the Courier will gladly furnish them the opportunity.
One of the oldest citizens or pioneers of Jefferson township, "Uncle Johnny" Crook, so called by nearly every person that is acquainted with him, was born in Lincoln County, KY, February 23rd, 1801, if her lives to see the 23rd day of next February he will be 86 years of age. He was married in 1824 to Miss Elizabeth Brown in Floyd County, IN; she is still living and was 81 years of age the 12th day of last September. They have had nine children, six are living and three are dead; their names are Solomon, Jeremiah, Eliza, Martha, Lucinda, Andrew, Amos, Sarah and Mary. They have 50 grandchildren living, and 10 dead, and 44 great-grandchildren living, and 11 dead, making altogether, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, 115 living and dead.
Jeremiah, one of the sons, was a solider of the late war; he volunteered in 1861, in the 49th regiment, Co. A, Indiana volunteers, was wounded at Vicksburg, died at Carrollton, near New Orleans, on the 16th of August 1863. Amos and Sarah died when small.
In politics Uncle Johnny is an old Jackson Democrat and voted for the old hero of New Orleans three times, and has voted for all the Democratic Presidents from Jackson down to Cleveland. He has been Township Trustee one term and Justice of the Peace one term. In religion he is a regular predestinarian(sic) Baptist of the old school. He moved to Dubois County on December 2, 1838, when the county was a comparative wilderness, and there was plenty of game of all kinds. Where the town of Huntingburg now stands was a wilderness, but a few log houses was(sic) seen.
The father of Uncle Johnny Crooks was born in Chester County, VA, in 1770 and lived there until 1784. At the age of 24 he went to South Carolina, near old Stanford, and from there to Lincoln County, KY, where he married in 1797 Miss Elizabeth Hickman, and to this union was 14 children born, Uncle Johnny being the third child. In December 1805, the father moved to Indiana, and crossed the Ohio River where Louisville and New Albany now stand;
the first brick building was just going up at Louisville, and at New Albany there was not a stick amiss; all was a dense forest, and Indian camps was all along the river on the Indiana side in the county now called Floyd. The father was in politics a Whig, and in religion Predestinarian(sic) Baptist. He lived to be 88 years of age, and died in the town of Galena, Floyd County.
The grandfather of our subject was a revolutionary solider, and was a pilot for the armies of Generals Francis Marion and Sumpter through South Carolina and North Carolina. He was discharged but a few days before the lamentable defeat of General Sumpter* on the Peedee(sic)*, on account of his old age.
The great-grandfather of our subject was stolen when but a boy by a British officer, and brought to the American colonies; his name was Solomon Crook and from him descended the Crooks.
A Subscriber
*possibly General Francis Marion on or about 27 July 1780
*Peedee is the Pee Dee River, also known as the Great Pee Dee River, is a river in the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina. It originates in the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina, where its upper course, above the mouth of the Uwharrie River is known as the Yadkin River. It is extensively dammed for flood control and hydroelectric power. The lower part of the river is named Pee Dee (in colonial times written Pedee) after the Pee Dee Indian Tribe.
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Jasper Weekly Courier newspaper, Jasper, IN
Friday 3 May 1889; Page 4, Column 2
Obituary
Died, April 28th, 1889, at his son Andrew's home, in Jefferson township, John H. Crook, aged 88 years, 2 months and 5 days.
John Hickman Crook was born in Lincoln County, KY, February 23rd, 1801. His father came from NC to Floyd County, IN, in 1806*. The first brick house was then going up in Louisville, and where New Albany is now located was a vast beech forest when John first saw the Hoosier state. Amid the scenic knobs of Floyd County, and the hardships of pioneer life he grew to manhood. He was united in marriage with Elizabeth Brown, June 17th, 1824. They resided in Floyd County on a farm, and once in New Albany, until December 2, 1838, when they moved to Dubois County, where they resided on a farm until January 19th, 1888, when his wife died. They had lived happily together for 64 years. They began life poor, but by untiring industry, frugality and economy, they accumulated a comfortable living.
Uncle Johnny, as he was familiarly called, will be missed from the community in which he lived so long. He was jovial, kind, honest, generous and industrious. In fact he was a grand, noble pioneer, who was a kind husband and father, a beloved grandfather and a good neighbor. He was the father of nine children, four boys and five girls. One daughter and one son died in childhood's sunny days. The second son, Jeremiah, died at Carrollton*, near New Orleans, August 16th, 1863*, being then 2nd Lieutenant of Co. A, 49th Indiana Volunteers*. Two sons and two daughters live in Dubois County; one daughter in Orange County and the other daughter in Marion County, this state. He has forty-two grandchildren and fifty great-grandchildren living.
Politically he was a straight out Democrat, casting his first vote for Monroe, and last for Cleveland. He never attached himself to any church, but held to the doctrine of the Old Predestination Baptists. He had nearly always enjoyed good health, and was only sick about two days before he passed to the unknown beyond.
His remains were interred in the Crook graveyard, Monday April 29th, where many relatives and friend had gathered to pay the last tribute of respect to an aged father and pioneer. Of his father's family of fourteen children, two survive him. A brother, David, in California, and a sister in Jeffersonville, IN.
*From this account, it ins't entirely clear if the family were already in Indiana or if they came to Floyd County, IN, in 1806; that could mean he was actually born in North Carolina, or enroute to Floyd County, IN.
*Carrollton is a historic neighborhood of Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, it is the part of Uptown New Orleans farthest upriver while still being easily accessible to the French Quarter. It was historically a separate town, laid out in 1833 and incorporated on March 10, 1845. Carrollton was annexed by New Orleans in 1874 (becoming the city's 16th and 17th Wards), but it has long retained some elements of distinct identity.
*The 49th Indiana Infantry was organized at Jeffersonville, Indiana and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on November 21, 1861, under the command of Colonel John W. Ray.
The regiment was attached to 12th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, December 1861. 12th Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio, to March 1862. 24th Brigade, 7th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October 1862. 3rd Brigade, Cumberland Division, District of West Virginia, Department of the Ohio, to November 1862. 2nd Brigade, 9th Division, Right Wing, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to December 1862. 2nd Brigade, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January 1863. 2nd Brigade, 9th Division, XIII Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to February 1863. 1st Brigade, 9th Division, XIII Corps, to July 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to August 1863, and Department of the Gulf to March 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XIII Corps, to July 1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, to February 1865. Department of Kentucky to September 1865.
The 49th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service September 13, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky.
*49th Indiana Volunteers - Ordered to New Orleans, La., August 13. Duty at Carrollton, Brashear City and Berwick until October. Newspapers of that time in New Orleans have articles about general lawlessness and general anti-Union sentiment.
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Jasper Weekly Courier newspaper, Jasper, IN
Friday 10 May 1889; Page 4, Column 2
Lines By Josie Crook,
On the death of John H. Crook, who died April 28th, 1889.
O, Grandpa, dear, you've left us here,
In this cold world to roam;
While thou hast gone to dwell forever
In thy eternal home.
Farewell, dear Grandpa, we must say
Farewell to thee so soon;
Thou hast gone from earth away,
Beyond earth's sun and moon.
Beyond the stars, that brightly shine
Upon thy grave so low;
Beyond earth's darkness to thy shrine
Where saints delight to go.
For two long days you suffered pain,
But meekly by bore it all,
You did not murmurer nor complain,
But waited God's last call.
Yet God knows best, His name be blest,
He doeth all things well,
He took you to your heavenly rest,
In highest joys to dwell.
Then Farewell, Grandpa, till we meet
At home in heaven above,
To sing God's praise in music sweet,
And dwell in Jesus' love.
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