"Allen Crittenden was born Jan. 7, 1810 in Ontario county, N. Y., and was a son of Chester and Azuba Crittenden, natives of Connecticut. Allen was reared on a farm and secured his education in the common schools. He emigrated to Washtenaw county, Mich., in 1831, and settled on sec. 35., Pittsfield tp., where he resided until 1875. At that time he erected a large and handsome residence on sec. 34, where he lives at present. On Oct. 19, 1830, he married Emily Reed, a native of Ontario county, N. Y., where she was born in 1813. Ten children have been sent to bless this union — Sophia, Mason H., Silas R., Newton E., Mary, Amelia, Samuel R., Nash A., Ida M. and Dwight A. Mr. Crittenden has been very successful in life, in a financial way, and now owns 300 acres of well-improved land. Mr. Crittenden has been prominently identified with the growth of Pittsfield tp., and served as Supervisor for several years, nine in succession. He is a man bearing the confidence and well wishes of his fellow citizens, and an earnest and faithful laborer in the Pioneer Society of Washtenaw Couny."
Chapman, Charles C. & Co., (1881) History of Washtenaw County, Michigan, Vol. 2, Chicago: Charles Chapman & Co., p. 1262
"Allen Crittenden was born Jan. 7, 1810 in Ontario county, N. Y., and was a son of Chester and Azuba Crittenden, natives of Connecticut. Allen was reared on a farm and secured his education in the common schools. He emigrated to Washtenaw county, Mich., in 1831, and settled on sec. 35., Pittsfield tp., where he resided until 1875. At that time he erected a large and handsome residence on sec. 34, where he lives at present. On Oct. 19, 1830, he married Emily Reed, a native of Ontario county, N. Y., where she was born in 1813. Ten children have been sent to bless this union — Sophia, Mason H., Silas R., Newton E., Mary, Amelia, Samuel R., Nash A., Ida M. and Dwight A. Mr. Crittenden has been very successful in life, in a financial way, and now owns 300 acres of well-improved land. Mr. Crittenden has been prominently identified with the growth of Pittsfield tp., and served as Supervisor for several years, nine in succession. He is a man bearing the confidence and well wishes of his fellow citizens, and an earnest and faithful laborer in the Pioneer Society of Washtenaw Couny."
Chapman, Charles C. & Co., (1881) History of Washtenaw County, Michigan, Vol. 2, Chicago: Charles Chapman & Co., p. 1262
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