Volney Crocker was the son of Samuel Crocker and Polly Fordham. He married Mary McKean on August 25, 1842 in Williams County, Ohio.
"Volney Crocker is a native of New York; was born February 8, 1818 and is one of the eight children of Samuel and Polly (Fordham) Crocker, natives of Vermont, and of English descent.
Volney Crocker remained on the farm until his father had secured a comfortable home, and then began life on his own responsibility. He followed scoring and hewing timber for a few years, and then in the winter of 1839-1840 erected the first house in Bryan, which he inhabited while clearing off the public square and many of the streets of the village. The spring following, he began to learn carpentering, and followed this trade until 1842, when he was married to Mary McKean, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1821, the daughter of Joseph and Jane McKean.
Soon after his marriage, Mr. Crocker began farming near Bryan in the woods; then in the fall of 1848, joined James Rowley in carriage-making for a year, then pursued the trade alone for six years; then exchanged his farm in Bryan for the 112-acre farm in this township [St. Joseph], on which he now lives, and took possession in June 1856, having since increased it to 300 acres.
In 1859, he made a trip to California and remained there two years. He has a family of five children, of whom four are still living -- Harriet, Mary J., Sarah A., and Frank. He is a Master Mason, is a Republican in politics, and has served 5 or 6 terms as [St. Joseph] Township Trustee." County of Williams, Ohio: Historical and Biographical, by Western Arthur Goodspeed
"Volney Crocker is a native of New York; was born February 8, 1818 and is one of the eight children of Samuel and Polly (Fordham) Crocker, natives of Vermont, and of English descent.
Volney Crocker remained on the farm until his father had secured a comfortable home, and then began life on his own responsibility. He followed scoring and hewing timber for a few years, and then in the winter of 1839-1840 erected the first house in Bryan, which he inhabited while clearing off the public square and many of the streets of the village. The spring following, he began to learn carpentering, and followed this trade until 1842, when he was married to Mary McKean, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1821, the daughter of Joseph and Jane McKean.
Soon after his marriage, Mr. Crocker began farming near Bryan in the woods; then in the fall of 1848, joined James Rowley in carriage-making for a year, then pursued the trade alone for six years; then exchanged his farm in Bryan for the 112-acre farm in this township [St. Joseph], on which he now lives, and took possession in June 1856, having since increased it to 300 acres.
In 1859, he made a trip to California and remained there two years. He has a family of five children, of whom four are still living -- Harriet, Mary J., Sarah A., and Frank. He is a Master Mason, is a Republican in politics, and has served 5 or 6 terms as [St. Joseph] Township Trustee." County of Williams, Ohio: Historical and Biographical, by Western Arthur Goodspeed
Volney Crocker was the son of Samuel Crocker and Polly Fordham. He married Mary McKean on August 25, 1842 in Williams County, Ohio.
"Volney Crocker is a native of New York; was born February 8, 1818 and is one of the eight children of Samuel and Polly (Fordham) Crocker, natives of Vermont, and of English descent.
Volney Crocker remained on the farm until his father had secured a comfortable home, and then began life on his own responsibility. He followed scoring and hewing timber for a few years, and then in the winter of 1839-1840 erected the first house in Bryan, which he inhabited while clearing off the public square and many of the streets of the village. The spring following, he began to learn carpentering, and followed this trade until 1842, when he was married to Mary McKean, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1821, the daughter of Joseph and Jane McKean.
Soon after his marriage, Mr. Crocker began farming near Bryan in the woods; then in the fall of 1848, joined James Rowley in carriage-making for a year, then pursued the trade alone for six years; then exchanged his farm in Bryan for the 112-acre farm in this township [St. Joseph], on which he now lives, and took possession in June 1856, having since increased it to 300 acres.
In 1859, he made a trip to California and remained there two years. He has a family of five children, of whom four are still living -- Harriet, Mary J., Sarah A., and Frank. He is a Master Mason, is a Republican in politics, and has served 5 or 6 terms as [St. Joseph] Township Trustee." County of Williams, Ohio: Historical and Biographical, by Western Arthur Goodspeed
"Volney Crocker is a native of New York; was born February 8, 1818 and is one of the eight children of Samuel and Polly (Fordham) Crocker, natives of Vermont, and of English descent.
Volney Crocker remained on the farm until his father had secured a comfortable home, and then began life on his own responsibility. He followed scoring and hewing timber for a few years, and then in the winter of 1839-1840 erected the first house in Bryan, which he inhabited while clearing off the public square and many of the streets of the village. The spring following, he began to learn carpentering, and followed this trade until 1842, when he was married to Mary McKean, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1821, the daughter of Joseph and Jane McKean.
Soon after his marriage, Mr. Crocker began farming near Bryan in the woods; then in the fall of 1848, joined James Rowley in carriage-making for a year, then pursued the trade alone for six years; then exchanged his farm in Bryan for the 112-acre farm in this township [St. Joseph], on which he now lives, and took possession in June 1856, having since increased it to 300 acres.
In 1859, he made a trip to California and remained there two years. He has a family of five children, of whom four are still living -- Harriet, Mary J., Sarah A., and Frank. He is a Master Mason, is a Republican in politics, and has served 5 or 6 terms as [St. Joseph] Township Trustee." County of Williams, Ohio: Historical and Biographical, by Western Arthur Goodspeed
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