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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Crow, William Peter

Crow, William Peter , Farmer, Pahia. Mr Crow owns a farm of 240 acres, between Pahia and Orepuki, and carries on mixed farming, principally grazing. He was born in Nelson, in June, 1844, and is the son of a very old colonist, who was the first butcher in Dunedin. For some years Mr Crow worked on stations, and joined the first “rush” to Gabriel's Gully. He was for many years afterwards engaged in mining, and was one of the first to start work at the Orepuki diggings. He was also at sea for a short period. In 1879. he took up a farm at Pahia, but sold it later on, in order to take up his present farm. He was one of the first members of the Sons of Perseverance Lodge of Oddfellows, at Riverton. Mr Crow married a daughter of the late Mr David Key Smith, of Spear Grass Flat, in 1893, and has a family of two sons and four daughters.