This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3gG.2ACEB/757.786.790.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Nancy, the following is the obituary of George Washington Crumb from the Worcester Evening Gazette Jan 22 1886: FARNUMSVILLE. Deacon George W. Cromb died at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. Smith P. Chase, Friday morning, in the 83rd year of his age. He was for many years a member of the Free Will Baptist Church, and for a long time a deacon. He had for some time been suffering from a paralytic shock. He was married to Miss Lydia Sheffield, at Westerly, R.I., 63 years ago last March, and she survives him. The result of this union was 13 childred, five of whom are now living, two sons and three daughters, - Simeon E. and Geo. W. Cromb, Mrs Smith P. Chase, Mrs Hattie Cook and Mrs T. O. Lucas. Mr Cromb had resided in this village for over 35 years and was much respected by all. The funeral will take place at 1 o'clock P.M. There were but six days difference in the ages of Mr Cromb and his wife, and they have lived together longer than any married couple, probably, in Worcester County.