Person:Moses Crum (1)

Jim Crum's Notes on his Great-Great Grandfather, Moses Crum

Pennsylvania Dutch. Died 1873, aged 85 years, buried at Shelby, Ohio

Moses and Margaret (Rex) Crum of Adams Co., Pennsylvania came to Sharon Township, Richland Co., Ohio in 1838. Moses first walked the entire distance from Pa. to look over the territory and deciding to settle here, went back and brought his family in the old covered wagon that is still on the Mrs. Ruby Crum farm West of Shelby on State Route 39. This covered wagon was used in the Shelby centennial in 1934. He hitched two oxen to pull the wagon on the journey from Pa. and tied a young ox behind the wagon. On the way through rugged country one of the ox pulling the wagon died and the young one was used the rest of the journey. The Moses Crums had four sons and two daughters. Only Jacob and Michael were married. The others (Dan, George, Molly and Elizabeth - nicknamed Betsy) were bachelors and maiden ladies and lived and died in the old house. The elder Crums are now buried in the family burial plot in Oakland Cemetery, Shelby, Ohio. Much concerning the family is recorded in Richland Co. histories.

There was 80 acres of timber which Moses cleared and improved. Then he bought the adjacent property of 80 acres. Michael, the son who was in the Civil War, and Jacob aided in clearing the land. Another house was built by Michael. So the farm has the two houses still on the land. The smokehouse has printed on it "Crum homestead since 1838".

Jacob Crum (Jim's Great Grandfather) was 13 years old when the journey was made to Ohio. He is said to have walked along side of the wagon the whole way and also the rest of the children and father to keep the load from being so heavy for the oxen. The mother of Jacob Crum drove the oxen. They were three months on the way. The Ohio territory they came to in 1838 was still populated with red men and the state was an unbroken wilderness and the virgin forests offered the white invaders their only opportunity - work. The Mrs. Ruby Crum now lives in one of the houses on the farm and has in possession some of the furniture that came in the wagon from Pa. such as the oak coffee table, spinning wheel and tar bucket, poster bed of cherry, black walnut and curly maple, a secretary, sausage stuffer, rope beds with steps leading up to them were found in the attic. Also smoke house had an old brick oven and dinner bell is still there. The covered wagon is housed in the garage. The Bible that belonged to Margaret (Rex) Crum and that she brought with her from Pa. is on the mantel of the Ruby Crum home. The Bible is patched at different placed with paper from the Adams Co. Gazette. Also Mrs. Crum found Margaret Rex Crum's birth certificate and was born to Elizabeth & Daniel Rex, Nov. 1788, Pa.

Hand made boots were found above rafters in smoke house several years ago and are hanging on the outside of the brick smoke house. They evidently belongs to some of the Crum men.

Diary of a House: Crum Homestead Since 1839

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Crum, Moses, in Ohio, United States. Ohio, County Births, 1856-1909
   v 1 p 82, 29 Sep 1873.

   Moses Crum, b. 1788 in Adams County, Pennsylvania, died 29 Sep 1873 in Sharon Township, Richland County, Ohio, age 85, married.

2.   83790740, in Find A Grave.
3. ↑ Crum, Ruby Wagner. Diary of a House: Crum Homestead Since 1839. (Self published, 1984).
4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Family # 1852, in Richland, Ohio, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   p 262.

   Moses Crumb, 72, b. 1788 in Pennsylvania, residing in Sharon Township, Richland County, Ohio.

5. ↑ Family # 54, in Richland, Ohio, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Moses Crumb, 62, b. 1788 in Pennsylvania, head of household which includes wife, Margarett, 61, & children: Lena, Elizabeth, Samuel, Jacob, George & Michael.

6.   Crum, Jim.