Here is the information that I have on Archie Thomas Crews and his wife Roena (Rowena?) Elizabeth Denton. If anyone can verify the spelling of his name or her name, please let me know. HUSBAND : Archie Thomas CREWS Birth : 29 Oct 1849 Marriage : 31 Oct 1872 Roena Elizabeth DENTONƒ Maury County, Tennessee Marriage : 19 Feb 1895 Mary Ellen GREEN Maury County, Tennessee Death : 02 Apr 1920 east of Wilson, Lynn County, Texas Burial : 04 Apr 1920 Englewood Cemetery, Slaton, Lubbock County, Texas Occupation : Father : Wesley E. CREWS Mother : Nancy W. COLLIER WIFE : Roena Elizabeth DENTON Birth : 19 Mar 1854 Maury County, Tennessee Marriage : 31 Oct 1872 Archie Thomas CREWS Maury County, Tennessee Death : 24 Dec 1893 of burns from a fire in her home (While she was trying to extinguish the flame on a lantern, she caught her gown on fire and burned to death. Everyone had gone to church on Christmas Eve, except for her and Mariel Clyde Crews.) Occupation : Burial : Father : Corda DENTON Mother : Parthenia COLLIER CHILDREN 1 M Andrew Benjamin CREWS Birth : 21 Sep 1873 Maury County, Tennessee Occupation : 1898 - 1901 Fort Worth to Chickasha, Oklahoma and Taylor to San Antonio a brakeman on the Rock Island Railroad Moved : abt 1901 Mart, McLennan County, Texas Occupation : abt 1901 Mart, McLennan County, Texas a brakeman and later, conductor on the railroad Marriage : 18 Oct 1901 Alice Pearl DENTON Navarro County, Texas Moved : 1911 Big Spring, Howard County, Texas Occupation : 02 Dec 1911 Big Spring, Howard County, Texas a brakeman and later, (1922) conductor on the railroad Death : 19 Jul 1952 Big Spring, Howard County, Texas Burial : 22 Jul 1952 Mount Olive Cemetery, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas SOURCES: "Interesting Railroading Adventures Recalled By Andy Crews As He Retires After Forty Years"; Big Spring Herald, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas; circa Dec 1938 - Jan 1939 also Byers, Cleo M. Crews 2 M Charles William CREWS Birth : 28 Oct 1875 Navarro County, Texas Marriage : 11 Nov 1900 Rose KEY Throckmorton County, Texas Death : 11 Apr 1964 Houston, Harris County, Texas Burial : 13 Apr 1964 Throckmorton Cemetery, Throckmorton, Throckmorton County, Texas 3 F Emma Sue CREWS Birth : abt 1878 Marriage : 17 Oct 1897 Archie WHITTAKER Navarro County, Texas Death : 08 Dec 1903 near Angus, Navarro County, Texas Burial : 4 M Mariel Clyde CREWS Birth : 06 Jan 1881 Tennessee Marriage : 1912 Augusta Sarah CURNUTTE Occupation : Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas as a builder of wooden derricks for the oil business Occupation : Dallas, Dallas County, Texas on the Texas Electric Railway - Interurban Line Death : 03 May 1951 Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Burial : Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas SOURCES "Oral Interview with Clyde Curnutte Crews," 5 October 1997, by Andrew D. Crews, San Antonio, Texas, written interview notes. 5 M Everett CREWS Birth : May 1883 Tennessee Death : betw 1910- 1920 Occupation : Burial : 6 M Frank Rufus CREWS Birth : 23 Dec 1886 Tennessee Marriage : 05 Dec 1909 Clara PILLEY Lynn County, Texas Death : 05 Nov 1940 Lynn County, Texas Burial : 07 Nov 1940 Green Memorial Park, Wilson, Lynn County, Texas 7 F Mattie Izora CREWS Birth : 05 Apr 1889 Tennessee Marriage : bef 1908 Willie Wade PERKINS Death : 19 Oct 1932 Waco, McLennan County,Texas Burial : 20 Oct 1932 Moore Cemetery, Chalk Bluff, McLennan County, Texas Occupation : Andrew D. Crews San Antonio, Texas [email protected] (Special thanks to T. Randolph Crews for much of this information!)