My Genealogy Hound

HENRY CRABB, blacksmith and manufacturer of wagons, buggies, etc., Chenoa; was born in Forfarshire on the eastern coast of Scotland, fifty miles from Edinburgh and the same distance from Aberdeen, on the 15th of November, 1830; at 15 years of age, he learned the trade of a blacksmith, and afterward worked in large machine-shops in Arbroath, a large manufacturing town in his native county, where he became familiar with all branches of the machinist’s trade; in August, 1854, he left home and came to America; he came direct to Tazewell Co., Ill., and worked two years in Washington and awhile in Morton; he came to Chenoa in 1866, and started his blacksmith and wagon shop, which he still continues; he manufactures wagons and buggies, does horse-shoeing and a general repairing of plows, farm machinery, etc. He was married Jan. 29, 1866, to Miss Margaret S. Guthrie, of Peoria, a native of Glasgow, Scotland; they have four children — Jennie M., Annie C., Harry G. and Grace G. Mr. Crabb has served one term as member of the Chenoa Board of Aldermen.