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BIOGRAPHIES - - -
- David
Crall
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- David
Crall was born in Dauphin
County, PA in Nov. 25, 1821. David was a son of
- Henry
(born abt 1779) and Elizabeth Henshaw / Crall. David was the youngest of
- six
children:
- Simon
- John
- Elizabeth
- Susannah
- Henry
II
- David
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- David
worked on the family farm until he was about 22 years of age.
In 1844,
- David
and his oldest brother Simon, came to Ohio on horseback and purchased
- about
230 acres of land in Sharon Township, Section 19. He returned
to PA and
- stayed
for about a year before returning in 1845, to "improve"
his land. On
- April
12, 1846, in Richland County, David married Mariah "Mary"
Stentz
- (or
Stein) born March, 1825.
David and Mary had nine children:
- Elizabeth
- John
- Sophronia
- William
Rhinehart
- Susan
- Mary
Sophia
- Emily
Alice
- Henry
Nelson
- Anna
Eliza
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- David
and Mary also owned land in Section 24, Sharon Twp. Their land
was a large
- part
of that which became the center of Junction City (and later Vernon
Junction), founded in 1872.
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