Background
Crowell, John was born on June 22, 1814 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James and Mary (Gardner) Crowell.
Crowell, John was born on June 22, 1814 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James and Mary (Gardner) Crowell.
College course began University of Pennsylvania, 1830. Graduate Princeton, 1834, Master of Arts, 1837, Doctor of Divinity, 1869. Divinity course Princeton Theological Seminary, supplemented by private study in Philadelphia.
Ordained to Presbyterian ministry, June 5, 1840. Pastor West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1840-1850. Orange, New Jersey, 1850-1863.
Odessa, Delaware, 1867-1878.
Acting pastor Stirling, New Jersey, 1884-1888. Secretary board education, East. Orange, New Jersey, since 1889.
Married Katharine Roney, October 21, 1840.