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Charles Clark Crouch

Male 1871 - 1950  (79 years)


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  1. 1.  Charles Clark Crouch was born on 18 Jan 1871 in Vermilion County, Illinois (son of Peter Thompson "Thomps" Crouch and Harriet Levisa "Hattie" Hannah); died on 13 Oct 1950 in Webber Township, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer
    • Census: 1900, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1910, Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois
    • Census: 1920, Moores Prairie, Jefferson County, Illinois
    • Census: 1930, Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois
    • Census: 1940, Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois

    Notes:

    Funeral Monday For C.C. Crouch
    Funeral services for Charles C. Crough, 79, who died at 12:30 p.m. yesterday at his home in Webber township, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Oakdale church. The Rev. Bird Green and the Rev. martin will conduct the service and burial will be in Oakdale cemetery.
    Mr. Crouch was the father of 21 children and selected as the “Father of the Day” by the Father’s Day Committee Chairman in a context sponsored by the King City Retailers in June.
    Mr. Crouch was in failing health at the time of the contest and was unable to make the trip to Mt. Vernon to receive the many gifts which were given him by the King City Retailers.
    Sixteen of his children survive. They are: John at home, Glen of Bluford, Melvin of Sikeston, Mo., Charles of Chicago, Thomas of DeKalb, Kenneth of Cincinnati, O., William of Morton, Ill., Mrs. Ross Shields, Mrs. Hattie Rapp, Mrs. Eleanor Gregory of Bluford, Mrs. Ada Jackson of Belle Rive, Mrs. Elfreida of DeKalb, Mrs. Mary Bordon of Mt. Vernon, Mrs. Dorothy Finn of Malta, Ill., Mrs. Ruth Ann Phelps and Miss Marcella Crouch of Mt. Vernon. Twenty-one grandchildren also survive.
    Mr. Crouch was a lifetime farmer and resided in Jefferson county for 50 years. He was first married in 1896 to Sarah Craft Martin in Covington, Ind., and in 1915 he married Blanche Orrick, who preceded him in death October 13, 1938.
    The body will lie in state at Comb’s Chapel in Wayne City.
    Mt. Vernon Register-News, Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Saturday, 14 October 1950.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107060764/charles-clark-crouch

    Charles married Sarah Emeline Craft on 13 Aug 1896 in Fountain County, Indiana. Sarah was born on 3 Sep 1867 in Indiana; died on 14 Jun 1910; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Infant Crouch was born about 1899; died about 1899.
    2. Wintress Easome Crouch was born on 12 Jan 1901 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 28 Jan 1993 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois.
    3. John Thompson Crouch was born on 16 Dec 1903 in Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois; died on 16 May 1992; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois.
    4. Infant Crouch was born about 1906; died about 1906.
    5. Arthur Glenn Crouch was born on 23 Aug 1908 in Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois; died on 16 Jul 1973 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Thomason Cemetery, Wayne City, Wayne County, Illinois.

    Family/Spouse: Susie Blanche Orrick. Susie (daughter of John T. B. Orrick and Mary Lou Kinison) was born on 8 Dec 1891 in Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois; died on 13 Oct 1938 in Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Hattie Lourena Crouch was born on 20 Apr 1916 in Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois; died on 6 Sep 2001 in Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois.
    2. Ada Ilean Crouch was born on 23 Jul 1917 in Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois; died on 12 Jul 1996 in Genoa, DeKalb County, Illinois; was buried in Genoa Township Cemetery, Dekalb County, Illinois.
    3. Amy Elfreda Crouch was born on 26 Mar 1920 in Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois; died on 8 Aug 2006 in DeKalb, DeKalb County, Illinois; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, DeKalb, DeKalb County, Illinois.
    4. Mary Magdalene Crouch was born on 20 Aug 1921 in Jefferson County, Illinois; died on 27 Apr 2016 in Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina; was buried in Conover City Cemetery, Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina.
    5. Melville Atwood Crouch was born on 16 Mar 1923 in Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois; died on 15 Nov 2003 in Aurora, Kane County, Illinois; was buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery, Kane County, Illinois.
    6. Charles Clark Crouch was born on 15 Nov 1924 in Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois; died on 29 Mar 2007 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois.
    7. Jeremiah Thomas "Tom" Crouch was born on 7 Jan 1928 in Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois; died on 30 Oct 2014 in DeKalb, DeKalb County, Illinois; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, DeKalb, DeKalb County, Illinois.
    8. Kenneth Herbert Crouch was born on 17 Feb 1929 in Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois; died on 15 Feb 1957 in DeKalb County, Illinois; was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Cincinnati, Appanoose County, Iowa.
    9. Susie Ellen Crouch was born on 20 Nov 1930 in Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois; died on 31 Mar 1931 in Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Peter Thompson "Thomps" Crouch was born on 15 Mar 1848 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois (son of Rollie Banks Crouch and Mary Ann Hedges); died on 8 Feb 1914 in Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer
    • Census: 1850, Fleming County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1860, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1870, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1880, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1900, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1910, Moores Prairie, Jefferson County, Illinois

    Notes:

    MHR note: The original plat of land taken by Peter Thompson Crouch from the government (atlas) is in possession of Carl Sheets, a cousin of Lem Ems, of North Fithian, Illinois, and near Fithian.

    Information from Eleanor Gregory. Thompson Crouch is buried in New Hope Cemetery, a half miles south of Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois, on a hill a quarter mile to the right as you go down. The gray stone marker is next to the fence north of the entrance.


    Died:
    photo of gravestone from Ancestry family web site by Flora McNabb. Shared stone with Harriet

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112919138/peter-thompson-crouch

    Peter married Harriet Levisa "Hattie" Hannah on 8 Sep 1869 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Harriet (daughter of Thomas Hannah and Margaret Susan McCray) was born on 23 Dec 1851 in Morrow County, Ohio; died on 10 Mar 1934 in Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried on 12 Mar 1934 in New Hope Cemetery, Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Harriet Levisa "Hattie" HannahHarriet Levisa "Hattie" Hannah was born on 23 Dec 1851 in Morrow County, Ohio (daughter of Thomas Hannah and Margaret Susan McCray); died on 10 Mar 1934 in Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried on 12 Mar 1934 in New Hope Cemetery, Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1920, Moores Prairie, Jefferson County, Illinois
    • Census: 1930, Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois

    Notes:

    MHR note: "Hattie" Hannah came to Illinois as a baby. Her parents were reared in Virginia. Hattie was the oldest or next oldest of six or seven children. She had a stroke before her death and was in bed about two months.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112919193/harriet-lavisa-crouch

    Children:
    1. 1. Charles Clark Crouch was born on 18 Jan 1871 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 13 Oct 1950 in Webber Township, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois.
    2. Arthur Wellington Crouch was born on 5 Feb 1885 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 23 Sep 1942 in Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Dahlgren, Hamilton County, Illinois.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Rollie Banks Crouch was born about 1822 in Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer
    • _MILT: draft registration
    • Census: 1850, Bath County, Kentucky; back in the household of his parents
    • Census: 1860, Bath County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1870, Mudlick, Bath County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1880, White Sulphur, Bath County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    MHR note: Information from Betty Crouch. The Kentucky land left by Rollie B. Crouch was reported to have lead so pure that bullets were made from it (secretly at night) during the Civil war. The heirs sold the property, reserving the mineral rights above and below the ground.


    _MILT:
    US Civil War Draft Registrtion records
    Rolla Crouch, sub district, Kentucky, Class 2, Congressional District 9th. Age on 1 July 1863: 38.

    Rollie married Mary Ann Hedges on 17 Jun 1847 in Fleming County, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of William Ribelin Hedges and Malinda Russell Cassity) was born on 26 Nov 1823 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 22 Sep 1854 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Three Lick Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Ann Hedges was born on 26 Nov 1823 in Fleming County, Kentucky (daughter of William Ribelin Hedges and Malinda Russell Cassity); died on 22 Sep 1854 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Three Lick Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, Fleming County, Kentucky; Mary and her son, Peter T. Crouch, are in the household of her parents.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64939839/mary-ann-crouch

    Children:
    1. 2. Peter Thompson "Thomps" Crouch was born on 15 Mar 1848 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 8 Feb 1914 in Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois.

  3. 6.  Thomas Hannah was born about 1830 in Ohio; died on 5 Aug 1907 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Danville National Cemetery, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • _MILT: Civil War.
    • Census: 1860, Pilot, Vermilion County, illinois
    • Census: 1870, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1880, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    _MILT:
    125th Illinois Infantry. Company I.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2565711/thomas-hannah

    Plot: 4, 850, R4

    Thomas married Margaret Susan McCray on 4 Apr 1850 in Warren County, Ohio. Margaret was born on 10 Aug 1828 in Warren County, Ohio; died on 9 Mar 1895 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Stearns Cemetery, Fithian-Muncie, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Margaret Susan McCray was born on 10 Aug 1828 in Warren County, Ohio; died on 9 Mar 1895 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Stearns Cemetery, Fithian-Muncie, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64920161/margaret-susan-hannah

    Children:
    1. 3. Harriet Levisa "Hattie" Hannah was born on 23 Dec 1851 in Morrow County, Ohio; died on 10 Mar 1934 in Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried on 12 Mar 1934 in New Hope Cemetery, Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois.
    2. Mary Hannah was born on 14 Aug 1855 in Ohio; died on 14 Dec 1883; was buried in Stearns Cemetery, Fithian-Muncie, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    3. Emma Hannah was born on 6 Oct 1853 in Ohio; died on 22 Mar 1937 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 24 Mar 1937 in Stearns Cemetery, Fithian-Muncie, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    4. Ada Hannah was born on 30 Jan 1859 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 24 Apr 1951; was buried in Stearns Cemetery, Fithian-Muncie, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    5. John Francis Hannah was born on 28 Apr 1862 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 19 Feb 1945 in Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois; was buried on 21 Feb 1945 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois.
    6. Samantha A. Hannah was born on 19 May 1863 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 11 Jun 1939 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Stearns Cemetery, Fithian-Muncie, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    7. William Sherman Hannah was born in 1868 in Illinois; died in 1945; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  William Ribelin HedgesWilliam Ribelin Hedges was born on 14 Mar 1798 in Montgomery County, Kentucky (son of Levi Hedges and Rosannah Ribelin); died on 28 Nov 1885 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Three Lick Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer
    • Census: 1850, Fleming County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1850, Fleming County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1860, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1860, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1870, Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    MHR note: Ida Cronkhite said (in pink letter of 28 December 1949) she thought that “Aunt Betty” Hopper (Eliz. B.1820) who was found with the William Ribelin Hedges family in the 1870 census, was a distant cousin through the Armstrongs. She cared for her mother who died when Betty was about 25 years old. Malinda Hedges needed help, so Betty made her home with them. She got board and room and one third of the wool. Betty was so shy she put on her sunbonnet before coming downstairs and few ever saw her face. Lonely widowers found her not only unresponsive, but unwilling to talk to them. When 81 and nearly blind, she fell downstairs and died shortly thereafter. She helped rear the second generation and “Uncle Will” said she'd been a second mother.


    MHR Note: Letter from Melissa Lucinda Hedges, to her brothers, William R. Hedges, James A. Hedges and Levi M. Hedges and sister Philora (Allen) Hedges telling of their father's death. This letter was in the possession of Anna (Hedges) Bagley, Purdin, Missouri when Mary (Hedges) Reiner visited her in 1940. The heading “at home” refers to the home of William R. and Malinda R. Hedges on the bank of the Licking River at the mouth of the Bluebank, Fleming County, Kentucky, in the part of Fleming County.

    At home, December 1, 1885.
    Dear Brothers and Sisters:

    It is with a sad heart I take up my pen to write the sad news of our dear father’s death. He departed this life Saturday, Nov. 28, at 25 minutes after six o’clock in the morning. After a serious illness of 12 day. He suffered more than tongue can tell. He lay in an unconscious state for several hours. He suffered greatly from the time he was taken. The doctor had to draw his water from him. Oh it was so hard to see him suffer so, but it had to be. Rose came to see him; staid several days then went home; came back after he was down. Ike got here after he was dead. Uncle Jesse staid with him all the time. We laid him in the old graveyard where sister Mary was laid, there to slumber till Gabriel’s trump and the voice of the Lord shall awaken the dead from the old churchyard.

    I sent postals to you all when I found he was so bad, but I suppose it was not so any of you could come. He never talked about any of his children, but thought he could not live from the start. We done all we could for him but nothing done any good. He has done paid the debt we all have to pay and we can go to him; he cannot come to us; Oh how we miss him. Mother sits around and looks so sad. I can hardly bear it. She is not well. She send her love to you all.

    My love to you all. Write soon as you all are very close together. I want this letter to be read by all. I would love to see you and talk to you face to face but we are far apart. Yes we are scattered – we are scattered, though a joyous band were we. Now this letter is for one and all of you. Write as often as you can.
    You sister, M. L. Stenrod


    1850 US census, enumerated 20 August 1850
    Division 2, Fleming County, Kentucky
    William R Hedges, age 52, farmer, real estate $3000
    Malinda R, age 44
    Addison W, age 24, farmer
    Viana J, age 22
    Peter T, age 19, laborer
    Levi M, age 17, laborer
    Rosannn S, age 14, attending school
    Malissa L, age 12, attending school
    William R, age 9, attending school
    James A, age 6, attending school
    Isaac A, age 4
    Mary Ann Crouch, age 26
    Peter L Crouch, age 2
    William N Cassity, age 18, laborer



    1860 US census, enumerated 15 Aug 1860
    Rowan County, Kentucky
    W R Hedges, age 62, farmer, real estate $3000, personal property $1060
    Malinda R, age 54
    Viana J, age 31
    Malissa I, age 21
    William, age 19
    James, age 16
    Isaac, age
    Elizabeth Hopper, age 40, domestic



    1870 US census, enumerated
    Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky
    William Hedges, age 72, farmer, real estate $5000, personal property $1000
    Malinda, age 64, keeping house
    Melissa Demere, age 30, domestic servant
    Malinda Demere, age 5
    Elizabeth Hopper, age 50, at home

    In the 1870 census, four household are listed next to each other: William Ribelin Hedges and three of his sons: Levi, William R. and James Hedges.



    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64939177/william-hedges

    William married Malinda Russell Cassity on 22 Dec 1822 in Rowan County, Kentucky. Malinda (daughter of Peter Thompson Cassity and Mary "Polly" Melissa Armstrong) was born on 14 Oct 1805 in Montgomery County, Kentucky; died on 12 Sep 1887 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Three Lick Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Malinda Russell CassityMalinda Russell Cassity was born on 14 Oct 1805 in Montgomery County, Kentucky (daughter of Peter Thompson Cassity and Mary "Polly" Melissa Armstrong); died on 12 Sep 1887 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Three Lick Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Notes:

    MHR note: Stories told by Ida M. (Hedges) Cronkite to Miriam Hickman. Malinda, daughter of Peter and Mary (Armstrong) Cassity married William Ribelin Hedges. "They used to say 'she lifted the limb of a tree it took two men to lift.' This is the true story. She and a small boy with his mother were hurrying to get home from a storm. Part of a tree blew down and caught the boy and pinned him down. Malinda lifted till the mother could drag him out. Next day two men went to clear the road and it took two men to lift it from the ground. This was my father's mother and he told me he had seen her lift an anvil off the block with one hand. She could weave four yards of jeans then walk four miles up hill to spend the night with a neighbor. When she was seventy, she was still spinning and weaving. The year she was eighty-two, 1887, your grandmother came with her to Illinois. They were two days on the train. There were four sons, two grandsons, and one granddaughter to visit, all in Vermilion County, but hard trips between in horse and buggy days. Then a train to Montezuma, Indiana to visit two nieces. Then to Louisville, Kentucky, where the youngest son met her with a lumber wagon to take her over a corduroy road sixteen miles to his home. Back again to Louisville and then the train on home at the mouth of Blue Bank on the Licking River near Farmers, Kentucky.

    "About a week later she heard there was to be preaching at Slaty Point. This was about three miles away. There she had gone to church all her life. They had no conveyance but hadn't they always walked? So she went. At the church she got sick and they took her to the nearest neighbor and a day or two later she died. She was eighty-two years old. At the age of seventeen she went from her father's home to her husband. She moved from the old house to the new and lived sixty-five years on the same farm."


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64939547/malinda-russell-hedges

    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Ann Hedges was born on 26 Nov 1823 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 22 Sep 1854 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Three Lick Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.
    2. Addison W. Hedges was born on 13 Feb 1826 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 9 Aug 1863 in Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas.
    3. Vianna Jane Hedges was born on 4 May 1828 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 24 Jan 1911 in Pine Grove, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried on 24 Jan 1911 in Pine Grove Cemetery, Cranston, Rowan County, Kentucky.
    4. Peter Thompson Hedges was born on 29 Jan 1831 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 12 Jun 1924 in Tilton, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 15 Jun 1924 in Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri.
    5. Levi Marion Hedges was born on 30 May 1833 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 28 Jan 1907 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas; was buried in Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
    6. Rosannah Sarah Hedges was born on 1 Nov 1835 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 27 May 1924 in Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 30 May 1924 in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.
    7. Melissa Lucinda Hedges was born on 17 Mar 1838 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 3 Mar 1899 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Slaty Point Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.
    8. William Riley Hedges was born on 10 Mar 1841 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 25 Oct 1925 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 26 Oct 1925 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
    9. James Alva Hedges was born on 14 Sep 1843 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 3 Nov 1921 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 5 Nov 1921 in Fairfield Cemetery, Newman, Douglas County, Illinois.
    10. Isaac Armstrong Hedges was born on 4 Mar 1846 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died in 1930 in Santa Paula, Ventura County, California.


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