COLUNfBlA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES and lithc^raphin^ business in the same city» and with which he remained for two years. In 1872 he removed to Berwick, Pa., and was elected superinten<lent of the Berwick KoUing M ill Company’s pUint there. From time (0 time he acquired other interests, until he was associated with nearly all the leading enter prises of the town, "in 1876 he was elected teller of the first National Hank o f Berwick, in 1879 a director, in 1891 vice president, and in i8(>4 president. In 1892 he w as elected president and treasurer of the Berwick KIcctrtc Ligh t Company, o f which he w as the fonndcr. In 1894 he was chosen president of tto Moun tain Grove Camp Meeting Associnlion. Tc same year he w as cScctc<) chainnan of the board o f managers of the Bcrxxdck Store Com(lany. Limited, which position he held until Slarch I . i8c^. In i8<;8 he was elected vice president of the I.agrangc Light & W ater Company, o f togran gc. 111. In 1876 he was chosen trustee of the Methodist Episcopal (‘hurch. o f Berwick, and in 1895 president of the board. In 1894 he liecame a trustee of the Young Men’s Christian Association. F o r ten years he was a mcmlicr of the lioard o f educa tion o f Berwick and served several terms as its president. In 1874 M r. Crispin was married lo M argaret Em ily Iackson. daughter o f lio n . Mordccai W. Jackson, whose sketch appears elsewhere, llt c y had children as follow s: M ordecai /ackson Crispin, see hclow. C hrcn ce Gearhart Crispin, sec below. H elen Jea n Crispin w as born Jan. 1 1, 1886. at Berwick. Pa. She w as a student in the schools at that place and later entered the National Park Seminary at Washington. I). C She finished her e^lucation at M rs. M errill's School, New Y ork City. She married Charles Bcland Owens Ju n e 8, 1 9 1 1 . Since this lime M r. and M rs. Owens have resided in Toronto, Canada, where M r. Owens is sccrctar)* and manager of the Canadian Pow ers Regulator Co., Ltd. T w o children have been born to them : Margaret Crispin Owens, liom May 17, 19 12, and Elizalieth Crispin Owens, liom Nov. 4, 19 14 . Charles ll. Owens w as born in M aysviltc, K y., Oct. 29. 18 8 1, and i.s a grad uate in engineering of the Kentucky State University, toxing^on. Mr. Crispin w as a Republican in politics, and took an active interest in the success of his party, contrjhuting much to its welfare. H e never aspire<l (0 office except in loc.al affairs, his varied business interests requiring all his time, energy and attention. H e was deeply interested in everything that tended to
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(he benefit o f Berwick, and xvas an ardent supporter o f its educational, religious, finan cial and industrial development. M r. Crispin fully maintained the reputation of the Crispin family, which for generations has stood in this State for honesty and upright ness in business, for development in the high est d ^ r c c in church and caucatlonal matters, and for the greater growth o f its various in dustries. M r. Crispin died in Berwick Ju ly 3, 1903, and w as buried in Pine Grove ccmctcr>* in that city. .M ordkh a i J a c k s o n C » isriN, son of Benja min Franklin Crispin, J r ., was torn in Ber wick, P a., M ay 13, 1875. He attended the Berwick high school, and in September, 1892, entered Princeton University, trom which he w as graduated in June. 1890, with the degree o f Bachelor o f A rts. He w as employed from 1896 to 1901 at,th e First National Bank of Berwick, and with T he Jackson & Woodin M anufacturing Company. On Feb. 1, 19 0 1, he w as elected director," secretary and treas urer of the United States Metal & ’M anufacture ing Company, o f No. 165 Broadway, New Y o rk City. On Jan . 3 1, I<P7, he liccamc gen eral man.agcr. On Sept. 23, 1899, he was elected a trustee of the Crispin Cemetery A s sociation, lioinK sbu i^. Pa. In Septemlier, I W, he w as chosen a director of the First National Bank o f Berw ick, P a .; Ja n . 14. 1908, wa.s elected *icc president, and Ju ly 12, 1909, w as elected president. On June 7, 1900, he was married to Marie, daughter o f F . E . Brockwav, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. One child. Elizabeth Brockw ay Crispin, w as born Jan. 3, 1905, to this marriage. M rs. Crispin died Oct. 26, 1907, in New Y o rk City. Mr. Crispin, while a resident o f New York City, still retains Berwick as his home. H e is connected, in an importaut way, with nearly all its business interests and devotes much o f hLs time and attention to (hem. H e is Repiihlican in politics, and takes a deep interest in educational affairs. He has ser*cd as school director in his native city and is a director of tbe Berwick W ater Comimny. He is a di rector and vice president of the Em pire State Steel Products ( oinpany, o f Je rse y City, N . J . , director and Hcc president of the Berwick & Ncscopcck Street Railw ay Company, and a trustee of the Berwick Hospital. M r. Crispin is a memlier of the Society of Colonial W ars in the State o f X c w Y o rk, the Sons of the Revolution, the Society of the W ar o f 18 12, Veteran Corps o f .rlillcry. and
