Montgomery County PA Archives Biographies.....Crouthamel, William A. July 4, 1863 - February
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Source: Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, T. S. Benham & Company and the Lewis Publishing Company, 1904
Author: Ellwood Roberts, Editor

WILLIAM A. CROUTHAMEL, the well known clothing manufacturer 
of Souderton, was born in Line Lexington, the Montgomery 
county line, in Bucks county, July 4, 1863. He was educated 
in the public schools of Line Lexington Independent School 
District, and afterwards took a course in the State Normal 
School at Millersville, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. 
He then started in to assist his father in the business of 
manufacturing clothing, which he had previously established 
at Line Lexington. The business increasing rapidly, an 
extensive plant was established at Souderton, which William 
A. Crouthamel owns, and of which he is in charge, although 
his father is also interested in it. They employ many 
skilled hands, and turn out an enormous quantity of clothing 
in the course of a year. The garments made find a ready sale 
in the great cities.
 
Mr. Crouthamel married, in 1884, Miss Anna L. Magargal, 
daughter of George W. Magargal, a farmer of Ashbourne, in 
Cheltenham township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, they 
residing at Souderton. The couple have the following 
children: George M., Alvin H., and William R. Mr. Crouthamel 
is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the 
Souderton school board, in which he has held the position of 
secretary for ten years. He is an active man in all the 
interests of the community, educational and otherwise. He is 
a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He and his 
family attend the Mennonite church.

Hilary Crouthamel (father) is a native of Germany. He 
emigrated to the United States and settled in Buck county at 
Line Lexington. He is a well educated man public spirited 
and progressive, and enjoys the respect and confidence of 
the whole community. He began the manufacturing of clothing 
at his house in a small way, in addition to running a farm 
which he owns, and has met with great success, being 
compelled to enlarge his facilities in order to keep pace 
with the needs of his customers. Mr. Crouthamel married Mary 
Eckery, of the vicinity in which he lives. They have several 
children, among them William A. Crouthamel, the subject of 
this sketch.

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