From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 693.
Brant & Fuller, 1890. 

SAMUEL R. CROW

Samuel R. Crow, of Marshall county, a prosperous farmer of Fairview 
Ridge, was born in Marshall county March 9, 1839.  He is the son of 
Philip and Susan (Crow) Crow, prominent early settlers and zealous 
members of the Methodist Episcopal church.  The father, a native of 
Virginia, died December 25, 1887, aged ninety-two, and the mother, 
who was born in Ohio, died in October, 1880, aged seventy-seven.  Of 
their twelve children eight are now living, and reside in Marshall 
county.  Samuel R. was reared as a farmer, and that has been his 
occupation ever since he reached his majority, except during six 
years when he conducted a store at Knoxville, and held the office of 
postmaster.  He is one of the enterprising and worthy farmers of the 
district.  In politics is a republican, and he and wife are 
communicants of the Fairview Methodist church.  Mr. Crow was married 
February 3, 1858, to Matilda Hall, who died June, 1870, aged twenty-
eight years.  She gave her husband six children:  Emma, wife of 
Daniel Craig;  Wilbert;  Anna, wife of Daniel Fletcher; Irene; 
Newton, a teacher of Fairview, of notable talent and promise, and 
Matilda.  December 14, 1871, Mr. Crow was married the second time to 
Elizabeth Clayton, daughter of Tyler and Mary Clayton, respected 
pioneer settlers of this county, who died in 1880, aged respectively 
sixty and fifty-eight years.  By the latter marriage Mr. Crow has 
four children:  Mary E., Eunice, Caroline and Lindsey S.

(Linda Fluharty)