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MILTON CRABILL. This young gentleman has been rapidly coming to the
front among the stock-raisers of Clark County, his home and place of business
being a fine farm on Section 7, Springfield Township. He also owns valuable
property on South Yellow Springs Street, Springfield. He makes a specialty of
raising sheep, his flocks being Merinos, either gull-blooded or crossed with
Shropshire Downs; of Poland-China hogs; of breeding and raising English Shire
and Norman colts. During the year 1889, he sold over twelve thousand pounds of
pork of his own raising. He takes quite an interest in his livestock and is well
posted regarding the merits of different breeds.
Springfield Township has been the home of
Mr. CRABILL during his entire life, his birth having taken place on a farm
therein, August 19, 1856. He is a son of the late Thomas V. CRABILL, several of
whose sons are now following in their father’s footsteps in developing the
resources of the soil and advancing the prosperity of the county. The subject of
this sketch has lived in the country all his life except one year which he spent
in the city of Springfield. He was educated in the common schools, where he
acquired a good store of information and laid the foundation for more extended
knowledge to be obtained through other means. He own a snug farm of one hundred
and thirty-eight and a half acres on Section 7, on which good improvements have
been made, the residence and other buildings being such as one would expect to
find upon the land of a man of enterprise. Overwork has caused Mr. CRABILL some
suffering and weakness, his health not having been good since 1886.
At the home of the bride’s parents
November 18, 1880, Mr. CRABILL was united in marriage with Miss Mary, daughter
of Michael and Elizabeth (COSLER) LEFFEL, of Springfield Township. The bride was
born in that township, April 2, 1857 and is the sixth in a family of eight
brothers and sisters. She is a well-informed woman, with useful habits and
Christian character. She has borne her husband two children—Chester B. and
Milton W.
Both Mr. and Mrs. CRABILL are members of St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church, of Springfield. Mr. CRABILL is a believer in the principals of the Republican Party and to its candidates he gives his vote and influence. Upright and honorable in his dealing with mankind, kindly in domestic life, and exhibiting intelligences and good judgment in the management of his worldly affairs, he deserves and obtains the respect of all to whom he is known.
transcribed by Jean Hehn
30 Mar 2002