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WILLIAM CROUCH, farmer, post office Castle Shannon, was born August 18, 1828, in the city of Allegheny. The family is of French descent. William Crouch was born in 1776 in Nottingham township, Washington county, Pa., where his father had been a pioneer. He married Elizabeth McIlvain, and reared a large family, as follows: George, Sarah, Robert, John, Eliza, Joseph, Watson, Mary and Dr. Daniel. The parents were members of old Dr. McMillin’s church. Of their children George, Robert and John came to Allegheny county. George, who still lives in Ohio, was born January 2, 1804, and was a school teacher and farmer; he married Mary Van Wye, who died in 1848 in Washington county, and their children were Arthur V., William, Elizabeth, Mary, John, Adeline, Katie and Anna. His second wife, nee Rachel Hamilton, was the mother of three children. William Crouch, the subject of this sketch, married Ellen Cooley, and their children were Samuel C. (who died aged twenty-six), Mary E., George and Nancy (who died at the age of eight years). Mr. and Mrs. Crouch and daughter are members of Mount Washington Presbyterian Church. He is a democrat; a member of the I. O. O. F., Castle Shannon Lodge, which he joined in 1849.