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         ADAM CRIM, one of the early settlers and honored citizens of Louisa County, Iowa, now residing on section 31, Union Township, was born in Loudoun County, Va., June 25, 1813, and is a son of Charles and Christian (Able) Crim, who were also natives of that county. Both grandparents, Charles Crim and George Able, who were natives of Germany, emigrated to America prior to the Revolutionary War, and aided the Colonists in their struggle for independence. The father of our subject was a soldier in the War of 1812, and about 1826 removed to Carroll County, Ohio, where in the midst of the heavy forest he developed a farm, and there passed the remainder of his days, dying on the 30th of August, 1860, when seventy-three years of age. Mrs. Crim survived her husband about eleven years, dying in 1871. They were both members of the Lutheran Church, were highly respected people, and reared a family of twelve children, seven of whom are now living.

Our subject was the eldest of his father’s family, and was reared upon a farm, receiving his education in the subscription schools. He remained under the parental roof until twenty-five years of age, when, on the 19th of April, 1838, he was united in marriage with Catherine Albaugh, who was born in Carroll County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Morris Albaugh. After their marriage he was engaged in farming upon the land of his father-in-law during the summer, and in the winter time was employed in teaching school. He was very successful in that profession, always giving good satisfaction wherever engaged. Living a life of industry and economy, he was soon enabled to purchase 131 acres of land, upon which he made his home for ten years. But selling out in 1851, he emigrated to Iowa, and located in Louisa County. He here purchased 120 acres of land, which was then entirely uncultivated, on section 19, Union Township, and by subsequent purchase added to that until he owned a fine farm of 371 acres, which was highly improved and cultivated. He there continued to reside until 1883, when he divided the land among his children, and bought the farm of eighty acres on section 31, Union Township, upon which he still resides.

By the union of Mr. and Mrs. Crim ten children were born: Lemuel, who is now engaged in farming in Adams County, Iowa; Morris, who was a soldier of the 25th Iowa Infantry during the late war, and is now a farmer of Nebraska; Margaret, wife of George Raymond, of Oregon; Charles, who is living a retired life in Columbus Junction; George W., who is now engaged in farming in Union Township; Catherine, wife of Benjamin Tatman, of Union Township, Robinson W., also a . . .

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. . . resident farmer of Union Township; Rachel, wife of Riley Carr, of Union Township; Adam, who is engaged in farming in Oregon; and Jane, wife of Elmer Todd. On the 29th of December, 1883, at the age of sixty-one years, Mrs. Crim departed this life. She was a sincere Christian lady, and was a member of the Reform Church, to which Mr. Crim also belongs. Politically, he has been a lifelong Democrat, and has held various township offices, having served as Assessor, as a member of the School Board, and was Justice of the Peace for five years while living in Brown Township, Athens Co., Ohio.

Mr. Crim is one of the self-made men of Louisa County, and his life has been one of success. In his earlier years he labored hard and patiently, but fortune at length smiled upon his efforts. He has ever been liberal with his children, gave them all a start in life, and has lived to see them all respectable men and women, of whom he may justly feel proud. He is now an old man, his life work has been successfully accomplished, and he may now rest from his labors, knowing that they have not been in vain. During the thirty-seven years of his residence in this county he has won the respect and confidence of the entire community. As a citizen, he is true and loyal, as a neighbor and friend, kind and affectionate, as a father, tender and loving.