Henry Crew & Margaret Bailey
Henry Crew was born in Charles City County, Virginia on August 6th, 1787. He was the oldest son of 11 children of Jacob & Elizabeth (Leadbetter) Crew. In 1814, Henry at age 26, migrated by wagon from Virginia to Richmond, Jefferson County, Ohio.
In Richmond, he established a general merchandise store in 1816, which his family operated for a full century. He owned a packing house and bought grain and wool for shipment. Henry Crew was also the first postmaster in Richmond and held that office for nineteen years.
Margaret Baily (born April 10th, 1792) was the oldest of 12 children of Emmor & Elizabeth (Hayes) Baily. Her and her family traveled from Maryland (via the National Pike) to Mt. Pleasant, Ohio in 1814 when Margaret was just 22.
On January 30, 1822, Henry Crew married Margaret Bailey of Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. After the ceremony, they rode, on horseback over the frozen hills to Richmond.
They were both faithful Quakers.
Henry Crew later had a long, black, watertight sleigh, which would float when crossing a flooded creek or any one of considerable depth. This big sleigh, with its double team and bells, was well known throughout the neighborhood. He went so regularly on a Thursday to Steubenville that people who lived along his route would say, "There goes old Thursday." He was also a director of the Jefferson Bank at Steubenville for many years.
In Richmond, he established a general merchandise store in 1816, which his family operated for a full century. He owned a packing house and bought grain and wool for shipment. Henry Crew was also the first postmaster in Richmond and held that office for nineteen years.
Margaret Baily (born April 10th, 1792) was the oldest of 12 children of Emmor & Elizabeth (Hayes) Baily. Her and her family traveled from Maryland (via the National Pike) to Mt. Pleasant, Ohio in 1814 when Margaret was just 22.
On January 30, 1822, Henry Crew married Margaret Bailey of Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. After the ceremony, they rode, on horseback over the frozen hills to Richmond.
They were both faithful Quakers.
Henry Crew later had a long, black, watertight sleigh, which would float when crossing a flooded creek or any one of considerable depth. This big sleigh, with its double team and bells, was well known throughout the neighborhood. He went so regularly on a Thursday to Steubenville that people who lived along his route would say, "There goes old Thursday." He was also a director of the Jefferson Bank at Steubenville for many years.
The Crew Family Dry Goods Store
Henry Crew regularly purchased goods for his store from merchants in Philadelphia & Baltimore.
On the right is a transcribed bill of goods totaling $398.16 from November 4th, 1833 and charged to Henry Crew by the Philadelphia firm of Capp & Whitall. Henry Crew also bought goods from and regularly communicated with the Quaker merchant Johns Hopkins of Baltimore who would later make the bequest that in 1876 established the university named after him. On the right is a transcribed letter from July 16th, 1833 to Henry Crew from Johns Hopkins. On the right is a transcribed bill of goods from October 29th, 1845 and charged to Henry Crew by the Baltimore firm of Robert Garrett & Sons. |
Legacy of Henry Crew & Margaret Bailey
Henry and Margaret had four children: Elizabeth, James, William Henry, and Benjamin Ladd. Henry died in 1856 and the house and store went to his son William Henry. Margaret Crew kept living at the house with her son's family until she died in 1872. Both were buried at Cross Creek (Friends' Cemetery) two miles south of Richmond, Ohio.
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