For a long time, I wasn't even sure if Serena (who married Halsey Greene) was a Crouch or not, but I found a reference to her. So I went searching, and found a Stephen Crouch in the Sugar Grove, Pa 1840 census. This is just before Serena and Halsey married (Serena would have been around 23-25). And that is the area where Serena was said to be from.
Okay, so her fathers name is Stephen, I decided to search findagrave, and even tho I did not find Stephen himself. I found his daughter in law Julia Carley, and her numerous children (one being Stephen Lorenzo Crouch). So a friend and I started following that line, and now we have found tons more!
http://www.pagenweb.org/~warren/townships/SugarGrove.html
Among these pioneers of
Methodism in Sugar Grove are found the names of Gregg, Warner, Carter,
Thorp, Crouch, Andrews, Mahan, Pero, and others.
On the 5 th of October, 1846, a meeting was held at the house of Andrew
Gregg to consider the desirability and feasibility of building a house of
worship. Rev. E. J. S. Baker was in the chair and Dr. J. Andrews acted as
secretary. Resolutions were adopted to the effect that the demands of the
denomination in this vicinity required the erection of a church edifice, and Dr.
J. Andrews, A. D. Jackson, and Stephen Crouch were appointed a committee,
which in accordance of their duty reported at the next meeting, December 28,
1846, in favor of the immediate erection of a house of worship.
Farms were not cleared, and
many were not paid for; money was scarce and the prices of products were extremely
low. Notwithstanding these untoward conditions the contract was let
on the 28th of March, 1848, to Stephen Crouch. After slow and toilsome progress
the edifice was completed, and on the 31st of August, 1852, was dedicated
to the worship of the Most High by Rev. H. Whallon, assisted by Revs. T. D.
Blin, J. Chesbrough, and others. It is truthfully related that when the people
met to cut down and prepare the timber for the building, two women of the
society, Mrs. Dunbar and Mrs. Abigail Fox, sawed off the first log amidst
great shouting and applause. They both died long ago. It is also due to the
memory of Stephen Crouch, who was soundly converted at one of the log cabin
meetings, as he said from a very sinful life, that he rendered indispensable
aid in the building of this church. Until this edifice was completed services were
held in the school-house on the village green. A Sunday-school was at this
time also organized, and has continued in active and successful operation to
the present day.
| Name: | Stephen Crouch | ||
| Residence: | Sugar Grove, Warren, Pennsylvania | ||
| Age: | 70 years | ||
| Calculated Birth Year: | 1780 | ||
| Birthplace: | England | ||
| Gender: | Male | ||
| Race (original): | |||
| Race (expanded): | |||
| Death Month: | |||
| Death Year: | |||
| Film Number: | 444800 | ||
| Digital GS Number: | 4205395 | ||
| Image Number: | 00456 | ||
| Line Number: | 12 | ||
| Dwelling House Number: | 18 | ||
| Family Number: | 18 | ||
| Marital Status: | |||
| Free or Slave: | |||
| Household | Gender | Age | |
| Stephen Crouch | M | 70y 1780 | |
| Mary Crouch | F | 63y 1787 | |
| Eliza Crouch | F | 33y | |
| James Crouch | M | 30y | |
| Jesse Crouch | M | 29y | |
| Thomas Smith | M | 16y |
Cherry Hill Cemetery
Burials as kept by F. R. Miller
This appeared in the Sugar Grove News,
Thurs. 18 July 1889
1872
January Mr. Alexander McIntyre
March Maggie McCollin
Child of James Edmunds
February Son of George Wright
June Mrs. Sylvester Jagger
July Child of Thomas Watts
Stephen Crouch (Junior)
August Mrs. Nancy Tuttle
child of Henry Markham
October Jane Sweet
Mrs. Abrah Hodges
November Son of Thomas Russell
December Harriet Jagger
Here is an interesting site to keep an eye on:
http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~families/halsey/carley.html
3 Race Street, Sugar Grove, PA
On
August 31, 1852, the Methodist Episcopal Church completed a long and
very difficult project. The
construction of their first church building had been under
discussion and progression since 1847 when a committee was set up to
archive the goal. The
land that the church sat on was purchased from Robert Falconer who
owned most of the land suitable for building in the borough.
Constructed
in the Greek Revival style that was beginning to define the street,
the cost of construction was $800, with $350 going to Stephen
Crouch, Jr. for overseeing the project. The building was 36
feet by 48 feet and stood 20-feet high.
It contained ten windows and dual front doors until by 1898
it had been remodeled to include a single front door and a belfry.| Name: | Samuel Crouch | ||
| Titles & Terms: | |||
| Residence: | Newton & Oliver Townships, Taney, Missouri | ||
| Birth Date: | Feb 1824 | ||
| Birthplace: | England | ||
| Relationship to Head of Household: | Self | ||
| Spouse: | Harritt Crouch | ||
| Spouse's Titles & Terms: | |||
| Spouse's Birthplace: | New York | ||
| Father: | |||
| Father's Titles & Terms: | |||
| Father's Birthplace: | England | ||
| Mother: | |||
| Mother's Titles & Terms: | |||
| Mother's Birthplace: | England | ||
| Race or Color (expanded): | White | ||
| Head-of-household Name: | Samuel Crouch | ||
| Gender: | Male | ||
| Marital Status: | Married | ||
| Years Married: | 54 | ||
| Estimated Marriage Year: | 1846 | ||
| Mother How Many Children: | |||
| Number Living Children: | |||
| Immigration Year: | 1831 | ||
| Enumeration District: | 0131 | ||
| Page: | 14 | ||
| Sheet Letter: | A | ||
| Family Number: | 278 | ||
| Reference Number: | 24 | ||
| Film Number: | 1240905 | ||
| Image Number: | 00596 | ||
| Household | Gender | Age | |
| Samuel Crouch | M | ||
| Spouse | Harritt Crouch | F | |
| Child | John S Crouch | M |
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