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Mr. Jacob Crow, Welland’s oldest man..
[People’s Press, 3 January 1901]
Mr. Jacob Crow, Welland’s oldest man, we believe, gave a very interesting address in the Methodist church last Sunday morn. Mr. Crow is in his 92nd year, and with the exception of a partial loss of hearing is in remarkably full possession of his senses and capabilities and has practically been a life-long Methodist in religion. Reformer in politics and an abstainer from tobacco and intoxicants-perhaps that accounts for it. Mr. Crow’s address was lastly reminiscent and remarkably interesting. His observations extended into the days when there were but few Methodist ministers between here and old Niagara-“circuit riders,” when instrumental music in a Methodist church would have been considered a startling innovation. But Mr. Crow, though an old man, is not an old fogy. He has kept up with the times, and the modern choir, the hymns and all the conveniences and accessories of a well-appointed modern church meet with his cordial approval and support. Mr. Crow closed his remarks with some valuable practical advice to old and young. May he yet long live to mingle and worship with his friends is the wish of all.
Mr. Jacob Crow is in his 91st year, not his 92nd as published in error last issue.
[Welland Tribune, 11 January 1901]
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