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Harry & Beatrice Crouch Reunion

Atholton School - Class of 1964

Absalom & Nancy (Pace) Jones Photo Names

Absalom & Nancy (Pace) Jones 50th Anniversary

Timothy Levy Crouch Family Home 1940

Timothy Levy Crouch Family Thanksgiving

Mrs. Timothy Levy Crouch

Harry & Beatrice Crouch Family Reunion

John & Elizabeth (Crouch) Button family, 1900

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In 1800, she was 49 years old when Alessandro Volta presented his findings about the first electrical battery, proving that electricity could be generated chemically and debunking the widely held theory that electricity was generated solely by living beings.

In 1802, at the age of 51 years old, Hannah was alive when on March 16, Congress established the United States Military Academy at West Point - the oldest of the five service academies in the United States and one of the oldest service academies in the world.

In 1809, she was 58 years old when on May 5th, Mary Dixon Kies (March 21, 1752 – 1837) became the first recipient of a patent granted to a woman by the United States. She had developed a technique for weaving straw with silk and thread to make hats. While her hats were popular at first, fashion changed and she died penniless.

In 1816, at the age of 65 years old, Hannah was alive when in Philadelphia, the African Methodist Episcopal Church - the oldest independent Protestant denomination in the world founded by black people - was established by Richard Allen and other African-American Methodists. It is often called the AME church today.

In 1822, in the year of Hannah Hanna Crouch Knight's passing, was the year that coffee was no longer banned in Sweden. Originally used as a religious drink in Arabia more than 1100 years ago, coffee was banned in many European countries until the 18th century.