CRABILL, Aden B., b 1855; 1905 Bio, Delta County, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/delta/bios/crabillab.txt --------------------------------------- Donated September 21, 2001 Transcribed by Judy Crook from the book: Progressive Men of Western Colorado Published 1905, A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, Ill. --------------------------------------- Aden B. Crabill Mr. Crabill is the well qualified and successful manager of the Delta Flour Mills Company, located at Delta, this state, and by his energy, skill and business capacity he has brought the work of the mills to a high grade of excellence and the business of the company to a large and profitable development. The company was organized on January 1, 1903, with a capital stock of fifteen thousand dollars, and J.C. Gale as president, C.B. Elliott as secretary and treasurer, and A.B. Crabill as manager. The capacity of the mills is one hundred barrels and their output is of the finest quality. The mills are equipped with the lastest [sic] roller system, having been recently remodeled. Business at these mills started in a small way with the old-style burr system of grinding a number of years ago, and since then has passed through various ownerships. For five years just before coming under its present ownership and management it was operated by Mr. Crabill and N.G. Clark. Mr. Crabill is a native of Shenandoah county, Virginia, born on September 26, 1855, and the son of David G. and Mary (Swartz) Crabill, who were also born in Virginia, where they still live. The father is a retired farmer and a highly respected man in his home county. The family comprised nine children, of whom Aden was the first born and eight are now living. Aden was reared on the Virginia homestead to the age of twenty, and worked on it with industry and fidelity. Owing to the Civil war, which seriously disturbed all institutions and conditions in that part of the country, his educational advantages were small and he is practically a self-educated man. At the age of twenty he entered a mill in his native county to learn the trade, and afterwards worked at it there and in Ohio. In 1880 he came to Colorado, and during the next two years he was employed in a mill at Fort Collins. In 1895 he moved to Delta, and here he has been continuously connected with the milling industry since his arrival. In politics he is an ardent and devoted Democrat, and in fraternal life an enthusiastic Freemason. In the public local affairs of his county he takes an active part but is not an aspirant for office, preferring to aid in giving direction and inspiration to the forces of progress in the community rather than to administer the duties of public station. On December 2, 1882, he united in marriage with Miss Clara L. Strock, who was born at Urbana, Ohio. They have one child, their daughter, Letitia, now nineteen years old. =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.