The Democrat Newspaper, Spencer, Owen County, Indiana - September 17, 1886
"Never in the history of this part of the country, was there a more notable gathering of one family than was that of the descendants of Martin and Susan Crouse, which was held on the old Crouse homestead two and one-half miles north of Patricksburg last week. Picturesquely encamped in tents on the old home farm, the sons, daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the two old pioneers, who are dead and gone, met in a grand family reunion - there to recount and retell their boyhood and girlhood days at the old home. A photographer came and took a picture of the family that they could carry to their various homes as souvenirs of their first and last reunion. Martin Crouse, the father, was born in North Carolina in 1797 and came to Indiana and settled on the present line of Clay and Owen Counties in 1834. In 1819 Martin Crouse sought the hand of Susan Waggoner in matrimony, back in the state of North Carolina. To this union was born the large family of fifteen children - eleven boys and four girls. In 1880, Martin Crouse moved to Illinois, where he died April 13 1883."
The Democrat Newspaper, Spencer, Owen County, Indiana - September 17, 1886
"Never in the history of this part of the country, was there a more notable gathering of one family than was that of the descendants of Martin and Susan Crouse, which was held on the old Crouse homestead two and one-half miles north of Patricksburg last week. Picturesquely encamped in tents on the old home farm, the sons, daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the two old pioneers, who are dead and gone, met in a grand family reunion - there to recount and retell their boyhood and girlhood days at the old home. A photographer came and took a picture of the family that they could carry to their various homes as souvenirs of their first and last reunion. Martin Crouse, the father, was born in North Carolina in 1797 and came to Indiana and settled on the present line of Clay and Owen Counties in 1834. In 1819 Martin Crouse sought the hand of Susan Waggoner in matrimony, back in the state of North Carolina. To this union was born the large family of fifteen children - eleven boys and four girls. In 1880, Martin Crouse moved to Illinois, where he died April 13 1883."
Family Members
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Winston Crouse
1820–1898
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Eveline Crouse Houk
1821–1915
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Frances "Frankey" Crouse Suffal
1823–1917
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William Crouse
1825–1862
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Sgt Eli Crouse
1827–1912
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Jacob Crouse
1829–1829
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Calvin Crouse
1830–1909
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Wadie Crouse Wakefield
1832–1894
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Andrew Crouse
1834–1913
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Stephen Crouse
1836–1929
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Henry Crouse
1839–1864
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PVT Benjamin Crouse
1841–1929
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Harrison Crouse
1843–1932
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Frederick Crouse
1845–1917
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Susan Crouse Trimmer
1848–1929
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