Hello, Would like to exchange infor on the Crouch families. I am just starting to compile info about my Crouch branch. I do know that some of them were in Indiana although the one for sure place mentioned is Bartholomew, IN before moving on to Missouri. Brenda Daniel [email protected] wrote: > Sorry...in my rush to get back to studying for midterms, I wasn't paying much > attention to what I was writing. I should have been clearer and said that > Elizabeth Crouch (married Samuel Kelly) was the daughter of Malinda Groves > (sister of Daniel Groves) and granddaughter of Elizabeth Stinson. As for > Malinda being married to Horatio Shaw....I haven't not come across that, and > as far as I can tell neither has my mother (who was working on this family > before I was). Of course all that means is perhaps we haven't done enough > searching. I do know that Malinda's husband James did not die until 1857, so > unless there was a divorce it seems unlikely that she married Horatio after > James. James and Malinda's first child was born in 1823 and their last child > was born 1847. From this information I don't see how Malinda could have also > been married to Horatio at any time. As far as I know, no one has found much > information on her father William. Perhaps William went to IN with brothers, > one of whom had a daughter Matilda, who married Horatio. > > I also should have been clearer with the info on the Kelly's. I have William > Sr. married to 1)Rebecca (Sapp?) & 2) Sophronia Myrick (another interesting > connection here...the marriage books have a Groves married to a Myrick as > well). William Sr. and Rebecca were the parents of Hester (who started off > this discussion), John, Ann, Samuel (my ancestor), Mary Ann, Henry, William > Jr. and Jane. Henry is the one who married Sultana (William Sr. died in 1849 > and according to the Koscuisko Co Marriage Book 3 pg 317 Henry and Sultana > were married in 1853). Unfortunately this marriage book says that Sultana's > last name was Streana (though in other records that I now can't find the > citations to it was listed as Summey). And now...looking through the pages I > copied from the Kosciusko Co marriage books and checking them agains the > copies on the web...I see that Sultana Summey married McKee Strane 13 March > 1851 Book 3 pg 157. > > Sorry to open a new can of worms.... > > I think the important this here is that the Kelly, Summy, Lightfoot, Groves, > Stinson and Crouch familys were connected. I'm having a problem tracing past > William Kelly Sr., William Groves and Joseph Crouch. The Lightfoots and > Summy's aren't actually my line, but I thought finding where connecting > familys were from might shed light on where my line is from. > > ==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE, address your email to [email protected] (or [email protected] if you receive the digest)