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Surnames: Crabb and Clevenger
Classification: Query
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William Clevenger Crabb born 30 Nov 1808 in Ross County, Ohio and died on 4 Apr 1876
married four times:
1. Suzanna Easter on 27 Dec 1824 in Highland County, Ohio
2. Sarah Williams on 19 Dec 1828 in Ross County, Ohio
3. Ann Maddox on 12 Aug 1842 in Ross County, Ohio
4. Sarah McIntire on 13 Jan 1849 in Madison County, Ohio
Source: Marriage Records of Highland, Ross and Madison Counties, Ohio.
William Clevenger Crabb and his 1st wife Susanna Easter had 1 child Silas Blunt Crabb.
Silas Blunt Crabb married Elizabeth Wallace and had children Susan who married William R.
Jones, Martha J. Ruth Ann who married Richard A. Compton, John, Lucy married William H.
Cutshall, Zorelda, Phoebe, Lavina who married Harry Shaeffer, Robert W. who married and
had son Dutch, Charles H. and Josie Crabb.
William Clevenger Crabb and his 2nd wife Sarah Williams had four children: Mary Ann who
married William Wesley Hall, Sarah J. who married Amrose Proper Fitch, Cirana who married
Mr. Harrison, Rebecca Jane who married Mr. Grimm, and Martha M. Crabb.
William Clevenger Crabb and his 3rd wife Ann Maddox had two children: Amelia C. and
Elizabeth Crabb.
William Clevenger Crabb and his 4th wife, a young Sarah McIntire had eight children:
George O. who married Harriett Peters, John W., Reuben Henry who married Louisa Matilda
Holton, Allen D., Frank N., Emma, Milton, and Bernard Mark Crabb who married Ettie Eckert.
William Clevenger Crabb's siblings are: Martin B., Jemima M. who married James
Longerbone and William Buffits, Sarah, Margaret, Ausmond who married Catherine Brumley,
James who married Eleanor Bodley, Reuben who married Sarah Ann Shepherd, Henry, and Mary
Crabb.
William Clevenger Crabb's parents are Reuben Crabb who was born 1779/1780 in Berkeley
County, Virginia and died in 1827 at the age of 55 in Pickaway County, Ohio and is buried
in the Pleasant Cemetery, St. Sterling, Pickaway, Ohio and Mary or Polly Clevenger who was
born in 1785 in Frederick County, Virginia and died in Highland County, Ohio. Mary or
Polly Clevenger Crabb is buried in the Hillsborough, Highland, Ohio Cemtery beside her
parents William Clevenger and Frances Acker and beside her husband's father or her
father-in-law Thomas Crabb who was christened 1 Mar 1746 in North Hill, Cornwall, England
and died 1805 in Hillsborough, Highland, Ohio.
Source: Adjoining Crabb and Clevenger family plots, Hillsborough Cemetery.
Reuben Crabb and Mary or Polly Clevenger were married on 24 Mar 1804 in Chillicothe, Ross,
Ohio. Source: Ross County, Ohio Marriage Records in Probate Court.
Sources: Crabb Family Genealogy, History and Family Bibles of 3 Crabbe Descendants:
2 living as of date and descend through Reuben Crabb's [born 1779] brother Henderson
Crabb.
1 deceased Feb 2002 who descends through William Clevenger Crabb's brother Reuben
Crabb and I have his research in my possession.
Question: Did William C. Knowles marry Martha M. Crabb born about 1838 in Ohio or
Elizabeth Crabb born about 1846 in Ohio or both?