EDMUND G. CROWLEY, Webster County, born August 31, 1838, in what was formerly Hopkins, now Webster County, Ky. He is the third son of Edmund and Clementine (Marks) Crowley, and is of Irish-English extraction. At eighteen years of age began life for himself, and for one year worked in a saw-mill; the next year he worked on the farm for an elder brother, and the third year worked at the carpenter trade. From then until the present time he has been farming for himself. He was married October 17, 1860, to Miss Virginia E. Johnson, a native of Todd County, Ky., and a daughter of Albert A. and Elizabeth Johnson. They have one child, viz.: Emily J. In 1866 Mr. Crowley settled where he now lives, in Webster County; he has 102 1/2 acres of land and 175 acres in Henderson County. As a farmer he is one of the most enterprising and successful. He is a Democrat. Mr. and Mrs. Crowley are leading members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. In 1868 he became a member of the Masonic fraternity. His present residence was built in 1880.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 1031.