Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Croasdale, J. Wilson
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Newtown Township


   J. WILSON CROASDALE merchant, P.O. Newtown, was born in 
Middletown township, this county, January 5, 1829, and is a 
son of Jeremiah W. and Sarah W. (Wilson) Croasdale.  
Jeremiah W. was a farmer of Middletown and died in Newtown 
in 1873.  His wife was a daughter of Joseph and Mary 
(Blakey) Wilson, of Middletown, by whom he had four 
children:  Mary W., who married Moses Paxson; J. Wilson, 
Hannah W., who married Charles W. Kirkbride; and Robert M.   
Our subject was reared in Middletown and remained on the 
home farm until 1853, when he located in Newtown and 
embarked in the mercantile business in which he has ever 
since been engaged.  In 1862 he married Elizabeth B., 
daughter of Thomas F. and Mary E. (Eastburn) Parry, of 
Langhorne, by whom he has three children:  Robert M., Thomas 
P. and Mary E.   His paternal grandfather was Robert 
Croasdale, a son of Robert and Margery (Hayhurst) Croasdale, 
and he a son of Jeremiah who was a son of Thomas who came 
from Yorkshire, England, and settled in Middletown township 
in 1682.