Dale County AlArchives Biographies.....Crim, John D. April 12 1841 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    JOHN D. CRIM, senior member of the firm of John D. Crim & Bro., was born
April 12, 1841, in Macon county, Ga. He there grew up on a farm, doing the
ordinary work of a farmer's boy and having but limited educational advantages,
but making the most of what he had. He was successful in his farming operations
and took good care of his earnings. He was married in 1876 to Miss Sarah M.
Daniel, daughter of John Daniel. Mrs. Crim was born in Florida in 1840, and was
married in her thirtieth year. She is the mother of one child, Frances Irene,
born in 1880. She has been for many years a member of the Missionary Baptist
church. G. S. Crim, junior member of this firm, was born in Clay county, Ga., in
1852. He grew up on the farm, and was engaged in its customary duties until
1873, and in 1882 he was married to Miss Fannie Mullen, daughter of John Mullen.
Mrs. Crim was born in Columbia, Ala., in 1861, where she had the best of
educational advantages, and where she was married in her twenty-first year. She
is the mother of two children, John and Marie. Mrs. Crim is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church, south. These two brothers, John D. and G. S. Crim,
are the sons of Louis and Nancy E. (Clemons) Crim, the former of whom was born
in Lexington district, S. C., in 1812. He remained in South Carolina, following
the vocation of a farmer, until he reached young manhood, when he removed to
Georgia, and was married there in 1837. He later emigrated to Alabama and
settled on a farm near Newton, remaining on this farm until his death, which
occurred in 1890. He was always identified with every movement instituted for
the benefit of the community, and helped to lay broad and deep the foundations
of the commonwealth. He was a Mason and a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church, south. Their mother was born in Dooly county, Ga., in 1813, where she
grew to womanhood. She was married in her twenty-fourth year, and is the mother
of four children, three of whom are living. One of her children is the wife of
Benjamin Say, and resides at Blakely, Ga. The mother of these children resides
at Newton, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, south. Both
members of the firm of John D. Crim & Bro. are democrats in politics, and have
done their share to build up the county in which they reside. Their present firm
was established in 1873, with a small capital, but, with fair dealing and good
management, they soon began to make rapid gains and they have since gradually
increased their capacity and business facilities until they now carry a stock of
about $8,000 worth of general merchandise, and transact about $40,000 worth of
business a year. In 1889 they erected a substantial brick store, 24x80 feet in
size, which they now occupy. Beside their mercantile business they also buy
about 600 to 1,000 bales of cotton each year, which taken altogether make a very
handsome business. These gentlemen have always taken an interest in whatever was
calculated to advance the welfare of the community and county, and stand high in
the estimation of the public.



Additional Comments:
from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 811-812
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI



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