JOHN W. CROZIER
John W. Crozier, son of Robert and Nancy Crozier, was born at Buffalo, New York, October 4, 1855. His parents were formerly from Ohio. They settled in Marion county, Iowa, about 1846. They were among the pioneers of that county. In 1850 they went to California, returning in 1855. On their journey home to Marion county, John W., the subject of this sketch, was born. The parents are still living in Marion county. John W. Crozier and Nancy Ann Elliott were married in that county on April 11, 1875. She is a daughter of William and Mary Elliott, formerly of Kentucky, and now of Marion county. Mrs. Crozier was born in Kentuck, May 11, 1853. November 7, 1881, Mr. Crozier bought of T. C. Dowell, the southeast quarter of section 15, Union township, and September 1st moved thither. Since that time he has added forty acres to his farm. Mr. and Mrs. Crozier have three children--Clyde E., born in Marion county, July 27, 1877; Omie Dell, born February 2, 1879, and Augusta, born December 28, 1883.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 740.
