Tillburry Crabtree
Marion Township Bio, Pike County, Ohio
Tillburry Crabtree was born in Jackson County in 1842, a son of Elijah and Susanna (Keller) Crabtree. August 12, 1862, he enlisted in Company K, Ninety-first Ohio Infantry. He participated in sixteen hard-fought battles, among them Winchester, Fayetteville and Louisburg. At Halltown, near Harper's Ferry, August 12, 1864, he was wounded in the left arm, the ball passing in below the elbow and passing out above. Prior to this he had received two slight wounds and was disabled from active duty, and was appointed flag bearer. He was then detailed in the hospital, and held the position of ward master eight months. May 6, 1865, he was discharged, and after his return home engaged in farming on the old homestead till 1879, when he purchased the farm of forty-two and a half acres where he now resides. January 1, 1865, he was married to Mary A. Claw, of Jackson County. They have one child - Franklin. Mr. and Mrs. Crabtree are members of the Free Will Baptist Church. He has always been a strict temperance man, never having drank a glass of liquor.
was born in Jackson County in 1842, a son of Elijah and Susanna (Keller) Crabtree. August 12, 1862, he enlisted in Company K, Ninety-first Ohio Infantry. He participated in sixteen hard-fought battles, among them Winchester, Fayetteville and Louisburg. At Halltown, near Harper's Ferry, August 12, 1864, he was wounded in the left arm, the ball passing in below the elbow and passing out above. Prior to this he had received two slight wounds and was disabled from active duty, and was appointed flag bearer. He was then detailed in the hospital, and held the position of ward master eight months. May 6, 1865, he was discharged, and after his return home engaged in farming on the old homestead till 1879, when he purchased the farm of forty-two and a half acres where he now resides. January 1, 1865, he was married to Mary A. Claw, of Jackson County. They have one child - Franklin. Mr. and Mrs. Crabtree are members of the Free Will Baptist Church. He has always been a strict temperance man, never having drank a glass of liquor. History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - 1884
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