BIO: Jeremiah CROWLEY, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, page 380.
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  JEREMIAH CROWLEY, Mount Union, Pa., was born in Dunmanway, County 
Cork, Ireland, May 4, 1825. He is a son of Daniel and Ellen (Mahoney) 
Crowley, who were Irish by birth and life-long residence; Daniel 
Crowley was a farmer. They had six children, three of whom are 
deceased: Daniel, killed on the railroad, at the age of twenty-seven; 
Ellen; and Dennis. The survivors are: Joanna (Mrs. Charles Calnon); 
Mary (Mrs. Alexander Hamilton); and Jeremiah. Both parents died in 
Ireland when their son Jeremiah was eight years old. They were members 
of the Catholic church.
   Jeremiah Crowley was educated partly in Ireland and partly in 
America. He came to this country in 1846, and lived first in New York. 
During the winter of 1846 and 1847 he worked on the New York and Erie 
railroad, and in 1848 on the Hudson River railroad, and is one of the 
few men now living who then worked on these roads. Before removing to 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Crowley worked some time for a farmer, but after his 
removal, he was occupied from 1853 to 1873 as a contractor. Since the 
latter date, he has devoted his attention to farming, in Huntingdon 
county, Pa. Mr. Crowley almost lost his sight through an explosion on 
the railroad, and has now retired from active business. His politics 
are Democratic.
  On July 3, 1850, Jeremiah Crowley was married to Maria, daughter of 
Callaghan and Mary (Pierce) McCarty. They had eight children, all of 
who are deceased: Dennis and Daniel, twins; Mary; Jerome; Mary Ann; 
Nora; Helena; and Charlie. Mr. and Mrs. Crowley adhere to the Catholic 
faith.
  Mrs. Crowley was born in April, 1828. Her parents were both born in 
Ireland, her father in County Limerick and her mother in County Cork. 
Mr. McCarty was a farmer; after his death, his wife came to America, 
and died in Chicago. She had been Mary Pierce, and was the daughter of 
Thomas and Honora (O'Connors) Pierce. Six of their ten children are now 
living: Honora (Mrs. Garrett Fitzgerald); Maria (Mrs. Crowley); 
Florence; Daniel; Thomas; and Catherine (Mrs. John Roach). Those 
deceased are: Florence; Charles; Ann; and Timothy. Mr. McCarty's death 
occurred in 1860, when he was seventy-five years of age; Mrs. McCarty 
died in 1865, at the age of sixty-five. They were members of the 
Catholic church. Mr. McCarty's father, Florence McCarty, was, like his 
son, a farmer in the old country. His wife was Honora, daughter of 
Charles Purcell. Their children were: Calvin; Charles; Daniel; Timothy; 
Florence; Ellen; Honora; and Mary; all deceased. Florence McCarty 
almost attained to a century of age; he died aged ninety-eight; his 
wife at the age of eighty. Mrs. McCarty's maternal grandfather, Thomas 
Pierce, was also a farmer.