John T. Crill    

JOHN T. CRILL, farmer, post-office Mercer, was born March 18, 1853, on the farm where he now lives, to Lewis and Susan (Todd) Crill, natives of this county, and the parents of seven children: Jane E., married William Houston; Mary A., died small; Catharine; John T.; Mary, married Hiram Worley, and an infant who died small. Mrs. Crill died August 1, 1856. Her husband has been an invalid since 1873, and has been afflicted with spinal disease for over thirty years. He is a Presbyterian, to which organization his wife was attached. John T. Crill was educated in this county and brought up at farm labor. He was married to Charlotte, a daughter of Henry and Susannah Worley, and has by her four children, Lewis H., Samuel W., James E. and Ida M.   A coal bank was opened up on his farm in 1847 by his father, and John is now operating it in connection with his farm. Mr. Crill is serving as school director, road commissioner and justice of the peace. He and wife are Presbyterians, and he is a Democrat. On his farm, which is the old homestead of John Crill, are to be seen the remnants of an old distillery and sawmill which were erected by the elder Crill during his early residence in this county. A more extended mention of John Crill, Sr., will be found in the historical chapters and in the sketch of the Hosack family.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.