History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana From the
Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical
Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc.  Chicago, Goodspeed Bros., & Co.,
Publishers, 1884. Weston A. Goodspeed, Leroy C. Goodspeed, Charles L.
Goodspeed. Unknown County.

JOSHUA H. CRIM, a native of Martin County, Ind., was born August 21, 1844.
His grandfather, Stephen Crim, was born in Kentucky, in 1788; married a
Miss Farris in 1809, who was born in Kentucky in 1793, and by her was the
father of twelve children, four of whom lived to be married and rear
families.  One of these was Martin D., the father of the subject of this
sketch; he was of the same nativity as his parents, his birth occurring
November 27, 1815, and by hard work educated himself.  In 1828, he came
with his parents to Indiana, where, January 13, 1840, he married Miss
Eleanor Busey, of Galesburg, Ill., and by her became the father of nine
children, as follows:  Sarah J. (deceased), Mary E. (deceased), Joshua H.,
C. A., Martin D. (deceased), Lyman Austin, Van Rensselaer, Zerilda
(deceased) and Matilda.  The mother dying December 22, 1862.  Mr. Crim
married Zerilda J. Burton, March 31, 1863, and six children were the
result of this union, named:  Joseph, Charles, Nettie, Lizzie, and two
that died in infancy unnamed.  Mr. Crim lived in Orange County a short
time, and while there realized the immense value of fine grit of some of
the then unopened quarries, and he was the first to take steps toward the
opening of these.  For many years he was engaged in merchandizing in
Martin County, and at one time was a Representative in the State
Legislature.  In 1856 he began the practice of medicine at Mitchell, but
in 1872 established himself in the drug trade, which he continued until
his death, June 28, 1876, and was buried by the solemn rites of Odd
Fellowship and Masonry.  Joshua H. Crim received an academic education in
youth and clerked in his father's store, and when only eighteen years old,
enlisted in Company A, Seventeenth Indiana Volunteer Mounted Infantry.  At
the battle of Murfreesboro, he received such severe injuries which
resulted in his discharge, June 6, 1863.  He taught school and attended
Earlham College after his return home, and November 6, 1865, married Miss
Julia, daughter of Zackariah and Ruth Burton, by whom he is the father of
five children:  Charles H., Ella R., Maggie M., Lelia and C. B.  In 1870,
Mr. Crim moved to Huron (Spice Valley Township, Lawrence County), where he
has built up a large and lucrative trade in general merchandise.  He is a
Republican; a Sir Knight in Masonry; a member of the I. O. O. F. and
Baptist Church.  

Crim Busey Burton
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Martin-IN IL Orange-IN Lawrence-IN

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