Prince was the son of David and Persis (Sears) Crowell. He went to sea at the age of eighteen and remained in the coasting and packet business until he was thirty-three. He purchased shares in vessels, fitting them out in the coasting and foreign trade, then gradually selling them out during the war of the rebellion. In 1856 he went west and invested largely in railroads then building. He started, with others, the first salt mill at Boston; was the agent and largely interested in building up and managing the Pacific Guano works at Woods Holl; was the president of the company for building the Woods Holl railroad; and served as the president of the Cape Cod National Bank, and later of the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank. It was said of Prince:
"Prince S. Crowell must be ranked among the ablest business men of the county. He was at the time of his death the wealthiest man in Dennis, as he was one of the most liberal. He had a hand open to every call of charity, and always responded to any move toward public improvement. Dennis had no nobler son. His aid was always given to the anti-slavery cause and was not withheld from the church."
(Source: Simeon L. Deyo (1890). History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts: 1620-163-1686-1890. New York: H.W. Blake & Co. pages 554-555.)
"Prince S. Crowell must be ranked among the ablest business men of the county. He was at the time of his death the wealthiest man in Dennis, as he was one of the most liberal. He had a hand open to every call of charity, and always responded to any move toward public improvement. Dennis had no nobler son. His aid was always given to the anti-slavery cause and was not withheld from the church."
(Source: Simeon L. Deyo (1890). History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts: 1620-163-1686-1890. New York: H.W. Blake & Co. pages 554-555.)
Prince was the son of David and Persis (Sears) Crowell. He went to sea at the age of eighteen and remained in the coasting and packet business until he was thirty-three. He purchased shares in vessels, fitting them out in the coasting and foreign trade, then gradually selling them out during the war of the rebellion. In 1856 he went west and invested largely in railroads then building. He started, with others, the first salt mill at Boston; was the agent and largely interested in building up and managing the Pacific Guano works at Woods Holl; was the president of the company for building the Woods Holl railroad; and served as the president of the Cape Cod National Bank, and later of the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank. It was said of Prince:
"Prince S. Crowell must be ranked among the ablest business men of the county. He was at the time of his death the wealthiest man in Dennis, as he was one of the most liberal. He had a hand open to every call of charity, and always responded to any move toward public improvement. Dennis had no nobler son. His aid was always given to the anti-slavery cause and was not withheld from the church."
(Source: Simeon L. Deyo (1890). History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts: 1620-163-1686-1890. New York: H.W. Blake & Co. pages 554-555.)
"Prince S. Crowell must be ranked among the ablest business men of the county. He was at the time of his death the wealthiest man in Dennis, as he was one of the most liberal. He had a hand open to every call of charity, and always responded to any move toward public improvement. Dennis had no nobler son. His aid was always given to the anti-slavery cause and was not withheld from the church."
(Source: Simeon L. Deyo (1890). History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts: 1620-163-1686-1890. New York: H.W. Blake & Co. pages 554-555.)
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