William Daniel CROUCH & Harriet Ann DEFORD & Mary Ann DOSBAUGH

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William Daniel CROUCH
Harriet Ann DEFORD
Mary Ann DOSBAUGH

Warning: secondary sources are mixing up our subject's second wife, Mary DOSHBAUGH, with a Mary __?__ who married Joseph ANDREWS. Both women are enumerated in the 1880 censuses, the former in Clark Co., IL, and the latter in Cleveland, OH, so they cannot possibly be the same woman. After the death of our subject, William Daniel CROUCH, his second wife, Mary (DOSHBAUGH) CROUCH, married, then soon divorced, John L. ANDREWS, which is how she came to be Mary ANDREWS on her death certificate.

Husband: William Daniel CROUCH
Birth: 2 Oct 1798, MD
Death: 1 Dec 1866, Johnson Pct., Clark Co., IL
Disposition: buried Mount Cemetery, Johnson Twp., Clark Co., IL

Marriage-1: 31 Dec 1822, Queen Anne's Co., MD

Wife-1: Harriet Ann DEFORD
Birth: 9 Sep 1799, MD
Death: 24 Jun 1851, Johnson Pct., Clark Co., IL
Disposition: buried Mound Cemetery, near Casey, Clark Co., IL
Other Spouse: m1. 1 Mar 1815, Queen Anne's Co., MD, Nathan NEVIL / NEVILL / NEVILLE / NEAVILLE (1793-1821)
Other Children: Margaret Ann NEVILLE (b. 1816/7) and Mary Elizabeth NEVILLE (b. 1818/9)
Apparent Brother: James DEFORD, b. 1796/7

Marriage-2: 19 Apr 1855, Clark Co., IL

Wife-2: Mary Ann DOSBAUGH / DOSHBAUGH
Birth: 13 Mar 1830, Germany
Death: 29 Jun 1912, White River Twp., Johnson Co., IN
Disposition: buried 2 Jul 1912, Cemetery, Casey, Clark Co., IL
Immigration: 1830, as infant w/parents
Other Spouse: m2. 15 Feb 1877, Clark Co., IL, John L. ANDREWS; div. by 1880
Father: John DOSBAUGH
Mother: Mary Elizabeth KAUGHMAN

Children with Harriet Ann DEFORD:

1. Harriet Ann CROUCH, b. 28 Sep 1824, MD; d. 17 Mar 1898, Clark Co., IL
2. William D. CROUCH (Jr.), b. 18 May 1827, PA

— said to be born in Hartford Twp., Licking Co., OH:
3. John E. CROUCH, b. 20 Apr 1829; d. 14 Aug 1907, Chico, Butte Co., CA
4. Elisha CROUCH, b. 11 Sep 1831
5. Luther CROUCH, b. 21 May 1834; d. 4 Mar 1859, Johnson Pct., Clark Co., IL
6. Sarah Merinda CROUCH, b. 25 Sep 1836; d. 1932

— born in Johnson Twp., Clark Co., IL:
7. Sylvester CROUCH, b. 19 Apr 1842; d. 4 Dec 1928, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA

Children with Mary DOSBAUGH — born Johnson Twp., Clark Co., IL:

8. Mary CROUCH, b. 1856; d. 18 Oct 1858; bur. Mount Cemetery
9. Samuel D. CROUCH, b. 1857; d. 19 Mar 1858; bur. Mount Cemetery
10. James CROUCH, b. 2 Dec 1860 or 1861; d. 1920
11. Isabella CROUCH, b. 22 Mar 1863

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; DEU, Deutschland, FRG, Germany, Württemberg, Wuerttemberg; USA, US, United States, Illinois, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia

Sources (n.b., Clark Co., IL, is five counties away from Johnson Co., IN):

1a. Marriage Index: Maryland, 1655-1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-224): I looked everywhere for a primary source for Harriet's first marriage, to Nathan NEVILLE, but failed to find one. I must have gotten the date from one of the secondary sources (listed last, below).

1b. Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850 (online at Ancestry.com):

William Crouch Harriet Neaville 31 Dec 1822 Queen Anne's Co.

1c. Illinois Marriage Index, 1860-1920 (online at Ancestry.com):

William D Crouch Mary Doshbaugh 12 Apr 1855 Clark Co.

Probably the License date.

1d. Illinois Marriage Index, 1860-1920 (online at Ancestry.com):

William D Crouch Mary Doshbaugh 19 Apr 1855 Clark Co.

Probably the wedding date.

2. 1830 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #5 of 10; official enumeration date 1 Jun 1830; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

1830 OH Licking Co. Hartford Twp. Roll M19_134 p. 484 Ln. 23 Wm D Crouch 200 002 - 012 001

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 4 or under 1825-1830 = John E. (b. 1829)
= William D. (b. 1827)

2 males 30-39 1790-1800 = William Daniel (b. 1798)
= ?

1 female 5-9 1820-1825 = Harriet Ann (b. 1824)

2 females 10-14 1815-1820 = Mary NEVILLE (b. 1818/9)
= Margaret NEVILLE (b. 1816/7)

1 female 30-39 1790-1800 = Harriet Ann (b. 1799)

3a. 1840 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #19-20 of 82; list was roughly alphabetized; indexed "Wm G Croch"; official enumeration began 1 Jun 1840; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

1840 IL Clark Co. pp. 75B-76A Ln. 8 Crouch Wm D 022 000 200 - 101 200 100 0100000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 5-9 1830-1835 = Luther (b. 1834)
= Elisha (b. 1831)

2 males 10-14 1825-1830 = John E. (b. 1829)
= William D. (b. 1827)

2 males 40-49 1790-1800 = William Daniel (b. 1798)
= James DEFORD? (b. 1796/7)

1 female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Sarah Merinda (b. 1836)

1 female 10-14 1825-1830 = ?

2 females 15-19 1820-1825 = Harriet Ann (b. 1824)
= ?

1 female 40-49 1790-1800 = Harriet Ann (b. 1799)

1 person employed in agriculture

At first glance, William's middle initial does look like "G," but if you check other entries to see how the enumerator wrote the letter, "D," it is possible to read it as D, which it surely should be.

3b. 1840 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): John DARBAUGH (æ 50-59) and his family are living in Paris Twp., Stark Co., OH (q.v.).

4a. 1850 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find William.

4b. 1850 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 16): Johnson Pct., Dist. No. 48, Clark Co., IL, Roll M432_100, p. 271A, 1525/1525, enumerated 17 Oct 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

Harriet Crouch 51 F 300 Maryland

Elisha     " 19 M Ohio

Luther     " 16 M "

Sarah      " 13 F "

Sylvester " 8 M Illinois

James Deford 53 M

James DEFORD would appear to be Harriet's brother.

4c. 1850 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Mary DASHBAUGH (æ 19, b. Germany) is living in Johnston Pct., Clark Co., IL, with her parents (q.v.).

5a. 1860 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #19 of 22): Casey P.O., Johnson Twp., Clark Co., IL, Roll M653_162, PN 143, 490/1, enumerated 22 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

William D Crouch 60 M Farmer Maryland

Mary " 30 F Germany

Sylvester " 18 M Laborer Illinois

Mary Doshbaugh 57 F Germany insane

Jimmy Deford 60 M Maryland

Mary (KAUFMAN) DOSHBAUGH is the mother of Mary (DOSHBAUGH) CROUCH. At the time, "insane" was a blanket term that included old age dementia, alcoholism, retardation, etc., anything that made someone mentally abnormal. Jimmy DEFORD appears to be a brother of William's late wife, Harriet (DEFORD) COUCH.

5b. 1860 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 6): Princeton P.O., Union Twp., Colusa Co., CA, Roll 653_57, p. 459B [p. 460 was skipped], PN 42, 441/388, enumerated 20 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤(•)

John E Crouch 30 M Farmer Illinois

Elisha Crouch 26 M Do

John should be age 31 and Elisha age 28; both were born in Ohio.

6. 1870 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #5 of 21; mis-indexed "Marey"): Oak Point P.O., Johnson Twp., Clark Co., IL, p. 348A, PN 5, 39/38, enumerated 30 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

Crouch Mary 39 F W Keeping House Baden

James 10 M W Ills

Isabella 8 F W "

7. 1880 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 23): Johnson Twp., Clark Co., IL, p. 80C, PN 7, SD 5, ED 37, enumerated 7 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 11 13 22 23 24 25 26

71 71 Cranch Mary W F 50 D Keeping house / / Germany Germany Germany

______ James W M 20 Son / Farmer Illinois Md "

______ Isabelle W F 17 Dau / Illinois " "

Note that Mary is Divorced and has returned to using her prior husband's surname, in part, I'd presume, to make life easier for her children.

9. 1890 U.S. Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

10. 1900 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Mary ANDREWS (æ 70, b. 1830, Germany) is living in Johnson Twp., Clark Co., IL (pp. 81A-81B), with her married son, James CROUCH (æ 38, b. Dec 1861, IL), and his family.-

11. 1910 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #10 of 23): White River Twp., Johnson Co., IN, Roll T624_359, p. 217B, SN 5B, SD 4, ED 130, enumerated 25 Apr 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

1910: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 13 14 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29

100 102 Surface Geo Head M W 54 S Indiana Indiana Ohio Eng Carpenter W N 14 Y Y O F F 12

_______ Sallie Aunt F W 67 Wd Ohio Germany-German Germany-German Eng None Y Y

_______ Mary Ann Aunt F W 80 Wd Germany-German Germany-German Germany-German Eng None Y Y

_______ Mary Cousin F W 44 S Illinois Indiana Ohio Eng None Y Y

Mary Ann "SURFACE" is almost certainly Sallie's sister, Mary (DOSBAUGH) CROUCH ANDREWS, erroneously enumerated here with surname SURFACE. Mary ANDREWS died in West River Township in 1912, and Sallie SURFACE was the informant on her death certificate (see below). Sallie (DOSBAUGH) SURFACE is the mother of "Cousin Mary."

12. Indiana State Board of Health. Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2011. Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, IN (online at Ancestry.com):

Mary's parents are indexed "Dorbaugh," but I would read it as Dosbaugh. The Informant is almost certainly Mary's sister, Sarah (DOSBAUGH) SURFACE.

13. Find-a-Grave: Entries (online at findagrave.com):

Name William D Crouch Harriet Ann Deford Crouch Mary Crouch Mary Crouch Samuel D Crouch

Birth 2 Oct 1798, MD 9 Sep 1799, MD 1856 1857

Death 1 Dec 1866
Johnson Twp., Clark Co., IL 24 Jun 1851
Johnson Twp., Clark Co., IL 29 Jun 1912 18 Oct 1857 19 Mar 1858

Burial Mount Cemetery, Johnson Twp., Clark Co., IL

Inscription [unreadable in image] [unreadable in image] [partially unreadable in
image, but surname CROUCH
and deathdate are readable] [unreadable in image]

Father William D Crouch William D Crouch

Mother

Spouse Harriet Ann Deford Crouch William D Crouch William D Crouch

Memorial # 52653375 66656295 52653365 52565052 52653360

14. Wabash Valley Obituary Index: 1900 to Present (index only; online at www.vigo.lib.in.us):

Mrs. Mary Crouch, age 82; Tribune, 3 July 1912, p. 11.

15. H.C. [Herbert C.] Bell. 1907. "CROUCH, James." Pages 721-722 in History of Clark County [Illinois]. Middle West Publ. Co., Chicago (online at Ancestry.com):

A biographical sketch of our subject's son, James CROUCH. I'm here extracting only the few hard facts that are relevent to our subjects.
• James was born 2 Dec 1860 at the family home near Crouch Mill.
• The family farm was situated 8½ miles SE of Casey in Johnson Twp.
• James's father, William, "was born in Ohio of German extraction."
• James's mother was Mary DOSBAUGH, d/o John DOSBAUGH.
• Mary DOSBAUGH, b. Germany, immigrated w/parents in 1830 as infant.
• James was six years old when his father died.

16. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com).

17. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

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