BIO:  Edward Crumbling, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Shrewsbury Township, Pg 171

REV. EDWARD CRUMBLING, resident pastor of the Evangelical Association at Glen Rock, was born in 
Hellam Township, January 27, 1856, and is the eldest of two sons of Tobias and Sarah (Bupp) 
Crumbling, of Scotch and Swiss extraction.  His early life was spent in the country, and from 
the age of twelve to seventeen he was engaged, when out of school, as clerk in the mercantile 
business.  From the age of seventeen to twenty-two he taught in the public schools during the 
winter months.  Having been educated in the public schools he began studying with a view to the 
ministry at about the age of twenty, and at once entered the local service.  At twenty-two he 
entered active work of the ministry, uniting with the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the 
Evangelical Association, as preacher on trial.  After traveling Baltimore Circuit, Md., two 
years he was ordained deacon, and returned to Alberton Station, a part of the same circuit, 
where he was retained two years more.  After an experience of four years he was ordained elder, 
which is the highest order in his denomination.  He was appointed to Glen Rock in 1882, and 
Yorkana Circuit in 1885.  He was married, March 15, 1881, at East Prospect, to Miss Arvilla 
Kise, a native of York County, and has two children:  Mary Edith and Annie Elva.  His only 
brother is also in the ministry.  His parents reside in Lower Windsor Township, aged fifty-
eight and forty-five years, respectively.  He is an honorary member of the society of 
Rechabites.