Joseph H. Crouse
Joseph H. Crouse, Farmer; P. O. Plattsville, Ohio.
In Berkeley County, West Va., on the 30th day of Nov. 1824, Mr. Crouse was born. His parents were Michael and Elizabeth Crouse, who came to Shelby County in 1850, and settled in Green Township, where they died several years since. Joseph H. Crouse is of German descent on his father’s side, and of English extraction on his mother’s. He received a common school education. In 1845 he came to Ohio and located in Greene County, remained until 1847, when he came to Shelby County and stopped in Green Township. Feb. 22, 1851, he married Miss Mary J.Chrisman, daughter of David and Leanah Chrisman. Miss Chrisman was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, Feb. 29, 1828, and came to Shelby County with her parents in 1844, who settled in Green Township.
Mr. and Mrs. Crouse settled on a farm in Green Township after living on rented farms for several years, or until 1860, when he purchased a part of the N. W. quarter of section 17, on which they moved in 1861, and remained three years. Then in 1864 he sold his land in section 17, purchased and moved on the farm in section 24, near Plattsville, where they are now residing. He has made farming his principal occupation, and at present owns a farm of 624 acres of good land and under a good state of cultivation.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883