George Washington Crouse (November 23, 1832 – January 5, 1912) was a

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. Born in

Tallmadge, Ohio Tallmadge ( ) is a city in Summit and Portage counties in Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of Akron and part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 17,537 at the 2010 census. Tallmadge was founded in 1807 and is the sec ...

, Crouse attended the common schools. He taught school for five years. He moved to

Akron, Ohio Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County, Ohio, Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about south of downtown Cleveland. As of the 2020 C ...

. Deputy in offices of county auditor and treasurer 1855–1858. Auditor of Summit County from 1858 to 1863, he then served as county treasurer in 1863. Manager in 1863 of the Akron branch of C. Aultman & Co. Buckeye mower and reaper business Upon the organization of Aultman, Miller & Co. in 1865, as a separate corporation, Crouse became secretary and treasurer, and later its president. During the

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Crouse served as sergeant in Company F, 164th Ohio Infantry, and served in fortifications around Washington in 1864. He served as member and president of the city council for four years and of the board of education of the city of Akron four years. He was commissioner of Summit County in 1874 and 1875 and served as a member of the State senate from 1885 to 1887. Crouse was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889) but declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1888, resuming former business activities. His daughter, Mary, married

David Marshall Mason David Marshall Mason (7 December 1865 – 19 March 1945) was a Scottish Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician, banker and businessman. Family and education Mason was born at Campsie, near Glasgow, the eldest son of Stephen Mason (MP), Stephen ...

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who was a

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. He died in

, January 5, 1912 and was interred in Glendale Cemetery. Crouse married Martha K. Parsons of

Kent, Ohio Kent is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the largest city in Portage County. It is located along the Cuyahoga River in Northeast Ohio on the western edge of the county. The population was 28,215 at the 2020 Census. The city is counted as pa ...

on October 18, 1859. Their children were Martha P., Julia M., Mary R., Nellie J., and George W., Jr.

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