Crowe, John Finley, Dd

Crowe, John Finley, D.D.

a Presbyterian minister, was born in Green County, Tennessee, June 17, 1787. In 1812 he entered Transylvania College, in Kentucky in 1815 was licensed by the Lexington Presbytery, and soon after accepted a call to Shelbyville, where he labored until 1833. He was professor in Hanover College, Ind., until about 1855, and died January 17, 1860. Dr. Crowe was a man of sound judgment and deep piety. As a teacher, he was ranked among the first. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1861, page 84.