p. 1310, right column: "ISAAC T. CROUCH. ... The gentleman of whom we write is a son of Benedict, and grandson of Elijah Crouch. The latter, who was of English descent, reared a family of four children, viz.: Elisha, Benedict, Stephen, and Mary, all of whom lived over fourscore years, and are now deceased. Benedict Crouch was born in June, 1800, near Jefferson, Greene Co., Penn., there passing his early youth. He learned the saddler's trade, which he followed a short time, and was then married to Rebecca, daughter of James Wallace. ... They were tenants on a farm for several years after their marriage, when he bought 288 acres near Bentleyville, Washington Co., Penn. Here he carried on an extensive farming business, and reared a large family of children, as follows: James, Sarah, John, William, Adah, Mary Ann, Thomas, Nathan, Hiram, Isaac T., Elizabeth, Bennett and" [continues p. 1313] "Nesbit". p. 1313, left column: "... William, then residing in Arkansas, felt that duty called him to defend his home and family rather than the nation; he therefore entered the Confederate army, and served throughout the conflict as captain of an Arkansas regiment. Benedict Crouch, for his second spouse, married Charity Wallace, a sister of his first wife, and the children by this union were S. Bentley, Hudson C. and Allison B. ... Isaac T. Crouch, son of Benedict and Rebecca Crouch, was born August 22, 1842, near Beallsville, Washington Co., Penn." READ ON THE PAGE IMAGES by Claude, 5 Aug 2026 - both folios and running heads verified. Images: ancestry/sources/commemorative-bio-washington-co-pa-1893-p1310-isaac-t-crouch-sketch-part1.jpg and ...-p1313-...-part2.jpg. Register row L16.

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AUDITED 5 Aug 2026 - [113] REBECCA WALLACE: her first citation of any kind, and her father's name enters the tree.Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), p. 1310, in the sketch of her son Isaac T. Crouch: "Benedict Crouch ... was then married to Rebecca, daughter of James Wallace." Read on the page image, 5 Aug 2026.GRADE: an 1893 commissioned county biography is an INFORMANT, not a record, and its informant is almost certainly Isaac T. himself. But it is family testimony one generation from the events, and it is the first source of any kind on this branch that is not Find A Grave.⛔ NO PARENT HAS BEEN CREATED FOR HER, DELIBERATELY. The book names a James Wallace; it does not identify WHICH James Wallace. The 1810 census index for Washington Co., Pa. (5,682 lines, controls Wallace x15 and Crawford x29) places NO James Wallace in Somerset Twp., where both she and her sister Charity are recorded born; the two James Wallace households in the county sit in Fallowfield (p. 76 line 1) and Pike Run (p. 83 line 61). A name in print is not yet a person.HER SISTER: the same page, p. 1313, says "Benedict Crouch, for his second spouse, married Charity Wallace, a sister of his first wife" - so [2730] Charity is her sister, and the 1880 census (C858, read on the image) gives Charity's father as born in Pennsylvania and HER MOTHER AS BORN IN MARYLAND. That is the first indication of where this Wallace family came from, reached through the 1893 sisterhood statement rather than from a record naming Rebecca.Her stone at Beallsville Cemetery reads "Rebecca wife of Benedict Crouch; died Sept 20, 1848 age 41 years" (Find A Grave memorial 65833285, page saved 4 Aug 2026).

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