Charlie, Thanks a million for all the info.!!! You are the best!! Yes, it certainly helps fills a lot of holes and I am ever so grateful!! Hazel ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Ottosen <aa212@gpfn.sk.ca> To: <CREWS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 1999 5:04 PM Subject: [CREWS-L] Reuben Jordan Crews family > Thanks David for forwarding the message from CGAutry. It is a bit > disappointing that Reuben and Elizabeth's dates weren't there but I kind > of suspected that they might not be after reading through the notes on the > web page. We do have new information out of this though - and that is > Sarah's birth and death dates. My previous info on Sarah was that she was > born about 1846 and died age 14. > > Hazel noted that she does not have dates for any of these people. Let me > fix that. > > Reuben Jordan Crews (ca 1803 - ca 1853) m. 26 Nov. 1828 to: Elizabeth > Yarbrough Philips b. ca 1814 in South Carolina d. Sept. 1854 Children of > Reuben and Elizabeth are: > 1. Charles Constantine Crews - b. ca 1830; served in Confederate Army; > married a widow Martha Hampton Gunn. They eventually ended up in New > Mexico according to family members. Do not know his death date. > 2. Leonidas Crews - b. Oct. 23, 1831 in Thomaston, GA; d. Jan. 17, 1903 > in Hamilton Co., TX. m. May 30, 1861 to Sarah Helen Coachman. 14 > children. Was a surgeon in the Confederate Army. > 3. Algernon Crews - b. ca 1833 died about 2 years of age. > 4. James Mortimer Crews - b. ca 1836; death date unknown. served in the > Confederate Army. > 5. George N/M Crews - b. ca 1838; death date unknown. > 6. Fleming Jordan Crews - b. Dec. 17, 1841; d. Oct. 4, 1905; m1 Jan. 7, > 1862 to Juliette Wynn, m2 Dec. 26, 1872 to Helen Eulia Wynn. 11 children. > served in the Confederate Army. > 7. Jackson Philip Crews - b. ca 1844; d. before Feb. 20, 1879. graduate > of Emory & Henry College in Virginia. was a Baptist preacher. > 8. Sarah (Sally) E. Crews - b. Dec. 20, 1845; d. July 29, 1861. > > Hope that helps to fill in a few holes. > > Charlie > > > On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, Hazel D. Knight wrote: > > > David, > > Your message from CGAutry helps clarify a few things. I wondered about the > > Index's explanation of those buried there. So we still don't know where > > Reuben & Elizabeth are buried, do we. I previously wondered why Sarah was > > the only child buried with them. I list their issue as being (not > > necessarily in order of birth): Charles Constantine CREWS, Leonidas CREWS > > born 1831, Alegernon, James Mortimer, George M., Fleming Jordan, Jackson > > Phillip & Sarah E. "Sally" . I have no other dates or places of b&d for > > these children. Incidentally, do you know WHERE Reuben & Elizabeth were > > born? > > Hazel > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: David Harris <david77@freewwweb.com> > > To: <CREWS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, November 14, 1999 6:11 AM > > Subject: [CREWS-L] Linwood Cemetery-Columbus, GA > > > > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > I just got a reply from the webmaster of the Linwood Cemetery page > > > explaining about the Crews grave in the cemetery. > > > > > > CGAutry wrote: > > > > > > David, > > > > > > I must apologize to you as the information in the Linwood Index must > > > have > > > mislead you. Rueben J., Elizabeth T. and Sarah E. are listed in the > > > index but > > > only Sarah E. Crews appears to be buried in Linwood. The index lists > > > names of > > > those buried there but also the names of anyone named either on the > > > headstone > > > or in an obituary. In this case, Rueben and Elizabeth are named on the > > > headstone of Sarah. > > > > > > Sarah E. Crews > > > d/o Reuben J. & Elizabeth T. > > > Dec. 20, 1845 > > > July 29, 1861 > > > > > > She is buried in a rather large plot with a number of people in the > > > Moffett > > > and Flournoy family. > > > > > > Again, I am sorry that I could not provide you with information on the > > > other > > > relatives. > > > > > > Regards, > > > CGAutry > > > > > > Hazel said both of Sarah's parents died in 1854 when she was nine > > > years old, so she may be related to or may have been adopted by the > > > families Flournoy and Moffett. > > > David > > > > > > > > > > >