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Re: CRUMBY FAMILY

MISSEONWARD — 2011-09-28 04:45:57Z

My family, Johnnie F. Crumby lived in Yalobusha County, MS which is VERY close to Panola county. I am wondering if there is any connection.

Thank You,
Melissa

Info on Johnnie F.Crumby and Zula Pearl Hood Mississippi

MISSEONWARD — 2011-09-28 04:35:33Z

if you have any information on either of these, living in Mississippi... Please contact me. Thank You so very much

William T. Crumby in San Angelo, TX 1942

drbrownlee — 2011-07-17 05:58:55Z

William is pictured in the 1942 yearbook of the San Angelo (TX) Army Air Field, Bombardier School. I'm not kin but thought his might help someone researching the family.

Re: Crumby information

marygayLewis — 2011-06-21 22:03:32Z

Hello,
I am responding to your post, even though it was posted back in 2004. I am descended from Hugh Crumbliss and Betsy Brashears as well. My line runs down through James K. Crumby to Hugh Crumby, the brother of Carroll. Hugh's daughter, Mary Elizabeth Crumbie, ( I think that is how my grandmother spelled that name), married John Wesley Mullins. They lived in Hardin County Tennessee during that time.
I am trying to locate Hugh Crumby's grave-site, as well as any other information. I only have some old obituaries, and a few bits of info that my siblings have recalled about this side of the family.
If you think we both could benefit from correspondence, please let me know. Thank you,
Mary Lewis

Re: Ab or Abner Crumby

sjm9602 — 2010-08-19 21:44:59Z

Also researching the Abner Crumby line.
My husband is descended from his son, Charles.

Need everything - Abner's parents, siblings, info on wife.
If anyone is still active, please contact me.
Thanks!

fcccny @ yahoo. com

Re: HOWARD CRUMBY AND WIFE VERNA

JamesClark54 — 2010-08-04 16:42:25Z

James-----Howard J. Crumby birth index atates his mother was a "NORRINGTON" not Verna mother.---------james

I find Howard living in Craighead County, Arkansas in the 1920 census with his parents Thomas and mother Sady with these children::::Nathan E. a/9, Ruby B. a/7, Howard a/6, and Hardy a/2y 8m

From Ora Lee Sanders death record that Verna Crumby gave the info for she states Ora Lee father was James A. Martin and mother was a Brown. This seems to be my family I am looking for. I am just not sure about the "A" in James Martin name I though it was a H or F.

Re: HOWARD CRUMBY AND WIFE VERNA

JamesClark54 — 2010-08-04 14:46:02Z

Hello James

Now I wonder if we are speaking about the same VERNA?? On a death cert. dated 23 August 1986 from San Bernardino County for a ORA LEE MARTIN SANDERS b/11 Nov 1894 in Arkansas. States her parents were father/ MARTIN mother was a BROWN. She was self-employed restaurant owner. Usual place of residence was 16569 Greentree Blvd. Victorville, Ca. Place of death Victor Valley Hospital in Victorville, Ca.

I find a Ora Lee Sanders with these dates buried at Green Hills Memorial Park with a ERVIN DALE SANDERS d/14 Feb 1969 buried there also.

The person giving this info was a VERNA CRUMBY [daughter] lived at 17391 Poplar, Hesperia, Ca. The only marriage I have been able to locate is for a Verna V. Sanders and Howard J. Crumby.

I made contact with Verna Crumby but the person I talked to said Verna could not talk. That her health was bad and she was in bed all the time.

My question is, is this the same Verna and Howard Crumby of yours.

One of my main interest is the Ora Lee Martin Sanders. I need to find info on the Martin and Brown famly.

James E. Clark

Re: HOWARD CRUMBY AND WIFE VERNA

jsflnangl — 2010-08-03 18:32:54Z

HOWARD IS THE BROTHER TO MY GRANDMOTHER, RUBY CRUMBY SPEAKMAN. WOULD LOVE MORE INFO...
RESPOND TO PERSONAL ADDR OF jsflnangl at yahoo dot com.
THANK YOU!

Willim B. Crumby

vmharrel — 2010-07-13 06:09:33Z

Does anyone have any info about William B. Crumby born in 1868? He married Sarah A. Rinks in Hardin County, TN in 1889.
Thanks, Val

Re: HOWARD CRUMBY AND WIFE VERNA

JamesAbercrombie92 — 2009-11-02 04:25:19Z

This Howard was a cousin of my father.I have Verna's maiden name as Narinngton.

CRUMBY Hershall J 1906-1951

t42MountOlivet — 2009-09-02 22:33:03Z

CRUMBY Hershall J 1906-1951

I photographed this gravestone in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 206,332 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

HOWARD CRUMBY AND WIFE VERNA

JamesClark54 — 2009-07-21 14:00:12Z

Looking for a family by the name HOWARD AND VERNA CRUMBY. Would like to talk to anyone who may know anything about them.

Not sure but think Verna may have been a SANDERS before marriage. The Verna Crumby I am looking for at one time lived at 17392 Poplar, Hesperia, Ca back in 1986

Does anyone have this family in their records---james

George F. Crumby, Herkimer Co., NY

white_roses — 2008-08-23 15:08:19Z

Crumby, George Fenner, Newport, was born in Newport, September 14, 18--, a son of David and Julia E. Fenner. David D. was born at Troy, N.Y., March 13, 1816, and settled in the town of Norway when two years of age, with his parents. Here he lived until the age of thirty. He was a merchant at Norway and Newport until 1859, when he moved to St. Paul, Minn., and was engaged in the livery business for eight years. He then returned to Newport and followed farming and milling until his death, March 31, 1889. His marriage occurred May 17, 1852. His two sons were George F., born September 14, 1855, and Charles B., who was born September 17, 1866, a graduate of the Eastman Business College, and one of the promising young men of the day. George F. attended the public schools at Newport until sixteen years of age, when he entered Fairfield Seminary, from which he graduated in 1874. He was valedictorian of his class. He then taught school at Dansville, N.Y., for one year, when he entered Hamilton College and graduated in 1879 as valedictorian of his class. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practicing in New York city. After several months he returned to Little Falls and formed a co-partnership with R. H. Smith. In 1882 he entered into partnership with Hadley W. Jones, which lasted until his death, July 27, 1887, aged thirty-one years. He was school commissioner in 1881, and that same year received the nomination for assembly on the Democratic ticket. He was president of the village of Little Falls at his death. October 4, 1882, he married Lillian Gardner, and they had two children, Bessie and Mabel.

source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

John A. Crumby, Herkimer Co., NY

white_roses — 2008-08-23 15:07:02Z

Crumby, John A., Fairfield, is a native of Newport, and was born June 6, 1827. He was a carpenter by trade and followed it up twenty-five years ago, when he took up farm gardening, which he has since followed very successfully. His father was Minor Crumby. He served in the army in 1812 at Sackett's Harbor. In 1851 John A. Crumby married Mary Benckly and they have two children, a daughter and a son, Elizabeth and Frederick. Mr. Crumby is a Democrat and has belonged to several societies. He is one of the old residents of this part and one of the best known men in the locality.

source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

looking for info

sjm9602 — 2008-08-14 21:34:11Z

I am researching my in-laws and I don't have much to go on so hopefully someone can help.
My husband's grandfather was Cecil Kemp Crumby, born 1902 in Arkansas.
His father was Charles Crumby, born abt. 1857 in Mississippi and married Ida McKie from Georgia.
Their children:
Clarence
Mable
Hershel
Alger
Jessie
Eva

According to the 1900 census, they were living on the Choctow Nation, Indian Territory. By the 1920 census, Ida was listed as a widow living in Arkansas with Mable and Cecil.
Thanks!

Re: Crumby

Patricia_Marchbanks — 2008-07-22 18:13:22Z

I know it's been awhile, but I'm hoping you can help me. I am a descendant of Moses and Catherine Crummey, thru Ebenezer, then thru Katy Lee (who I really need info on), then thru Minnie Lola Barton (need info on Barton), and then thru Noah Clark McGrew, Jr., my father. Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated.

Pat

Re: Trying to find more of my Family

pauline_crumby — 2008-06-21 16:56:44Z

my name is pauline hasselbrook madien name is crumby my father is nate crumby my mother is dorothy salts they were married in 1963 i have a brother is mike wayne crumby i have not seen my father for 23 years i know nothing about him i wish i could find him the last place he lived is montana

Re: Crumby information

grumblbear — 2007-08-20 02:18:26Z

Yes, to answer your question, we did come from Scott. Our name was changer after comming to the US, as most family names are. It was first changed to Crombie, then to Crumby. I believe that there were several other spelling as well. The crumby family, after David Crocket Crumby, John Crumby, John Crumby, Terry Crumby and Then myself, John Crumby moved North of Dallas Texas. I know there were many many of us, but I am going to attempt to put together a website with our family tree when I get a chance. I would love to get in contact with other relatives of the Crumby family, as I would like to have the next family reunion. There are not too many of us left in this area, that we know of.

NEW EMAIL ADDRESS

2006-11-15 01:32:34Z

My new email address, for anyone who might want to contact me for family info, is casey.crumby@gmail.com.

hardy lee crumbie

jh2037 — 2006-02-01 14:23:55Z

suppose to have lived in ark or oklahoma,wife was gertrude, in the 1920S 0r 1930s, thats all i know
jeanniehardie@aol.com

Re: Crumby information

2005-07-13 02:54:19Z

Our Crumbys are descended from the Crumbliss family of Roane County, TN, and our branch eventually ended up in it's present center of Tishomingo County, MS. The only time we know of any members of our branch being in Alabama was in 1833, and it was very brief. They never actually settled, just merely passed through. Your branch could still be linked with mine, but from a different direction. Either your branch is an offshoot of some descendants of Thomas Crumbliss, or you could be descended from another branch I've run across in my research in Virginia. This particular family has yet to be linked with our family, but it may be what you are looking for. There was a Crumley/Crumbley family in Frederick County, VA (coincidentally at the same time my Thomas Crumbliss was there) in the late 1700s. James Crumley is listed as a landholder there. You could be from this family.

If you are still suspecting that you are linked with the Crumbliss family of Roane County, then there is a possibility that while the Crumbliss family traveled southward after the Revolution, sons of sons and such branched off or chose to stay in the Carolinas as they met their spouses and started families. That may be where your family got separated from the Crumbliss family. It's interesting though that your family was of the Carolinas and Georgia and you refer to them as Crumby. Our family didn't assume the surname change from Crumbliss to Crumby until about 1840/1850 by way of Hugh Carroll Crumbliss and his sons (our Civil War ancestor was Carroll K. Crumby, son of James K. Crumby). So I wonder how your family had their name changed. Crumby is a recent spelling. It cannot be found, it seems, before the Civil War. But if you think you still may be connected, email me and we'll exchange information. Sometimes one little tidbit changes everything and clicks everything into place.

Re: Crumby information

2005-07-10 04:49:43Z

Do you know where your Crumby's were from? My Crumbie, Crumby, Crumbly, Crumbley, etc. were in Georgia in 1850s to 1890's. In Haralson,Paulding and Carroll County area. In 1890s forward they moved to Cullman County, Alabama. The Sanford families and the Crumbly's had many intermarriages. So middle names of Sanford may be correct.

Re: Crumby information

2005-03-19 04:06:28Z

Tiffney,
If you would like to e-mail me direct:
BeckyRucker@msn.com
I have a lot of family history so far that you might be interested in. I'd also like to get an update (birth dates, etc.) from you. I've been working on the family geneaolgy.
Love to hear from you!

Cousin, Becky

Re: Crumby information

2005-03-19 01:29:30Z

Re: Crumby information

2005-03-19 00:56:54Z

My goodness! So we are much closer than I would have imagined and nailed it on the spot! What a memory you have. Yes, my sisters are Shannon and Misty. They are very well. We are all in California now - San Jose to be exact. My dad retired in Florida in this past year. Shannon and Misty both have beautiful children. Shannon (last name now Denton) has boys: Joshua, 15 yrs old this December, and Justin will be 12 this August. Both boys are super. They're active in sports, they're father (Lynn Shelton). Although Shannon and Lynn aren't married, they've been together for 18 (?) years now. He coaches the boys' football and baseball teams and Shannon is the Team Mom for all the events. Josh has taken after my Grandfather and is very tall. Justin has taken after his Grandfather (my dad) and is...well...not so tall. :)

Misty is married (Chris Reilly) with two children as well. A daughter Leighanne who will be 11 yrs old next month and Devon who is 8 or 9 now. Both are also adorable. Leighanne is into very girlie things, fashion, make-up, movies and Devon is into anything very "boy". :) He takes after his father and is also musically talented - he plays the drums!

I'm excited to have found this thread and will pass the info along to Shannon and Misty to keep track of as well. I wish my memory was better. Unfortunately when my dad and mom divorced and we moved from Indiana, we lost touch with most of our extended family. Both Shannon and Misty will be excited to hear about connecting with you.

Keep in touch and keep the postings coming!

Tiffney

Re: Crumby information

2005-03-19 00:38:01Z

The "Manny" found in the household in 1860 was not a male, it was James' daughter...
Susan Amanda Crumby

The "Vina" found in the household in 1870 is "Sarah", I do not know if her full name was Sarah Vina Crumby or Vina Sarah Crumby. Or if "Vina" was a nickname for something else that was Sarah's full middle name/first name.

Re: Crumby information

2005-03-18 23:23:45Z

I am your Dad's first cousin. When we were growing up we went to the same school (Magnet Cove). Uncle George and Aunt Louise lived not far from us at Jones Mills.

Uncle George's (your grandfather) dad is Joseph A. Crumby m.
Ethel Nora Phelan. They had 8 children. Two were girls, one died, but Aunt Thelma lived. The boys were Clyde, George, Carl, Thomas, Melvin (Tug my dad), Elbert. Thomas is still living in Malvern. I saw him this past Sunday. I saw you when you were a little girl.

Tell me about your family. How are your sisters? I think one was Misty?, Shannon, and you.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Your 2nd Cousin,
Becky

Re: Crumby information

2005-03-18 22:52:16Z

Hello,

I'm new to this thread, but just read through several of your last posts (Becky & Casey). Two things caught my eye: 1)The names Thomas Crumby and George Crumby and 2) The James Bradley Crumby had a connection to Little Rock, ARK. My grandfather is George Crumby and he had a brother named Thomas. He also had a sister Thelma. I know very little about this side of the family, but I've been curious about my surname heritage. My internet search led me here.

My father is George Wayne Crumby (born in Malvern or Little Rock, AR either Aug 1944 or 1945 to George Crumby (my grandfather) and his wife Louise Crumby (again, I don't know her maiden name).

Anyway, I realize most of your information is dating back to 100+ years, but I wondered if there may be a connection and I'm interested to find more out about my heritage etc.

Thanks for reading - I look forward to your posts.

Tiffney

Re: Crumby information

2005-03-11 04:00:30Z

Thanks so much for the reply Casey. I appreciate it. I'll let you know if I find out anything.

By the way, I have a niece named Casey.

Thanks again,
Becky

Re: Crumby information

2005-03-09 05:18:12Z

It is likely that your James Bradley Crumby is connected to our family - actually I'm a little short of certain of it - only short because I don't have hard evidence in front of me to prove it. But, the only connection James would have to our family would be either that he is another son of James W. Crumby, or he is a nephew. James W. already had a son named James, my grandfather James Coolidge Crumby. So, I suspect the later is true. James W.'s father was Carroll Crumby and his children were James W., John Eber, Frances, Nettie, Josie, Thomas, & George. There could have been more children, but these are the ones I have in my records. Try researching census records on the male children of Carroll and see if James Bradley appears. It is likely he is the son of one of Carroll's children.

However, the tracing may be a bit more complicated if your search turns up nothing in this branch. It's also possible that James Bradley is a great-nephew of Carroll's. In that case he could be decended through any of these male children of James *K Crumby: Carroll, Hugh, James, or Manny. Good luck searching and I am am more than happy to do a little rearch for you or to compare any of my records and notes with you.

Casey

Re: Crumby information

CindyBrock04 — 2005-03-06 04:28:16Z

Descendants of: James J. Crumby

1 James J. Crumby b. 1818 m. Sarah Collier b. 1819
1850 Tishomingo Co., MS census (house #466)
1870 McNairy Co., TN census (12th Civil District)
2 Permelia A. Crumby b. ABT 1838
2 Carroll K. Crumby b. ABT 1840 m. Lucinda F. Mullins b. 15 Oct 1852 d. 22 Jan 1919
2 Hugh Crumby b. ABT 1843 d. 1891 - 1900 m. 24 Nov 1867 Sarah A. E. Droke b. ABT 1852
1850 Tishomingo Co., MS census with father James Crumby and mother Sarah
Collier.
1870 Hardin Co., TN census
1880 Hardin Co., TN census
3 William Brownlow Crumby b. SEPT. 1868 m. ABT 1888 Sarah R. _____ b. AUG. 1872
3 Mary Crumby b. ABT 1871
3 Charles "Charlie" K. Crumby b. 16 Jan 1873 d. 20 Jul 1952 m. 13 Jan 1901 Martha "Mattie" Lilly b. 9 Jan 1876 d. 14 Aug 1905
m. 15 Nov 1906 Nancy Miller Alexander b. OCT 1888 d. 1962
3 Lula (Lou) Crumby b. ABT 1875
3 Ollie Crumby b. ABT 1878
3 Ida Crumby b. 1880
3 Minnie Crumby b. ABT 1891
2 Nancy E. Crumby b. ABT 1845
2 Lucinda Crumby b. ABT 1848 m. 1867 Pinckney Joseph McAbee
3 David McAbee
3 Betty McAbee
3 Emma McAbee
3 Cora Lee McAbee
2 Martha C. Crumby b. ABT 1850
2 Sarah Crumby b. 1855
2 James Crumby b. 1856
2 Susan Crumby b. 1858

This is some general info. on some of James' descendants.

I will give you more as soon as I get a chance.
Also, where James' parents are concerned: I will provide you will what is a work in progress on Hugh and Elizabeth's children.
Some info. that has already been published regarding Hugh Crumbliss/Cromby/Crumby and Elizabeth Brashears children I have been unable to verify. For instance, a son named Scott.
Also there may have been two sons with very similar names or they may be two different people. (this being Absalom, A.L.W., A.L., A.C. and Albert).

Will send you what I can as I have time.

Re: CRUMBY FAMILY

2004-12-05 19:54:26Z

Trying to locate a R A or J A Crumbly that lived in Chattanooga,Hamilton co in 1850. the obituary in the Chatt Times had the name as R A the one in the Ga paper had J A. He was married to an Eaves

Re: Becky Crumby Rucker!! Please email me!

2004-10-19 17:32:34Z

Casey,
My great grandfather is James (Jim) Bradley Crumby born in Iuka, Tishomingo Co., MS in 1854. He married Amanda Catherine Henley who was born in TN. They are both buried in Hot Spring Co., Arkansas. They had 7 children: Mary Etta, Ashley Isaac, Joseph Arthur (my grandfather), Betty, Alfred, Annie, and Bertha. I'm hoping there is a connection here. Please let me know what you think.

Re: Where are all the crumbys?

crumb003 — 2004-10-15 19:47:09Z

I don't know of any birth or death places, but I know I had a grandfather and a great grandfather named James Crumby. My grandfather was James Coolidge Crumby and he died in Texas. I'm not positive, but my dad said that the Crumbys he's aware of are all from Tishomingo Co. I hit a brick wall at James Crumby (the father of James C. Crumby, my dad's dad) and his wife named either Exer Sylvester or Esther Sylvester. Does any of ths help or ring a bell? Let me know. Also, my dad also talks about his Uncle George Crumby (who died a few years ago) and his Aunt Cora on the Crumby side. Do you know any of these people?

Re: Crumby information

crumb003 — 2004-10-15 19:47:09Z

Re: Crumby information

crumb003 — 2004-10-15 19:47:09Z

It's very possible that there is a connection. I can't remember an exact birthdate, but my grandfather was born either in the late '20s or early '30s. George may have been the first born or something because there is a huge age difference there if George was born in 1899. I want to say that my grandmother said that James had many brothers and sisters. In fact, they had 7 between them, and my grandmother had another with her second husband. But it's uncanny that he had a sister-in-law named Cora, they are from Tishomingo, and my great uncle George also moved to TN for a time. After his death, he was buried in MS. I'm going to give my grandmother a call and see what she can tell me. My dad knows very little as his father died when he was 3 and his life was very tumultuous afterwards...lots of animosity and difficult times on the Crumby side of the family. But he does talk about his Aunt Cora and uncle George, the only two member of the Crumby family that my grandmother allowed around the children and my father has very fond memories of them both. But I'm going to check on them and see what I find. Thank you for your information!

Re: Crumby information

crumb003 — 2004-10-15 19:47:09Z

Also, it may be possible that George, since the age difference is so large, that George may hav been an uncle of George and my grandfather. And, I think George's (my George) middle name was Henry. H'e buried in the Corinth National Cemetary and died in 1992 in Memphis, TN, according to the online McPeters Funeral Records. He' nephew, my uncle Steve, has his burial entry right above George's. My dad never indicated whether Cora was his Aunt Cora or great Aunt Cora. Could have been either. But she must have died when he was young because I never met her and his memory of her is very piecy. So, she could have been much older. The only thing is that I don't have any info past my grandfather...no siblings' names or anything. All I have is his wife, Ester/Esther/Exer Sylvester. I've seen her name in a few different spellings. But let me know if you find anything else, or find out that George Washington Crumby had a couple of nephews named James Coollidge and George Henry.

Re: Crumby information

crumb003 — 2004-10-15 19:47:09Z

Well let me know if you find anything from your mother. My grandmother can't really tell me anything past James Coolidge, but my dad mentioned the names of his uncle George Henry Crumby who married Irene and they moved to Memphis and had James Henry Crumby, my dad's cousin who went to Vietnam & a daughter named Helen. He said he didn't know anything about cousins who went to Memphis State though. But he did say that James Henry did die, but he unfortunately died after a long stay at an asylum, maybe from trauma from Vietnam. He had an Aunt Evie (sister of George Henry Crumby) who married a man named Marvin (last name?) and they lived in Sheffield, AL. James Coolidge also had another sister Cora Crumby who married into the Hollar family & they had Margaret Ann and a son & they lived in NC. There was another sister by the name of Lola who married a man named Alfred & had a son named Jean (last name?).

That's about all my dad knows. My dad's Aunt Lola is the one his mother credits with attempting to split up James Coolidge Crumby and Martha Ann's kids after James died in Texas. But I totally agree with you...there has to be a connection...I just don't know how! But maybe it's coming together. If I could just figure out beyond James Crumby and Exer Sylvester then it would make sense. You may be from the branch that came before James Coolidge. It's the only explanation that seems plausible...that maybe your George Washington Crumby was brothers with James Crumby who married Exer Sylvester. If he was, then fantastic! I've got my fingers crossed because I have really hit a brick wall with this surname. But there is most definitely a connection. The trick is tying it all together. I'm going to give my grandmother a call and see if I can pull anything else out her. She doesn't like talking about that side though...I guess hard feelings still exist :(

Re: Crumby information

crumb003 — 2004-10-15 19:47:09Z

The idea that Jim and George are brothers is quite possible. In fact, I'm not sure that his real name was James, I just assumed it was because he was referred to as "Jim". On the McPeters Funeral Records online, George Henry Crumby's parents are listed as Jim Crumby and Exer Sylvester. So, He may have actually been given the name Jim, or maybe everyone just called him that. But this is the biggest lead I've had so far. I'm not fond of the whole fighting for the Union part that Carroll did though! I'm Southern at heart! But, the goal is to trace my family. I'm going to run this information by my grandmother and see if she can tell me anything. Unfortunately the only member of the Crumby family that she would have anything to do with was my dad's Aunt Cora, sister to George Henry and James Coolidge, and she passed away a while ago. But my Aunt Jane has some information and I'm going to see if I can get anything else from her as well. If you find out who Jim Crumby married, let me know. I'll let you know what I find. Thank you again for all your help. It has been tremendous. I was really at a standstill.

Re: Crumby information

crumb003 — 2004-10-15 19:47:09Z

In searching for more information, I found a Hugh Crumby who fought in the exact same Tennessee Regiment (for the Union) with Carroll Crumby. They enrolled the same day, were mustered the same day, and deserted the exact same day. I'm guessing that there is a strong possibility that they are either cousins or brothers. If found this information on the Federal Military Rosters. They were in Company D of the 6th Regiment Cavalry & were both privates. They enlisted on Sept. 12 (no year provided), were mustered on Nov. 13, 1962, and both deserted on September 6, 1963.

Hugh is listed as being 19 at the time of being enlisted and Carroll is listed as being 22. The website said that there were 396 total members of the volunteer regiment. Apparently there were very few in the regiment who made it out alive (both Crumbys did, obviously). Most of the casualties in the regiment seem to be atributed to disease instead of mortal wounds.

If this report is correct and this is the same Carroll Crumby we are talking about, then Carroll had to have been born around 1840 and Hugh born around 1843.

Correction

crumb003 — 2004-10-15 19:47:09Z

There were not 396 total in the regiment. I read the list wrong. Apparently, that's how many casualties they had (there is no total number of registered soldiers). There were 2 lost officers & 33 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded. Another 9 officers and 352 enlisted men in the 6th Regiment lost because of disease. Kinf of gives you an idea of what really may have been the cause of why so many died during the war.

Re: Crumby information

crumb003 — 2004-10-15 19:47:09Z

All of these leads seem to strangely want to run together, it's just a question of how. That's proving to be the hardest part. I'm still trying to get more info out of my grandmother, but she really doesn't have much more. Her husband died 45 years ago, and she has staunchly stayed away from most of that side of the family (except for George & Cora...& they've both since passed away).

But I've emailed some people, namely a lady in charge of the genealogy center in Corinth, MS. They cover Tishomingo & Alcorn County information, mainly because Alcorn used to be part of a much larger Tishomingo County. I also emailed the Air Force records department, and hopefull they can help me. James Coolidge was a veteran of the Korean War, and he served with the Air Force. I'm hoping they have something they can give me.

The Hugh Crumbliss guy keeps pulling me in too. I just have a gut feeling that there is a connection of some sort. There has to be. I mean, Hugh was right there where, supposedly (if in fact our Crumby lines do coincide), our Crumby family was..and it just seems crazy for their paths not have crossed somehow. I'll keep searching. I'm planning a trip to Corinth soon to go and do some research at the genealogy facility. Tishomingo and Shiloh are right there, so I plan to go and do some research there. When it's all done, we can compare notes. Talk to you then.

Re: Crumby information

crumb003 — 2004-10-15 19:47:09Z

Re: Crumby information

crumb003 — 2004-10-15 19:47:09Z

Another reason I think we are related to Hugh is simpl because me grandmother remembers James Coolidge talking about his great grandmother or something like that and teach my grandmother how to say her last name: Brashears, Broo-show. She talked about that last night. She wouldn't just say that...she hasn't really talked about that family in forty years and has really very little interest is tracing her ex-husband's family, let alone her own! So, that's a big tip off too that Hugh is in fact our great great great (maybe a couple more greats) grandfather.

Re: Crumby information

crumb003 — 2004-10-15 19:47:09Z

I would also be very interested in any information you have on the family. I am also descended from James K. Crumby. I came upon the indication of a Hugh Crumby who fought with Carroll in the same regiment. I have copies of internet papers on them.

My line goes through James K. Crumby, then to his son Carroll, then to James W. Crumby (who married Exer Sylvester), and then to James Coolidge Crumby, then to my father William Russell Crumby.

I'vebeen doing more tracing since then, particularly with the Brashears, and I found an interesting relative who lived in Pittsburgh between 1850-60 to 1920. His name was John A. Brashear, and he invented a telescope which eventually was desired all over the world. It was most complicated and was very diffucult to use, regardless of your education (and he was self-taught!). He was also responsible for building a rotating 4-sided mirror which Albert Einstein used to conclude his Theory of Relativity. Pretty crazy! I found his name my searching for known Brashear relatives of mine online. He apparently was a close friend of Andrew Carnegie and had a hand in the Carnegie Institute. He is about 7th or 8th cousins to me.

I also found someone's family tree that branches our family (on the Brashears side) back to France and French Huegenots. Another branch that came off of that family (married into the Brashears or another branch), the Blackgroves, have been traced back to a Rafe Blackgrove (b. 1492). So, I've got quite a bit on this side of the family.

But please email me about information you have on the Crumbys and we can compare notes. My email is crumb003@bama.ua.edu.

Re: Crumby information

crumb003 — 2004-10-15 19:47:09Z

I don't have cousins or anything in detail on the Crumby side just yet, but the fact that your James B. Crumby is from Tishomingo Co., the likelihood of a connection is extremely likely. Do you have anything else on him?

My tree goes like this on the Crumby side, down through each generation:

Casey Allison Crumby

William Russell Crumby & Janet Lynn Sherman

James Coolidge Crumby & Martha Ann Gurley

James W. Crumby & Exer Sylvester

Carroll Crumby & Lucinda Mullins (or Ms. Moody?)(Carroll fought for the Union side in Tennessee with his brother Hugh...also, this is the generation that started moving South, to Tishomingo Co. & built a home there..there is also a Crumbliss/Crumby house in Kingston, TN)

James K. Crumby & Sarah Allen

Hugh Crumbliss & Betsy Brashears

Thomas Crumbliss & Elizabeth Estes/Eastes (Thomas came over from Ireland what looks like about 20 or 30 years before the Revolutionary War - he also fought in that war).

James K. (some think the K. stands for Kennedy) Crumby had a son named James (brother of Carroll), but his birth date seems to be 1851. However, it could be wrong. There is no middle name name mentioned in anything I have. Do you know anything about siblings of James Bradley Crumby? I may have some siblings missing in this generation too. But if he's from Tishomingo, a connection is nearly inevitable. Let me know what else you have.

Re: Brashears

crumb003 — 2004-10-15 19:47:09Z

I also have a huge about on the Brashears branch - all the way back to France (they were French Huegenots) and all the way back to another family that braches off from the Brashears back to 1482 (earliest relative is Rafe Blackgrove of England, b.1482). Let me know if youfin out if you are in this line.

A neat tidbit for family history: I have also found a relative named John A. Brashears. He was the son of Basil Brashears, brother to Isaac from whom my line is descended. He was born in 1840 in Pittsburgh, PA and went on to become a prominent self-taught astronomer who became chummy with the likes of Andrew Carnegie and such. John apparently created some kind of telescope/lens that was revolutionary for the science. John is immortalized at the Allegheny Observatory in Pittsburgh. Look up John A. Brashears on Yahoo! and you'kk find several webpages dedicatd to his memory and his work. I've couted it out and I think that he is my 6th cousin. Futher more, apparenly John creatd some kind of rotating mirror/reflector thing that Albert Einstein requested from John and happened to use during the creation of his Theory or Relativity. Something cool huh? Hopefull some of his smartness will rub off on me soon (it needs to hurry up though!)

FYI - John married a woman named Phoebe, his mother was Peggy Horton, his uncle was Isaac Brashears (my direct ancestor) and his grandfather was Robert S. Brashears. Much more is traced further back.

James Coolidge Crumby/Tishomingo Co., MS

crumb003 — 2004-10-15 19:47:09Z

My grandfather was James Coolidge Crumby, his father was James Crumby (middle unknown) and his mother was Exer/Esther Sylvester. My father is William Russell Crumby and his mother, James C. Crumby's wife, is Martha Gurley, now Davis. James C. Crumby died in Katy, Texas in 1960 when my dad was 3. He had 7 children with Martha and Martha had 1 more with 2nd marriage. James was in the Air Force and his normal occupation is unknown. After his deather, tha family moved back to Corinth, MS. My dad only knows that he's got relatives in Tishomingo Co., but he's not sure of anything past his father. He talks of an Uncle George and an Aunt Cora from that side. Anyone know anything about James Coolidge Crumby, his family, and beyond? I have hit a big brick wall with my grandfather and I can't trace anything (other than father and mother...and that's shady) beyond.

Re:Found him

crumb003 — 2004-10-15 19:47:09Z

See the long thread on the Crumbys right below. All the information you need may be there, if you are from the Tishomingo Co. Crumby/Crumbliss line (also had a stint in VA, AL, TN, & KY).

Becky Crumby Rucker!! Please email me!

crumb003 — 2004-10-15 19:47:09Z

I've been trying to email you for a while but all the email addresses you have on here no longer work. The John Crumby could also be my same great grandfather as is yours. If your family came from Iuka, then you've got to be a cousin since the Crumby branch I'm from is deeply rooted there (I think a lot of them are buried there). Any extra info about your motehr, grandmother, aunts' and uncles' names may bring this together. Please contact me ASAP! I'm at crumb003@bama.ua.edu.