ISAAC NEWTON CROUCH, SR.

 

     Isaac Newton Crouch, Sr. - Baptist Minister a Physician, b 1796 in Washington County, Tennessee June 1836 at Little River, Milam County, Texas being massacred by Indians - was a son of James and Agnes (Denton) Crouch. On August 10, 1815 in Cumberland County, Kentucky, Isaac Newton Crouch married first to Nancy Cargile, and had one known son Alonzo Crouch, b 1820 in Tennessee, who married in1850 to Elizabeth (maiden name unknown), and lived, in Falls County.

     On January 27, 1825 in Tennessee, Reverend-Doctor Crouch was married second to Isabelle Deason, b 1804, d 1840 in Robertson County, Texas, and they hi five children - two dying as infants. The family moved, to Texas with the Nashville Colony by 1832, and w living there in 1836 when Reverend-Doctor Newton and Robert Davidson - a neighbor, rode to their farms on Little River to cultivate their corn. They were Surprised by Indians and massacred in June 1836, and were buried together in one grave. Isabelle (Deason) Crouch moved to Robertson County.

     The children moved to Wheelock, Robertson County, Texas in 1843, with Alonzo, Isaac, Jr., and William W, Crouch coming in 1845 to the area which became Falls County in 1850.

     The surviving children of Reverend-Doctor Isaac Newton and Isabelle (Deason) Crouch were:

     Isaac Newton Crouch, Jr., b November 1825 in Washington County, Tennessee; - married first to Rachel Louisa Covington, b January 16, 1826 in Tennessee,; married second to Mary Elizabeth (Boren) Covington.

     William Wilford Crouch, b February 27, 1827 in Tennessee d February 12, 1878 in Falls County, Texas---married April 27, 1849 in Robertson County, Texas to Mary Jane Covington - a daughter of John and Jane (Marlin) Covington.

     Elizabeth Crouch b ca 1829 - married first to Thomas J. Barron - a son of Captain Thomas H. Barron and his first wife, Elizabeth Carnall. They had a daughter, Eliza Barron, b ca 1846. After the death of

     Thomas, Elizabeth (Crouch) Barron was married second to Jacob Anderson, and lived in Robertson County, Texas.

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart and her volunteers for printing these bios of these Falls County Families to this Web page "Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 104, column 2, and page 105 column 1.
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