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CROWELL. CROWLEY. 153 and Linwood Cemetery Corporation, con- sulting physician of Dan vers lunatic as] lum, member of Massachusetts Medical daughter of Ephraim Corliss, of Haver- lull. Dr. Crowell's church connections are with the Centre Congregational church, of which he is an active member, holding im- portant official positions. CROWLEY, Jeremiah, son of Dennis and Mary (Conley) Crowley, was born in Lowell, Middlesex county, January 12, 1832. He received his early educational train- ing in the public schools of his native place. When about thirteen years of age he entered the employ of the Lawrence Manu- facturing Company, as a boy. He learned the machinist's trade with Aldrich, Calvert & Tyng, afterwards working at his trade with Marvel & Lane, and from 1855 to '58 at Nashua, N. H. At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion, in 1861, he enlisted as a member of the old 6th Massachusetts regiment, and his company was one of the four that made the memorable march through Baltimore. He served nearly four months, and after being mustered out, again sought to enter the service, but was refused on account of disabilities. JOHN CROWELL. Society, president of Essex North Dis- trict Medical Society, state correspondent of board of health, corresponding member of Wisconsin Historical Society, and chair- man of Haverhill board of health, etc. Dr. Crowell's literary labors have been many and varied, embracing professional, scientific, critical and miscellaneous papers. Some of his professional papers are, " Dis- eases of the Rectum " (1856) ; " History of the Asiatic Cholera" (1873); "Anomalies in Pregnancy" (1S78) ; "The Human Brain and Some of its Phenomena," and " Bright's Disease of the Kidneys." In 1SS4 he was orator at the annual meeting of the Massa- chusetts Medical Society, Boston. Among his miscellaneous papers and lectures are : "The Colonial and Revolu- tionary History of Haverhill," an oration, (1876); "John Ruskin," "Architecture," "Michael Angelo," "Historical Poem," Bradford, (1882). Dr. Crowell was first married January 7, 1854, to Sarah Bradley, daughter of Sam- uel Johnson, of Haverhill, who died in 1859. Of this union was one child, born 1857, died 1S58. Dr. Crowell was again married October 31, 1S61, to Caroline, JEREMIAH CROWLEY. He worked for a time at the Watertown arsenal, and then commenced the study of law, pursuing his legal studies in the office