Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry
Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. 
Cass County.

DAVID M. CRUM; farmer, P.O. Virginia; was born in Arenzville
Precinct, Dec. 25, 1853, and is a son of Christian Crum.  He
received a good education, having attended the Wesleyan
University, at Bloomington, Ills., for some time, and engaged in
farming, which occupation he still pursues.  In Virginia, this
county, Nov. 24, 1875, he married Henrietta B. Payne, a native of
Missouri, born Sept. 21, 1856, daughter of W. B. and Elizabeth
Payne of Virginia, this county; by this union they have been
blessed with three children:  Bessie L., Vida V., and Mabel A. 
Mr. Crum is a member of the M. E. Church and is Secretary of
Lodge No.  68, I.O.O.F. of Virginia, this county; he is a
Democrat.

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