Crews - Extended Family
William Crews
 
(Abt. 1785 in Buckingham, VA - 1875 in Knox, TN)  
Eldest son of James Crews (1758-1841) and Lucinda Hood (1769-1838)
William married (1) Lucinda Childress (1790-1825) on Apr 19, 1913
William married (2) Elizabeth Hood (1802-aft 1880), his first cousin
and a daughter of Aaron Hood and Anna Spradling

I have 48 DNA matches with this family.
Click here to go to William's record on the Crews surname page.
The 4 children of William and Lucinda are:

    1. James Matison Crews  (Nov 20, 1814 in Knox, TN - Mar 13, 1883 in Knox, TN)
        Married Catherine Brakebill (1819-1892) on Jan 16, 1838 in Blount, TN
             1. Lucinda Cruze (Oct 16, 1831 - Jul 15, 1922)
                 Married Rufus M. Brown (1831-1922)
                     1. William F. Brown (Jan 21, 1861 in TN - Jul 6, 1935 in TN)
                         Married Sarah Vandalee Ford (1870-1954)
                              1. Carrick Osborne Brown (Aug 25, 1887 in TN - Feb 2, 1956 in TN)
                                  Married Sally A. Thomas (1893-1971) in 1909
                                       1. Carrick Osborne Brown, Jr. (Jul 24, 1920 - Mar 19, 1998)
                                           Married Ruth Kathleen Webb (1925-2013)
                              2. Harry Wilson Brown (Feb 6, 1894 in TN - Jul 5, 1950 in TN)
                                  Married Alice W. Jinks (1892-1975)
                     2. Cowan J. Brown (Jun 20, 1865 - Feb 5, 1923)
                     3. Louretta Brown (Oct 24, 1872 - May 10, 1958)
                         Married James Ford (1872-1923)

             2. John Samuel "Little John" Cruze (Oct 27, 1838 - Jan 10, 1924)
                 Married Margaret Isabella Henry (1845-1918)
                     1. Flora A. Cruze (Nov 19, 1865 - Dec 27, 1937)
                         Married Charles H. Porta (1861-1942)
                     2. Charles P. Cruze (Apr 18, 1868 - Sep 15, 1913)
                         Married Lou Russell (1868-1963)
                               1. John Russell Cruze (1892-1965)
                               2. Walter Cruze (Jun 8, 1896 - Feb 3, 1963)
                                   Married Ethel W. (1908-1967)
                               3. Thomas C. Cruze (Jan 23, 1899 - Feb 26, 1949)
                                   Married Cora F. (1896-1973)
                     3. Minnie Cruze (Aug 8, 1873 - May 20, 1958)
                         Married John Samuel Caldwell (1865-1908)
                               1. Isabelle Caldwell (Jul 22, 1908 in TN - Sep 9, 1989 in NC)
                                   Married Alvin Edwin Cheshire (1912-1995)
                     4. Jamie Cruze (31 Dec 1876 - Jan 7, 1950)
                         Married Arthur James Iron (1875-1953)

             3. Pvt. William Henry Harrison Cruze (Oct 11, 1843 in TN - Oct 29, 1929 in TN)
                 Married Margaret Ann Hines (1848-1925) in 1866
                     1. Lucy Cruze (Nov 21, 1867 - Jul 1, 1948)
                         Married (1) James B. Johnson (1856-1886) in 1884
                         Married (2) Joseph Louis Bise (1854-1943)
                              1. Ruth Hermina Bise (1900-1968)
                                  Married Robert Taylor Proffitt (1898-1980)
                              2. Vera Omega Bise (Apr 2, 1904 - Apr 11, 1905)
                              3. Joella Bise (1906-1981)
                                  Married Kenneth F. Branscom (1901-1978)
                                       1. Barbara Lou Branscom (Feb 16, 1931 - Jul 4, 2011)
                                           Married John Kenneth Branson (1930-2012)
                                       2. Patricia Ann Branscom (Sep 23, 1932 - Jul 26, 2017)
                                           Married Jack Alvin Lowry (1929-2018)
                              4. Cora Elsie Bise (Aug 6, 1910 - Jul 28, 1911)
                     2. Alice Cruze (Jan 31, 1870 - May 10, 1963)
                         Married William H. Wilhoit (1866-1927)
                              1. Flora Colvin Wilhoit (Aug 15, 1888 - Jan 14, 1979)
                                  Married Frank Hunter Wallace (1888-1930)
                              2. Charles Virgil Wilhoit (Oct 25, 1890 - Apr 30, 1967)
                              3. Harry M. Wilhoit (Jun 28, 1892 - Jul 29, 1892)
                              4. Neva Lucille Wilhoit (Mar 11, 1895 in TN - Mar 10, 1973 in TN)
                                  Married Jesse Coran Hill (1889-1961) in 1913
                              5. Walter Wilhoit (Jan 23, 1897 - Jul 29, 1897)
                              6. Ernest Franklin Wilhoit (Feb 11, 1900 - Jul 1, 1957)
                                  Married Edith Margaret Ellis (1899-1992)
                              7. Margaret Elizabeth Wilhoit (Oct 17, 1903 - Sep 9, 1972)
                                  Married William Patrick Berry (1905-1973)
                     3. Laura Cruze (Dec 14, 1871 - Jun 9, 1904)
                         Married John Calvin Wilson (1857-1904)
                               1. William Elbert Wilson (1888-1954)
                     4. Houston Alexander Cruze (Jun 16, 1874 - Oct 10, 1931)
                         Married Omega Elizabeth Headrick (1879-1918)
                               1. Carl L. Cruze (Mar 7, 1902 - May 16, 1987)
                                   Married Edythe Mabel Dykes (1906-1994)
                               2. Roy Alexander Cruze (Nov 22, 1903 in TN - Nov 1, 1993 in TN)
                                   Married Mildred Omega Ayres (1906-1998)
                               3. William Headrick H. Cruze (May 24, 1906 - Jan 9, 1990)
                                   Married Edith Louise Norton (1906-1985) in 1925
                               4. Charles J. Cruze (Jul 10, 1909 - Jan 24, 1988)
                                   Married Maud B. (1909-1996)
                               5. Helen Elizabeth Cruze (Apr 19, 1915 in TN - Jun 1993 in TN)
                                   Married Otha Harrison Graves (1908-1984)
                     5. Cora Ann Cruze (Aug 25, 1878 - Jan 24, 1946)
                         Married Andrew Jackson Taylor (1875-1943)
                                1. Walter A. Taylor (Feb 6, 1900 - Jan 7, 1920)
                     6. John Columbus Cruze (Apr 11, 1880 - Apr 8, 1967)
                         Married Bertha M. Ramsey (1893-1947)
                                1. John Columbus Cruze, Jr. (1925-2011)
                     7. Laurence Minnis Cruze (Nov 28, 1884 - Nov 6, 1886)

             4. Harriett Isabella Cruze (Apr 20, 1845 in TN - Jun 2, 1863 in TN) age 18

             5. Ann Elizabeth Cruze (Aug 19, 1848 - Feb 7, 1928) - 1 DNA match
                 Married William M. Hines (1843-1929)
                      1. Charles Hines (Dec 6, 1869 in TN - Jul 25, 1947 in KY)
                          Married Anna Elizabeth Coleman (1878-1938) in 1892
                               1. Wendell Walter Hines (Jan 8, 1894 in TN - Dec 8, 1961 in KY)
                               2. Celeste C. Hines (Jan 18, 1902 - Sep 10, 1977)
                                   Married George Andrew Schmitt (1888-1967)
                               3. Anna C. Hines (Jun 8, 1906 - Feb 26, 1994)
                                   Married (1) Martin Richard Pitts (2) Victor James Triano
                      2. John Cowan Hines, Sr. (May 24, 1886 in TN - Apr 14, 1975 in TN)
                          Married Della Inez Walker (1890-1955) in 1911
                               1. Helen Opal Hines (Apr 21, 1914 in TN - Apr 30, 2002 in TN)
                                   Married Joseph Tittsworth (1907-1964)
                               2. Perry Will Hines (Apr 11, 1916 in TN - Mar 13, 1998 in TN)
                                   Married Edna Mae Sharp (1919-2004) in 1936
                               3. Edward Harold Hines (Sep 10, 1917 in TN - Mar 8, 1972 in TN)
                                   Married Arminda Whaley (1922-2006) in 1937
                               4. John Cowan Hines, Jr. (Oct 31, 1919 in TN - Feb 10, 1994 in TN)
                                   Married Jessie Belle Ward (1923-2018)
                               5. Hazel Dean Hines (Jul 14, 1925 in TN - Feb 1, 2012 in TN)
                                   Married James Elihu DeLozier (1922-1996)
                               6. Lennis B. Hines (Jun 7, 1927 in TN - Sep 9, 1928 in TN)
                               7. Isaac Burl Hines (Feb 11, 1929 in TN - Jan 1, 1993 in TN)
                                   Married Helen Ruth Boyd (1933-1996) in 1950
                      3. Albert Hines (Sep 27, 1889 in TN - May 20, 1971 in IN)
                          Married Mary Lanham (1895-1975)
                               1. Katherine Hines (Feb 6, 1915 in TN - May 6, 1997 in FL)
                                   Married Carl E. Morton (1907-1983)

             6. Margaret L. Cruze (Mar 27, 1853 in TN - Aug 24, 1884 in TN) - 2 DNA matches
                 Married Samuel McLin Simpson (1851-1895) in 1873
                      1. William Edd Simpson (Nov 1, 1874 in TN - Dec 24, 1948 in TN)
                          Married Mary Jane (1877-1967)
                               1. Annabell Simpson (Jun 28, 1902 in TN - Dec 28, 1995 in TN)
                                   Married Joseph Alexander McCarrell (1893-1967)
                               2. James Edward Simpson (Oct 11, 1912 - Jun 1978)
                                   Married Lena ovella Rymer (1930-2013)
                               3. Samuel Robert Simpson (Sep 9, 1915 in TN - May 8, 1979 in GA)
                                   Married Esther Yvonne Simpson (1918-1998)
                               4. Margaret J. Simpson (Apr 25, 1919 in TN - Feb 18, 1920 in TN)
                      2. John H. Simpson (1876 in TN - )

             7. Lucian Alexander Cruze (Jul 27, 1857 in TN - Dec 27, 1939 in TN) - 4 DNA matches

                 Married Perlie Malinda Watson (1864-1945)
                      1. Katie Lee Cruze (1885-1968)
                      2. James Madison Cruze (Sep 26, 1886 in TN - Jan 28, 1976 in NM)
                          Married Mamie M. (1886-1981)   
                               1. Anne Katherine Cruze (Mar 14, 1915 in TN - Dec 25, 1999 in NM)
                      3. Zola L. Cruze (Nov 1891 - Jun 28, 1987)
                          Married (1) Ernest Daniel Campbell (1887-1945) (2) Dan Hill
                      4. Anna L. Cruze (Sep 13, 1894 - Oct 21, 1979)
                          Married Alfred Sydney Jones (1896-1988)
                      5. Elbert Sharmon Cruze (Jan 19, 1899 - Mar 2, 1984)
                          Married Ethel Irene Everett (1905-1958)
                               1. Mary Pearle Cruze (Apr 10, 1922 - Feb 5, 2018)
                               2. Edward Foster Cruze (Sep 14, 1923 in TN - Apr 4, 2018 in KY)
                                   Married Loretta White (1925-2017)
                                 

    2. Polly Crews 
(Abt. 1815 - )
             

    3. Elizabeth Crews 
(Dec 23 1818 in TN - Oct 13, 1897 in TN)
       
Married Thomas Hood (1802-1889) on Oct 10, 1839
        Thomas is the son of Aaron Hood, Jr. (1764-1843) and Anna Spradling (1767-1843)
              1. Nancy Jane Hood (Nov 12, 1830 in TN - Feb 20, 1910 in TN)
                  Married Joseph J Riddle (1828-1914) in 1851
                       1. Sarah J. Riddle (Jul 1851 in TN - Mar 9, 1911 in TN)
                           Married William Harrison Bilbrey (1841-1927) - 8 children
                       2. Missouri Catherine "Kate" Riddle (Jan 1, 1858 - Nov 25, 1936)
                       3. Edward Gaither Riddle (1856-1950)
                       4. Isaac Foster Riddle (1861-1929)
                       5. Fannie Frances Riddle (1866-1906)
                       6. George Washington Riddle (1868-1939)
                       7. John R. Riddle (1873-1962)
              2. Lucas Hood (abt. 1840 in TN - )
              3. Mary Hood (abt. 1842 - ) Married a Bean
              4. William Thomas Hood (Apr 1, 1844 - ) - 6 DNA matches
                  Married Sarah Elizabeth Houser
              5. Robert T. Hood (Aug 18, 1849 - Feb 4, 1922)   - 1 DNA match
                  Married Lydia Carson (1853-1935)
                  Children: Thomas, Martha, William, Mary, James, Sarah, Irena, Francis, Gilbert
              6. Seth R. Hood (Abt. 1855 - )
                  Married Mary Kent
              7. Elizabeth Hood (Abt. 1867 - )
                  Married James Brown
             
    4. Robert Cruze 
(1822 - )
       
Married Patsey "Martha" Palmer on Sep 2, 1849
             
1. Mary E. Cruze (1853-)
             
2. William A. Cruze (1857-1908)
              3. Harvey Cecil Cruze (1860-1941) - 2 DNA matches
                  Married (1) Mary Josephine (2) Alice R. Quinn
The 7 children of William and Elizabeth are:

    1. Annie Malvina Crews
(Jan 1825 - aft 1880)
       
Married Benjamin Franklin Casteel (1818-1911)
              1. Mary Elmira Casteel (1848-bef. 1920) - 2 DNA matches
                  Married John Alexander Bean (1843-1927)
              2. Samuel Casteel (Nov 15, 1850 - Oct 3, 1946) - 1 DNA match
                  Married Mary J. Smith (1850-1919)
              3. William McClung "Mack" Casteel (1854-1923)
                  Married Susan Chamberlain (1858-1942) in 1875
                  Children: James, William, Benjamin, Arthur, Millard, Ellen, Abraham
              4. Francis "Frank" Casteel (Nov 30, 1851 - Jul 17, 1917) - 2 DNA matches
                  Married Elizabeth Cagley (1868-1924)
                  Children: William, Mattie, Andrew, Ruby
              5. Rufus S. Casteel (Mar 3, 1856 - Aug 5, 1942) - 1 DNA match
                  Married Margaret Jane Yarnell (1859-1952)
                  Children: Joseph, James, Ollie, Ira
              6. Sara T. Casteel (1858-1930) - 3 DNA matches
              7. Benjamin Franklin Casteel (Feb 23, 1867 - Aug 15, 1949)
                  Married Edna Metta Luak (1871-1938)
                        1. William Benjamin Arlington Casteel (1900-1988)
                            Married Cecil Lowery (1906-1993)
                                  1. Mary Imogene Casteel (1927-2013)
                                      Married Jack Elbert Murrah (1924-2012)
   
    2. William "Bill Backer" Cruze
(Feb 3, 1828 - Sep 30, 1921 in Knox Co., TN)
        Married Elizabeth Cummings (1831-1887) on Jan 2, 1848 in Knox Co., TN
              1. Sarah Jane Cruze (Apr 3, 1849 - Jan 5, 1935) - 2 DNA matches
              2. James Alexander Cruze (Apr 13, 1851 - Oct 12, 1937)
              3. Rachel Elizabeth Cruze (Jan 27, 1853 - Jan 11, 1931)
              4. John Franklin Cruze (Jun 5, 1855 - Mar 25, 1950)
              5. William Aaron Cruze (Aug 13, 1857 - Jan 5, 1908) - 1 DNA match
              6. Thomas Harvey Cruze (Oct 9, 1859 - Aug 21, 1932)
              7. Mary Ann Pauline Cruze (Jul 23, 1862 - Oct 30, 1949) - 2 DNA matches
              8. Nancy Luretta Cruze (May 19, 1864 - Oct 30, 1958) - 2 DNA matches
              9. Joseph Vance Cruze (Oct 31, 1867 - Sep 6, 1953)
            10. Lucinda Margaret Cruze (Mar 18, 1870 - Dec 20, 1963)
            11. Martha Clementine Cruze (May 21, 1872 - Mar 30, 1955)
            12. Hugh Jackson Cruze (Nov 21, 1875 - Jun 18, 1973) - 3 DNA matches

    3. Leondas "Lee" Harvey Cruze (May, 1830 - May 24, 1910)
       
Married Susannah Lavinia Spangler (Jan 27, 1825 - Oct 20, 1908) in 1856

             1.
Julia Ann Cruze (Apr 28, 1857 - Jun 1, 1932)
                 Married (1) Edward Warwick (1841-1911)  (2) J William Drummer (1857-1929)
             2.
Sarah Tennessee Cruze (1861-1934)  - 1 DNA match
                 Married Ambrose Burnside Goddard (1861-1950)
             3.
James Harvey Cruze (Apr 9, 1866 - Jun 29, 1948) - 2 DNA matches

                  Married Martha Adaline McCammon (1873-1963)

    4. Lucinda Crews
(Oct 20, 1832 in Knox Co., TN - Jan 24, 1907)
        Married Michael Houser (1833-1863) on Sep 14, 1858
              1. Sarah Catherine Houser (1859-1859)
              2. James Columbus Houser (Oct 6, 1860 - Jun 2, 1936) - 3 DNA matches
                  Married Mary P. Farthing (1878-1951) in 1903
              3. Simon Francis Houser (Feb 8, 1862 - Oct 23, 1946)
                  Married Nancy Elizabeth McMurry

    5. Sarah Crews
(Jan 13, 1836 in Knox Co., TN - Jan 1, 1914 in Knox Co., TN)
        Married Labon Johnson on Sep 18, 1887

    6. Nancy Sue Crews
(Aug 28, 1838 in Knox Co., TN - Oct 30, 1917)
        Married Isaac Houser (1834-1905) on Jan 4, 1872


    7. Susannah Crews
(Jun 12, 1840 in Knox Co., TN - Mar 2, 1924 in Blount Co., TN)
        Married (1) John H. Headrick (1837-)
              1. Aaron Thomas Hedrick (Jan 1861 - Jan 14, 1938)   - 2 DNA matches
              2. William A Headrick (1863-1938)
              3. Sarah Lue Headrick (1864-1937)
              4. John Alex Headrick (1868-)
              5. Nancy E. Headrick (1870-)
              6. Lydia Catherine Headrick (1872-1962) - 4 DNA matches
              7. Franklin Headrick (1875-1961) - 1 DNA match
              8. Elijah Howell Headrick, Sr. (1877-1940)
              9. Henry Headrick (1885-1923)
        Married (2) William Marion Lee

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