Marion, So many "Clarke Countians" came to Texas after the war. Bell County is a new one for me. I will check the genweb for some of those "lost" cousins. Jean >Jean, Thanks for your reply! Yes, the Graysons and Moores are intermarried, >along with the Carters! That's what happens when you stay in one area for >over 100 years! > >I have just started digging into the Crosby stuff, especially now that I know >our James C. Grayson's father Cameron was married to a Crosby family member. >I have to leave for a few hours, but in the interim I will tell you one of >those small world things about those Crosbys! > >I live in Belton, Texas (Bell County). I had been digging in the Crosby >roots, when I came across a gentleman that was looking for a JAMES A. CROSBY >that was from Clarke County, MS and buried in Belton! Sure enough, there he >was.....Front row of the North Belton Cemetery, facing Main Street. > James A. Crosby > Company F 2nd Reg Inf. CSA ` > Oct. 29, 1891 > Father of William J. Crosby > > William James Crosby Jr. Son of Sarah & J.A. Crosby > of MS Pvt. Co. F HTH Cav CSA Civil War > Jan 12-1847-Aug 10 1925 > > Lee Noah Crosby > Son of W.J. and Anna Crosby > Dec 20, 1890- Dec 18, 1977 > "A Friend to Everyone" > > Anna Ella Crosby, wife of W.J. Crosby > Sept 22, 1869 - Aug 4, 1908 > (Another Marker) > DAR Marker > Anna Ellen Crosby > wife of Wm. J. Crosby > Daughter of Virginia & R.A. Allen, MD > Setp 18, 1869 - Aug 4, 1908 > >My husband (whose family this Grayson bunch belongs to) didn't move to Belton >until 1997 when he married me! And then, lo and behold there are those >Crosbys.....they beat him here! Is that small world or what! > >I'll see what other Crosby info I have when I return! In the mean time, >check out my notes at: >http://hometown.aol.com/mgrayson98/page4/graysonnotes.htm > >Marion > >In a message dated 9/21/00 2:45:38 PM Central Daylight Time, >jsilver@texasonline.net writes: > ><< Marion, > > I have been following the discussion about the Graysons and the Crosbys. My > interest in the Graysons is that they married some of Isaac Moore's > descendants. I. Henry Moore's daughter, Lizzie, married a William > Grayson. Missouri Belle Moore (dau of Owen Moore) was married to Jack > Grayson. > > The part that really drew my interest is the Crosby connection. In the old > Moore Cemetery, there is a Mary Crosby, "70 yrs old" who died in 1910. The > headstone was not visible when I visited there in 1992 or 93. In the 1910 > census for Clarke Co, there was a W. W. Crosby age 60 and wife Mary Crosby > age 70. With them is a Martha Moore age 50 (white) who was listed as a > servant. > > In 1880, there was a W. M. Crosby (age unclear in my notes/ looks like 32) > M.A. Crosby. He was born in MS and she in AL. There are 5 children listed. > Do you have any knowlege of these Crosbys? > > I have put out queries in the Clarke Co. Tribune and have asked questions > galore about the Moore Cemetery and those who are buried there. Nobody > seems to have any knowlege of any of this. > Thanks, Jean >