JOHNCREWS_OBIT

Obituary from the 29 Sep 1864 edition of the 
Argus, page 3, last column of page:  

"Died at the residence of his son, Wm. J. Crews, 
in Crawford Co., Ills., Sept. 20th, 1864, 
John Crews, aged 95 years, 11 months and 12 
days.

He was born in Halifax County, VA., Oct. 7, 1768, 
and lived there until the fall of 1805, when he 
moved to Tennessee.  In the spring of 1817 he 
removed with his family to Crawford County, 
Illinois, where he remained until the time of 
his death.

He had been a member of the church for over sixty 
years.  For several years past he had been deprived 
of the privilege of attending church on account 
of the loss of his hearing, but during that time 
he seemed to feel as if he was ready when called 
for.  Although we did not have the privilege of 
conversing with him prior to his death, we are 
satisfied he went from this world to a better 
one.  Thus lived and died one of the first 
settlers of Crawford County." 

written by John H. Crews.