Asa CRAPO

1799 - 1884  (85 years)

• Name	Asa CRAPO  [2]
  	From Find A Grave: Son of Jonathan Crapo (Revolutionary War Veteran) and Celia (Clark) Crapo Husband of Alice Thomas (c. 1811 to 1836/38) 1799 - Born in Vermont 1804 to 1835 - Lived in Jefferson County, NY July 21, 1836 - Purchased 160 acres of land in Eel River Township, IN May and April 1838 - On trial in Fort Wayne, IN 1847 to 1850/51 - In Jackson County, MI prison January 20, 1855 - Released from Indiana State Prison. Duration: unknown. Conviction: unknown. September 12, 1856 - Involved in the theft of 3 horses in Lagrange County Indiana. January 1, 1872 - Married Lucinda Paterson in Barren Co, KY 1880 - Lived in Glasgow, KY (1880 U.S. Census) 1884 - Died in Rocky Hill, KY KILLED BY A TRAIN An Old man Attempts to Cross the Track in Front of a Moving Engine and Meets Death. (Special to the Courier-Journal) ROCKY HILL STATION, KY., Sept. 27.--A most horrible accident happened at this place, at noon, today. The first section of train No. 11, going south, struck and mortally wounded Asa Crapo, a man eighty-four years old. he had returned here from Glasgow on passenger train No. 5, due here at 11:52 am, and met his horrible fate at exactly 12 o'clock m. He attempted to cross the railroad from the west side of the track only a few feet in advance of the train. When he had reached the center of the track, he was awakened to a sense of his horrible position by the whistle of the engine, but too late to save his life. he was struck by the side of the pilot on the engine and knocked 25 feet off the track, breaking his left hip and injuring him internally. he seemed to be oblivious of the presence of the train, and would have been instantly killed had it not have been for a young man named Robert Lawson, who was standing on the platform only a few feet from him. Lawson tried all in his power, and at the risk of his own life, to save the old man, but his brave efforts were useless. Lawson was also knocked several feet by the force with which Crapo was thrown again him, but was not injured, though it is perfectly marvelous how he was saved, as Crapo had a death-like grip on his hand. Crapo died at 2:10 this evening. [1]
  Birth	7 Feb 1799	Vermont   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	1807	Henderson, Jefferson Co., New York   [2]
  Census	1850	Living in Jackson, Jackson Co., Michigan   [3]
  Fact	1850	In prison for dealing with counterfeit money   [3]
  Death	27 Sep 1884	Rocky Hill, Barren Co., Kentucky   [1]
  Person ID	I13535	Main Tree
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Jonathan CRAPO,   b. 19 Mar 1763, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 Oct 1846, Ashland County, Ohio (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Celia Sele CLARK,   b. 13 Oct 1763, East Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts d. 23 Nov 1848, Sullivan, Ashland Co., Ohio (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	28 Dec 1785  [2]
  Marriage Banns	28 Dec 1785	Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F15741	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice THOMAS,   b. Abt 1811   d. Fort Wayne, Indiana
  Children	+ 1. Marquis De Lafayette CRAPO,   b. 1824   d. 28 Jun 1865 (Age 41 years)  [Birth]   2. James CRAPO,   b. Abt 1827  [Birth] + 3. Asa Thomas CRAPO, Jr.,   b. 10 Jan 1828, New York d. 21 Jul 1902, Vermontville, Eaton Co., Michigan (Age 74 years)  [Birth]   4. Nancy CRAPO,   b. 1829  [Birth] + 5. Mary Alice CRAPO,   b. 1832, Indiana d. 29 Aug 1898, Vienna, Genesee Co., Michigan (Age 66 years)  [Birth]   6. Arilla CRAPO,   b. Abt 1833  [Birth]   7. Pulaski CRAPO,   b. Abt 1835, New York, USA d. 22 Mar 1888 (Age 53 years)  [Birth]   8. Cynthia CRAPO  [Birth]
  Family ID	F15775	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1807 - Henderson, Jefferson Co., New York Death - 27 Sep 1884 - Rocky Hill, Barren Co., Kentucky  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S02329] Find A Grave Website. [S00091] "The Peter Crapo Clan" by Richley H. Crapo, (Name: Name: Updated 7 Dec 2005;;). [S7812] 1850 Census Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan. [S02709] New England Ancestors: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.