First of all sorry so long in getting back to everyone but I wanted to double check all of my current info that is verifiable before I post it. Between working full time and raising my younguns sometimes I can get behind on a few things. It has also been quite challenging for me to try and connect all of these Crum's, Jarrell's and there related family there are a lot of intermarriage within this familytree which of course we all know happens especially when you are in a very rural/farming area. Donald L Neal (Donald Ray Smith II) 1. Odessa (Dessie) JARRELL was born on 28 Feb 1900 in Boyd County, KY. She appeared in the census on 1 Jun 1900 in East Fork, Boyd County, KY. She appeared in the census on 29 Jan 1920 in Magnolia District, Thacker, Mingo County, WV. She appeared in the census on 8 Apr 1930 in Weeksbury Township, Floyd County, KY. She died on 3 Oct 1956 in Ashland, Boyd County, KY. She was buried on 5 Oct 1956 in Bates Family Cemetery, Laurel Hill,. "Dessie" O'dessia JARRELL October 4, 1956 In Loving Memory of Mrs. Dessie Crum of Route 1 Dies; Rites Saturday Catlettsburg: Mrs. Dessie Crum, 56, of Route 1, Laurel Section, Catlettsburg, died in King's Daughters' Hospital at Ashland at 2:50 pm yesterday after an illness of one week. Mrs. Crum, widow of Mont Crum and was daughter of Thomas & Delilah Conn Jarrells and born Feb. 29, 1900, in Boyd County. She was a member of the Laurel Gap Freewill Baptist Church and a lifelong resident of Boyd County. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 pm Sat! urday in the Laurel Gap Freewill Baptist Church, with the Rev. G.D. Stamper of Logan, W.Va., and the Rev. Robert Hall of Catlettsburg, officiating. Burial will be in the Bates Family cemetery on Laurel Hill. The body will be removed from Kilgore-Collier Funeral Home at 11 a.m. tomorrow to the residence of a daughter Mrs. Ernest Bates, Route 1, Catlettsburg, and will be taken to the church at 1 p.m. Saturday. Surviving Mrs. Crum are two sons: Frank and Vernard Crum, both of Route 1, Catlettsburg, and five daughters: Mrs. Polly Rose, Mrs. Ernest Bates, Mrs. Matilda McComas, and Mrs. Dora Workman, all of Route 1, Catlettsburg and Mrs. Dorothy Adkins of Kenova, WV; one brother, Jess Jarrells, Catlettsburg; four sisters: Mrs. Lula and Mrs. Julia McCormick both of Route 1, Catlettsburg, Mrs. Lennie Moore and Mrs. Belva Scott both of Ironton; and twenty grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Odessa (Dessie) JARRELL and Montiville V. (Mont) CRUM were married on 21 Mar 1916 in New Thacker, Mingo County, WV. Montiville V. (Mont) CRUM (son of John Scott CRUM and Polly A. SPAULDING) was born in Sep 1899 in Wayne County, WV. He appeared in the census on 4 Jun 1900 in Lincoln District, Wayne County, WV. He appeared in the census on 22 Apr 1910 in Buffalo Precinct, Mingo County, WV. He appeared in the census on 29 Jan 1920 in Magnolia District, Thacker, Mingo County, WV. He appeared in the census on 8 Apr 1930 in Weeksbury Township, Floyd County, KY. In 1930 he was a Coal Miner in Floyd County, KY. He died on 22 Feb 1941 in Pike County, KY. Odessa (Dessie) JARRELL and Montiville V. (Mont) CRUM had the following children: 2 i. Vernard CRUM, born on 21 Apr 1917, Mingo County, WV; married Ola Mae PRATHER; died on 27 Nov 1974, WV. 3 ii. Polly M. (Pollie) CRUM, born on 22 Feb 1919, WV; married ROSE; died on 1 Nov 1993, Pike County, KY. 4 iii. Dolly (Dollie) CRUM, born about 1921, WV; married Ernest BATES; died on 9 Feb 1973, Boyd County, KY. 5 iv. Matilda (Tildie) CRUM, born on 26 Sep 1923, Wayland, Floyd County, KY; married MCCOMAS. v. William Robert CRUM was born on 6 Jan 1926 in Wayland, Floyd County, KY. He died on 6 Aug 1926 in Wayland, Floyd County, KY. 6 vi. Dorthy Lillian CRUM, born on 9 Dec 1926, Floyd County, KY; married Robert ADKINS; died on 20 Jul 1987, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. 7 vii. Dora CRUM, born on 2 Jul 1929, Catlettsburg, Boyd County, KY; married Clint WORKMAN; died on 6 Feb 2001, Waverly, Pike County, OH. viii. Delphia CRUM was born on 13 Nov 1931 in Floyd County, KY. She died on 4 Dec 1931 in Floyd County, KY. ix. Frank CRUM was born on 1 Jun 1932 in Boyd County, KY. He died on 14 Mar 1991 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH. Her parents information is as follows: 1. William Thomas JARRELL was born on 7 Aug 1862 in Floyd County, KY. He appeared in the census on 1 Jun 1900 in East Fork, Boyd County, KY. He appeared in the census on 29 Jan 1920 in Magnolia District, Thacker, Mingo County, WV. He died on 26 Sep 1942 in Chapmansville, Logan County, WV. He was buried on 28 Sep 1942 in Y.M.C. Cemetery, Stirrat, WV. He was a Coal Miner. William Thomas JARRELL and Delilah P. CONN were married on 28 Feb 1881 in Boyd County, KY. Delilah P. CONN (daughter of John (Jabe) CONN and Matilda B. LEWIS) was born in Aug 1863 in Boyd County, KY. She appeared in the census on 1 Jun 1900 in East Fork, Boyd County, KY. She died about 1920. William Thomas JARRELL and Delilah P. CONN had the following children: 2 i. Alverta A. (Bertie) JARRELL, born on 4 Feb 1882, Ashland, Boyd County, KY; married Andrew CALDWELL, on 18 Nov 1897, Boyd County, KY; married Philman MOORE, on 14 Mar 1910; died on 14 Oct 1918, New Thacker, Mingo County, WV. ii. JARRELL died about 1900. 3 iii. Julia A. JARRELL, born on 15 Jan 1885, Boyd County, KY; married James (Jim) MCCORMICK, on 3 May 1903, Garner, Boyd County, KY; died on 5 Mar 1958, Boyd County, KY. iv. Mary Margaret JARRELL was born in Dec 1886 in Boyd County, KY. She appeared in the census on 1 Jun 1900 in East Fork, Boyd County, KY. She died about 1920 in WV. 4 v. Lula May JARRELL, born on 29 Oct 1888, Boyd County, KY; married George MAY; died on 15 Aug 1967, Catlettsburg, Boyd County, KY. 5 vi. Martha JARRELL, born on 25 Dec 1889, Boyd County, KY; married Millard WAUGH; married Stacy ESTEP; died on 27 Jan 1955, Boyd County, KY. 6 vii. Malinda (Lennie, Lena) JARRELL, born on 6 Feb 1892, Boyd County, KY; married Glen WHITE, about 1909, KY; married Joseph MOORE, about 1914; died on 16 Oct 1956, Ironton, Lawrence County, OH. 7 viii. Pastor Jesse Manford JARRELL, born on 12 May 1896, Boyd County, KY; married Minerva (Manerva) CRUM, about 1924, WV; married Mazie Crum GIBSON, on 6 May 1918, New Thacker, Mingo County, WV; died on 14 Aug 1967, Boyd County, KY. 8 ix. Odessa (Dessie) JARRELL, born on 28 Feb 1900, Boyd County, KY; married Montiville V. (Mont) CRUM, on 21 Mar 1916, New Thacker, Mingo County, WV; died on 3 Oct 1956, Ashland, Boyd County, KY. 9 x. Belva JARRELL, born on 27 Feb 1904, Boyd County, KY; married Charles Lee (Charlie) SCOTT, on 24 Dec 1919, New Thacker, Mingo County, WV; died on 22 Apr 1975, Ironton, Lawrence County, OH. Now pay attention and you will see some information repeated when I list the information for Dessie's husbands family information. But the short of it is Dessie and her brother Jesse Manfords, kids were what some of us refer to as double first cousins. John Scott CRUM was born in May 1873 in WV. He appeared in the census on 4 Jun 1900 in Lincoln District, Wayne County, WV. He appeared in the census on 22 Apr 1910 in Buffalo Precinct, Mingo County, WV. He appeared in the census on 29 Jan 1920 in Magnolia District, Thacker, Mingo County, WV. He died Tuberculosis of the Pelvis on 23 Jan 1921 in Charleston, Kanawha County, WV. John Scott CRUM and Polly A. SPAULDING were married about 1898. Polly A. SPAULDING was born in Nov 1879 in WV. She appeared in the census on 4 Jun 1900 in Lincoln District, Wayne County, WV. She appeared in the census on 22 Apr 1910 in Buffalo Precinct, Mingo County, WV. She died before 29 Jan 1920 in Magnolia District, Thacker, Mingo County, WV. John Scott CRUM and Polly A. SPAULDING had the following children: 2 i. Montiville V. (Mont) CRUM, born in Sep 1899, Wayne County, WV; married Odessa (Dessie) JARRELL, on 21 Mar 1916, New Thacker, Mingo County, WV; died on 22 Feb 1941, Pike County, KY. 3 ii. Hazel CRUM, born on 12 Jan 1901, Wayne County, WV; married James (Jim) TOPEKA, about 1920; died on 11 Dec 1992, Logan County, WV. 4 iii. Minerva (Manerva) CRUM, born on 26 May 1904, Webb, Wayne County, WV; married Pastor Jesse Manford JARRELL, about 1924, WV; died on 28 Jan 1980, Catlettsburg, Boyd County, KY. Again I hope this isn't to confusing to most. Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search. Wiley Alston Jarrell 15610 Edenvale Friendswood Texas 77546 wajarrell@earthlink.net 281-482-3671 <><