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David Crews, Farmer, the gentleman whose name heads this sketch is a descendant from    one of the pioneer families in this county, and was born in Jasper  Township on April 19, 1837.  He is a son of Peter and Martha (Monroe)  Crews.  The great-grandfather of our subject, John Crews, was born    in South Carolina in a very early day, and was probably of English   descent.  His son, Andrew Crews, was also born there, and came to  East Tennessee in an early day, where the father of our sunject was   born on April 23, 1798.  There the family lived until the father was  about fifteen, when his parents moved to Barren County, Ky.  In 1819,    Peter, when about twenty-one, came to this county and settled in   Jasper Township.  In the course of a year, his brothers, Matthew,   William, James, and Jessie, also came and settled in that township,  :  and in the history of Jasper Township the full history of this  numerous family is spoken of at length.  About a year after subject's    father had first emigrated to this country, he again returned to  Kentucky, and there married Martha Monroe.  She was a daughter of Johnson Monroe.  This family was also originally from South Carolina,   and came to this county in a very early day.  A short time after his  marriage, David again returned to this county and became a cicizen of  Jasper Township, settling about five miles east of Fairfield.  In that   township he resided until 1850, and then moved to Wabash County.  : There he lived about eighteen months, and then returned to this   county.  This time he settled in Mt. Erie Township, on the farm that   subject now owns.  He first entered 120 acres, which he afterward   increased to 160 acres, and on that farm he resided until his death,   May 25, 1871.  The mother departed this life some time in August,  1874.  Both are interred on the home farm.  Subject was the sixth of eleven children, of whom six are now living---Mrs. Susan E. Farr, in Mt.  Erie Township; David, our subject; William, in Massillon; Martha, in Mt.  Erie; Samantha, in Massillon; and Andrew in Oregon.  He attended the   subscription schools of Jasper Township, and assisted on the home   farm until he was ternty-six.  He commenced life on a rented farm,    situated about two miles west of his present location.  There he   resided for two years, and then purchased a farm in Elm Township.    In 1876, he came to Mt. Erie Township, and has since been living on the old homestead.  He now owns 144 acres in Sections 7 and 18, of   Township 1 north, Range 9 east.  Mr. Crews was married on January   21, 1864, to Miss Joann Young, a daughter of Barnett and Tabitha  Jane (Carver) Young.  The father was born in Virginia, the mother in  Kentucky.  Mrs. Crews was born on September 25, 1846 and is the    mother of seven children, all of whom are now living---Tabitha D.,   born June 29, 1865; Peter G., born February 21, 1867; Schuyler B.,  born November 5, 1868; Frances M., born January 12, 1872; Martha  J., born March 16, 1875; John W. H., born February 20, 1877; Charles A., born August 9, 1882.  Mr. and Mrs. Crews are both members of    the Mt. Erie Methodist Episcopal Church.  Mr. Crews has been a   member in times past of both the Mt. Erie Grange and the Lodge of    Sons of Temperance.  The Republican party receives his support.