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Notes for James Alfred Crocker
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Alfred Crocker's father, Miles Crocker had a large farm according to the 1870 & 1880 censuses., he had a hire hand who broaded with them in 1880 by name of John Buchanan.
Alfred was the eldest son, 7 years older that his brother, John H. As the edlest son he was supervisor over other children, he had one sister older than himself who helped their mother in the house while he oversaw the younger children in the farm work.
Alfred married at age 22, to Sallie Ann Webb, daughter of John Webb . They live on the farm of his father, Miles Crocker were he continued to work for his father, but, John Buchanah may have been the Overseer of the work.
His older sister , Susan had married John T. Mathius about the same time he married. They ,too , lived on the farm of Miles Crocker working as farm labor.
Susan died in 1881 leaving a 1 year old daughter , who died in 1882.
Alfred developed T. B and lingered for several years before he died in mid 1890's.
His oldest daughter, Ada married young and died about the same time as her mother, soon after Alfred death.
The three oldest boys were in their teens, the three younger childen were placed in homes of family member, one, Arthur was placed in a nieghbor's home , Alvis had married and his young sister , Addie , lived with him, after Arthur was about 15, the man he lived and worked for, Mr. Kimzey, was murdered by a former suiter of the man's oldest daughter in the field in front of Arthur's eyes. Mr. Kimzey's and his daughter deaths made the surviving spouse of Mr. Kimzey unable to care or keep Arthur so he was also taken in by his oldest brother, ALvis who was farming on a rented farm and needed hands which his brother and sister made, good helping hands, each helping the other.
1880 & 1900 Ms. Census and information contributed by Nancy Jo Nance a gggranddaughter of Alfred Crocker.
Date:
Sat, 20 Jul 2002 02:41:47 -0400 (EDT)
From:
"Ellis Abdo"
To:
"Nancy Jo Nance"
Subject:
Re: RE: John Webb and Miles Crocker
CC:
"Evelyn Crocker"
Dear Cousins, Alfred and Sally Ann were married in Lafayette Co. Ms
December 12, 1875.(Marriage Bonds Book A). My list of their children
is as follows. Robert Alvis, Perry Austin, Baby Crocker (stillborn)
Henry Atlas, Cloie Ada, Annie Addie, James Arthur and William
Almouth. James Arthur may come before Annie. They all used their A
names. The Miles Crocker family moved to Ms around 1867 because
Addie was born Jan 1868 in MS. Miles and Elizabeth (Bettie)
Crocker's children were Susan Catherine b 1852, James Alfred b 1854,
Julia A. b, 1856, Fannie b 1857, John Henry b 1861?, Mary (Mollie) b
1859, Sallie b 1862, Rhoda b 1864 and Addie, b 1868. They came to
Lafayette County Ms from SC via Ga & Ala. The story my grandfather (Robert Alvis Crocker, emc)
used to tell states that they had a team of oxen pulling the wagon
and were trailing a cow for milk for the children behind the wagon.
Before they reached their destination, one ox died. Miles then
teamed up the cow with the remaining ox and continued on the way to
Paris, Ms. When the children would get tired of riding in the wagon
they would get out and walk. They all pitched in to help when they
camped. As to the list of Solomon Crocker's children they were
filed with his Rev. War Pension. When I have time, I have a list of
some of Sally's Brothers and or Sisters, but I have those just from
my mothers notes written in her Bible. More later.
Betty
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