The Borough Of Upland.

Court, and in 1845 the latter conveyed them, together with a tract of land of something over sixty acres, to John P. Crozer.

In 1845, after the purchase from John W. Ashmead of the Chester Mills, John P. Crozer immediately made preparation for erecting a cotton-factory at that place. The following year he built the mill known as No. 1, a five-story stone structure, one hundred and thirty-eight feet in length by fifty in width, and also erected a number of stone dwelling-houses for the operatives. In June, 1847, there were forty-six tenements on the property, and an eighty horse-power engine had been attached to the factory, so that in the event of the water in the creek at any time proving insufficient to operate the machinery the mill might not be compelled to suspend for that cause. At that date there were one hundred and fifty power-looms, eleven self-acting mules, with three thousand eight hundred and sixty-four spindles, while the whole number of spindles amounted to six thousand. This mill has been much enlarged, and at present contains eight thousand nine hundred and eighty-eight throstle-spindles, two thousand nine hundred and ninety-two mule-spindles, and two hundred and ninety-eight looms. In 1852, John P. Crozer built mill No. 2, one hundred and fifty-eight feet in length by fifty-two feet in width, four stories and an attic in height, .and containing seven thousand spindles and one hundred and fifty looms. This mill, after it passed to Samuel A. Crozer, was enlarged, and now contains seven thousand four hundred and fifty-six throstle-spindles, four thousand four hundred mule-spindles, and nine cards. In 1863, to meet the demand for the goods he then manufactured, John P. Crozer erected mill No. 3, fifty-two feet by two hundred and twenty-two feet, four stories in height, in which were used six thousand spindles and one hundred and fifty looms. This mill contains seven thousand one hundred and forty throstle-spindles, two thousand one hundred and twelve mule-spindles, and two hundred and fifty-six looms. Mills No. 1 and No. 3 have capacity to consume ninety bales of cotton weekly, and produce eighty-two cases of goods per week. William I. Woodward is manager of the mills of John P. Crozer's Sons. After the death of Mr. Crozer, in 1866, the mills were divided among his sons, Samuel A. Crozer taking No. 2 mill, and Nos. 1 and 3 being operated by J. Lewis, George K. and Robert H. Crozer, under the firm-name of J. P. Crozer & Sons.

In the township of Springfield, Delaware Co., at a place called for a time West Dale, now Swarthmore, and near the college of that name (which stands on a part of the property), in the same house, were born two persons destined to be celebrated in their respective spheres of action: Benjamin West, one of America's most celebrated painters and a president of the British Royal Academy, and John P. Crozer, a manufacturer, and especially noted for his philanthropic and benevolent actions.

John Price Crozer was born Jan. 13, 1793, and was the son of John and Sarah Price Crozer.

The first ancestor of John P. Crozer in America was James Crozer, who, with his four brothers, - Samuel, John, Robert, and Andrew, - emigrated from Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century. Soon after arriving in this country James Crozer was married to a lady of English descent named Gleave, whose parents resided in Springfield.

John Crozer, the father of John P., married Sarah Price, daughter of John Price, of English descent. He was a carpenter, and pursued his occupation in Philadelphia till after his marriage. After residing for a short time on a farm owned by the estate of John Knowles, of which he was executor, he purchased the farm at Springfield, now owned by the trustees of Swarthmore College, and upon which John P. was born. Though following the humble trade of a carpenter he possessed an education far superior to his calling, and was a good Latin scholar and well versed in the classics. His religious views were in sympathy with the society of Friends, though he was not a member of any denomination.

Sarah Price Crozer was a woman of strong religious convictions, gentle and charitable towards all. She had been educated as an Episcopalian, and was a sincere and earnest friend to all real Christianity, without regard to creed. She endeavored to instill by her life and teaching the principles of godliness and true grace in the minds of her children, and to teach them the ways that lead to true greatness.

The children of John and Sarah P. Crozer were Elizabeth (who became the wife of John Lewis), James, Sarah (who became Mrs. Samuel Y. Campbell), John Price, and Samuel.

The educational advantages of John P. Crozer were very limited. He began attending school at the age of six years at the little stone school-house about three-quarters of a mile from his home, and here all the days of his school-life were spent excepting a short term of three months at a school about two miles away. The amount of knowledge that could be acquired at these schools was very meagre, and was mostly comprised in the three "r's," - " readin', ritin', and 'rithmetic." His studies were, however, prosecuted vigorously; and supplemented by the small but well-selected library of his father he acquired a much better education than was usually attained at that day.

At the early age of fourteen he became a member of the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia, having been converted under the ministrations of the Rev. Dr. Staughton.

From his early childhood he had been accustomed to the hard labor of the farm, and from his seventeenth year had rested upon his young shoulders almost its entire management. Upon attaining his majority, in consideration of this fact his father had given him a one-third interest in its profits. In