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The info I found with a quick check is as follows: Louisa Jane Crooke (Crook) born 1823
in the vacinity of Lawrence/Daviess Co., Indiana. The first daughter of Asa and Elizabeth
Betsy (Ellison) Crooke
Asa Crooke
Birth: 22 Jul 1801 in , , Kentucky
Death: 2 Dec 1892 in Odon, Daviess, Indiana
Sex: M
Father: John, Major Crooke b. 10 Feb 1766 in St. Mary's Co, MD
Mother: Ann Doggett Reeves b. 30 Apr 1767 in Fauquier Co, Virginia, source: Shirley Owen
of Bedford , IN
Burial: 1892 Scotland, Greene Co, Indiana
Comment 1: 13 Jul 1892 Married 70 years, announced in Odon Journal
Comment 2: 3 Dec 1892 Odon Journal reports Asa died at the home of John Haig on Main St,
Odon.
Spouses & Children
Elizabeth Betsy Ellison (Wife) b. About 1803 in Kentucky
Marriage: 13 JUL 1822 in Bedford, Lawrence Co, Indiana
Marriage License: in Book A, page 62
Children:
1. Louisa Jane Crooke b. About 1823 in Lawrence or
Daviess Co, Indiana
2. Anderson Boyd Crooke b. 1825
3. John R Crooke b. 1833 in Probably Lawrence Co, Indiana
4. Urbana Crooke b. 1836
5. George W Crooke b. 1838
6. Martha A Crooke b. 1841 in Indiana
7. Caroline Crooke b. 1845
According to the "History of Greene & Sullivan Counties, Indiana" by
Goodspeed Brothers, 1884 page 257, Asa Crook was the Postmaster in Greene Co.
Hope this helps in some small way.