William M. Crow
June 8, 1919; Oregonian, p 16
Grants Pass, OR., June 7

   William M. Crow, born in Illinois, April 7, 1838, died at his home in Merlin at the age of 81 years, May 3, after an illness of four and a half months.  In 1852 he came with his parents to Oregon, where the family settled in Lane county.  Four years later he came into Josephine county, serving during the war with the Rogue River Indians.  He was married February 28, 1867, to Nancy Jane Neeley and 11 children were born to them, of whom nine, with their mother, survive: Frank Crow, Brush Prairie, Wash.; Charles Crow, Portland, Or.; Lewis J. Crow, Wendling, OR.; Clarence Crow, Sprague, Wash.; Mrs. Laura Carr, Mrs. Josephine Donohue, Andrew, Ross and Ord, all of Merlin.  Four sisters and two brothers also mourn his loss: Mrs. Lodema Bandy, Bellingham, Wash.; Mrs. Sarah Gibson, Eugene, Or.; Mrs. Melvina Hinton, Port Townsend, Wash., and Mrs. H. L. Keyte, James, A. J. and Thomas N. Crew of Merlin.