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CREWS, JESSE A.,   farmer, P. O.Merriam. Among our young, enterprising farmers, we place the subject of this sketch, who was born January 25, 1853, in Barnhill Township. He is a son of Hon. Nathan Crews. His mother's maiden name was Maria (Cannon) Crews.

Our subject went , to school in this county, and here he was also joined in matrimony, February 18, 1875, to Miss Mary E. Hoffe, who was born May 25, 1859, in Wayne County, Ill. She is a daughter of Jonathan and Ann (Gimmeson) Hoffe, natives of Ohio, and now residents of this county. The result of this happy union is one son named Nathan Crews, Jr., who was born December 15, 1875.

Mr. and Mrs. Crews are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has a farm of fifty-three acres which he keeps in a high state of cultivation. In politics. he is a Republican.