Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Crapser, Amos S. 1842 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

AMOS S. CRAPSER. This prominent farmer and stock-raiser of Burton Township,
Genesee County, is a son of pioneer parents and is descended from good old
Holland stock, his early ancestors having settled in the famous Mohawk Valley
generations ago. His farm is a model one and covers two hundred acres on section
33, and several years ago he was awarded first premium at the county fair for
having the best farm in the county, all things considered.

  Mr. Crapser was born in Burton Township, this county, May 3, 1842 and his
father, Albertus Crapser, was a native of Greene County, N. Y., where he
followed farming, coming to Oakland County, Mich., in 1835 and in 1837 removing
to Genesee County, where he took up some land from the Government in Burton
Township thus becoming one of the first settlers therein. He had to cut a road
to get to the spot where he built his log shanty and here he lived until the
fall of 1876 when he departed this life at the age of sixty-five, leaving behind
him a record as an honest man and a sincere Christian. He was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. His father, Charles Crapser, was a native of
Dutchess County, N. Y., where he lived for some years and then moved to Greene
County, the same State, where he died. He was of Dutch descent. The mother, Mary
Story, was born in New York and of Quaker parentage. She became the mother of
five children, four of whom are still living and she survived until 1831.

  An ordinary district-school education was all that was granted to our subject
and this was a short course and in the log schoolhouse. He has always lived upon
the old homestead and remembers when wild game was plentiful and enjoys telling
stories of the chase. He was married in 1880 to Isabella C. Palmatier, daughter
of John K. and Julia (Crapser) Palmatier, both natives of New York, where their
daughter also was born.

  The father of Mrs. Crapser was a carpenter and spent his life in his native
State, dying in 1875, while the mother is still living and has a family of three
children still about her. Mr. and Mrs. Crapser have four children, Mabelle J.,
Ralph Amos, Susie Mary and Jessie Emma.

  Our subject is a Republican in his political convictions and a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and also of the Farmers' Alliance. His fine
estate comprises two hundred acres. For a number of years he has devoted himself
largely to the raising of Jersey cattle, Chester-White pigs and Englishshire
Imported horses and has some very fine Hambletonians. He spent twelve or fifteen
years in the produce business at Grand Blanc. Mr. Crapser has always taken a
great interest in horse flesh and has owned some of the fastest horses in
Genesee County. Mrs. Crapser is of French extraction and was born and reared in
New York City. She is a lady of more than ordinary intelligence and their large
old fashioned frame house is very attractive both in exterior and interior. Mrs.
Crapser is a graduate of Normal College of New York City.


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Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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