William Crump, farmer, sec. 24; P. 0., New Salem; was born in Washington county, Penn., in 1815; his parents, Stephen and Nancy Crump, were natives of Virginia. From 1828 to 1835 the family lived in Virginia. Our subject came to this State in the spring of 1835 and settled in Quincy; while there he manufactured wagons. In 1837 he moved to this county, and in 1838 he married Miss Margaret Hooper, who was born in Clermont. county, Ohio, in 1821, and they had 8 children,—Joseph, John, George W.. Nathan, Mary E., Thomas, Harriet E. and Jennie A.; the second and fifth are dead. Mr. Cruinp has followed farming, principally, since settling in this county. When he came here the settlement was very thin, there being but one family between his farm and Griggsville; the nearest mill was 8 miles away. Mr. and Mrs. C. are Methodists.

History of Pike County Chapman & Co. 1880 (People/ Towns / Religion/ )