Eleanor Ruth Rapp
1936 - 1998 (62 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Eleanor Ruth Rapp was born on 11 Jan 1936 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (daughter of Clyne Marshall Rapp and Hattie Lourena Crouch); died on 18 May 1998 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois. Notes:
Eleanor Ruth Purdy
Mount Vernon. Eleanor Ruth "Peachie" Purdy, 61, died at 1:01 p.m. Sunday, May 18, 1997, at home.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hughey Funeral Home in Mount Vernon with the Rev. Robert Wiggins officiating. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery north of Bluford. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Couple Wed In Cairo
Miss Eleanor Rapp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Rapp of Mt. Vernon, and Jack E. Purdy, son of Rev. and Mrs. E.B. Purdy of West Franklin were married at the Cairo First Methodist Church July 7.
The Rev. Levan Baylor performed the ceremony. The bridegroom's father is pastor of the West Frankfort First Methodist Church.
The bride is a graduate of Memorial School of Nursing, Springfield. She is employed at Carbondale Clinic, Carbondale.
The bridegroom is a 1960 graduate of Southern Illinois University, where he belonged to Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Eta Sigma fraternities.
After a wedding trip to Tennessee, the Purdys are living at 605 N. 21st St., Murphysboro. Mr. Purdy is employed as apprentice pharmacist at Doctor's Hospital, Carbondale, but will begin studies at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago in September.
Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois. Monday, 1 August 1960.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85114344/eleanor-ruth-purdyEleanor married Jack Eldridge Purdy on 7 Jul 1960 in Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois. Jack was born on 6 May 1938 in Creal Springs, Williamson County, Illinois; died on 27 Jun 2012 in Carbondale, Williamson County, Illinois; was cremated in location of ashes unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Clyne Marshall Rapp was born on 20 Mar 1911 in Illinois; died on 16 Apr 1984 in Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Occupation: farmer
- Census: 1930, Farmington, Jefferson County, Illinois
- Census: 1940, Farmington, Jefferson County, Illinois
Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85114433/clyne-marshall-rappClyne married Hattie Lourena Crouch in 1939. Hattie (daughter of Charles Clark Crouch and Susie Blanche Orrick) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Hattie Lourena Crouch was born on 20 Apr 1916 in Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois (daughter of Charles Clark Crouch and Susie Blanche Orrick); died on 6 Sep 2001 in Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois. Notes:
Hattie Rapp
Bluford – Hattie L. Rapp, 85, died at 10:25 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, 2001, in Crossroads Community Hospital in Mount Vernon.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Mount Zion Cemetery, north of Bluford, with Brother Bill Prince officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Hughey Funeral Home in Mount Vernon.
Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois. Friday, 7 September 2001.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85114521/hattie-lourena-rappChildren:
- 1. Eleanor Ruth Rapp was born on 11 Jan 1936 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 18 May 1998 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois.
Generation: 3
6. 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-crouchCharles married 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]
7. Susie Blanche Orrick was born on 8 Dec 1891 in Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois (daughter of John T. B. Orrick and Mary Lou Kinison); died on 13 Oct 1938 in Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois. Notes:
LKH note:
1910 US census, Susie Blanche Orrick is in her parents' household, listed as Blanche Weaver, age 18,, married daughter with her son, Eugene Weaver, age 1year 4 months.
There is a record in Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, for Eugene Weaver b.19 Oct 1909 in Jasper Illinois, d.27 Feb 1917, Jasper Illinois. His father is listed as John Weaver and his mother as Ella Welfound. There is burial of Curtis Eugene Weaver, 12 Oct 1909-27 Feb 1917 in Kerns Cemetery, Gila, Jasper County, Illinois.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127567237/susie-blanche-crouchChildren:
- 3. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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: 4
12. 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-crouchPeter 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]
13. 
Harriet 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-crouchChildren:
- 6. 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.
- 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.
14. John T. B. Orrick was born on 16 Nov 1843 in Tennessee; died on 17 Nov 1920 in Illinois; was buried in Lowry Hill Cemetery, Dahlgren, Jefferson County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Census: 1880, Moores Prairie, Jefferson County, Illinois
- Census: 1900, Moores Prairie, Jefferson County, Illinois
- Census: 1910, Moores Prairie, Jefferson County, Illinois
- Census: 1920, Moores Prairie, Jefferson County, Illinois
Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105730061/john-t._b.-orrickJohn married Mary Lou Kinison. Mary was born on 19 Feb 1852 in Illinois; died on 5 Nov 1912 in Illinois; was buried in Lowry Hill Cemetery, Dahlgren, Jefferson County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Mary Lou Kinison was born on 19 Feb 1852 in Illinois; died on 5 Nov 1912 in Illinois; was buried in Lowry Hill Cemetery, Dahlgren, Jefferson County, Illinois. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105730186/mary-l.-orrickChildren:
- 7. Susie Blanche Orrick 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.