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Josiah "Joe" Allen Crowley

Male 1848 - 1939  (90 years)


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  • Name Josiah "Joe" Allen Crowley  [1, 2, 3
    Nickname Joe 
    Born 25 Dec 1848  Calhoun County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Nov 1939  Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried Necessity Cemetery, Necessity, Stephens County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • "...son of Allen and Eliza (Towers) Crowley, and was born in 1848 in Calhoun County in Mississippi."

      Name Joesiah Allen Crawley
      Event Type Death
      Event Date 18 Nov 1939
      Event Place Weslaco, Hidalgo, Texas, United States
      Gender Male
      Marital Status Widowed
      Spouse Virginia Anne Crowley
      Birth Date 25 Dec 1848
      Birthplace , Mississippi
      Occupation Retired Farmer Rancher
      Father's Name Allen Crawley Born Georgia
      Mother's Name Eliza Towers Born Georgia
      Informant Miss Della Crowley, Weslaco, Texas
      Burial Ranger Texas
      Certificate Number 51401
      GS Film number 2118411
      Digital Folder Number 005144952
      Image Number 00962



      Citing this Record:
      "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3MN-M31 : accessed 17 Oct 2014), Joesiah Allen Crawley, 18 Nov 1939; citing certificate number 51401, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2118411.
    • (Research):

      Census Listings

      1900 Census
      Texas, Stephens, County, JP 5
      Enumerated 19 Jun 1900
      SD 4 ED 144 Sheet 9B
      151-155
      Crowley, Joe Head W M Dec 1848 51 M 26 Miss Ga SC Farmer
      Crowley, Virginia A Wf W F May 1852 48 M 26 10/10 Ala Ga Ga
      Crowley, Bertha A Dtr W F Nov 1875 24 S Tx Miss Ala Teacher
      Crowley, Mary E Dtr W F Feb 1877 23 S Tx Miss Ala Teacher
      Crowley, Joe P Son W M May 1879 21 S Tx Miss Ala
      Crowley, Milton Son W M Jun 1881 `8 A Rz Miaa Ala
      Crowley, Paul Son W M Sept 1883 16 S Tx Miss Ala
      Crowley, Nannie Dtr W F Jun 1887 12 S Tx Miss Ala
      Crowley, Roxie Dtgr W F Feb 1889 11 S Tx Miss Ala
      Crowley, Jim Son W M Jun 1891 8 S Tx Miss Ala
      Crowley, Della B Dtr W F Jan 1893 7 S Tx Miss Ala
    Person ID I45913  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2014 

    Family Virginia Anne McLemore,   b. 3 May 1852, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1925, Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married Abt 1874  [4
    • "Dear All, This is an article I found last summer in the Stephens Co. History Book in the Breckenridge library in Stephens Co., Texas about my gg-grandparents, one of whose sons was Paul Revere Crowley who wrote a genealogy of our family. It is Paul Revere Crowley's descendents I am looking for but am interested in all that the listserve discusses. The Josiah Allen Crowley in this article is the son of Allen Crowley and Eliza Towers, son of James and Dorcus Smith Crowley, son of Benjamin and Sarah Strong Crowley.

      Crowley, Josiah Allen (Joe) and Virginia Annie McLEMORE

      Josiah Allen (Joe) Crowley came to Texas in 1867. He did not settle down until his marriage to Virginia Annie McLemore of Sulphur Springs, Texas in 1874. He was the son of Allen and Eliza (Towers) Crowley, and was born in 1848 in Calhoun County in Mississippi.

      Three children were born to the couple while they famrmed in Sulphur Springs, and from there they moved to Palo Pinto County, where the next two children were born. In 1884, the family moved to Caddo, where the next three arrived. In 1890, they moved to the Necessity community, where the two youngest children were born. For the approximately 30 years they lived in the community, they were active members of the Mouuntain Vallley Missionary Baptist Church.

      After their children were grown and married, Joe and Annie Crowley moved to the lower Rio Grande Valley, and farmed there from 1919 until she died in Weslaco in 1925. He died there in 1939. Both are buried in the Necessity Cemetery.

      Their children were: ANNIE BERTHA CROWLEY (1875-1944) married ADDIE F. LANGFORD of Necessity; MARY ETTA CROWLEY (1878-1945) married to THOMAS F. LANGFORD of Necessity; JOE PERRY CROWLEY (1879-1946) married BESSIE ALLEN CHALK of Post; LOUIS MILTON CROWLEY (1881- ) married HATTIE ANDREWS OF Necessity; PAUL REVERE CROWLEY (1883-) married Annie Ruth MCKASTLE of Durant, Ok.; JOHN W. CROWLEY (1885-1936) married BULA EDWARDS of Necessity; NANNIE CROWLEY (1888-1915) buried Necessity; ROXIE ANNA CROWLEY (1889-1915) buried Necessity; JAMES ALLEN CROWLEY (1890-) married BULA CAREY OF CADDO ; DELLA BELLE CROWLEY (1892-).

      Both MILTON CROWLEY and JIM CROWLEY lived their entire lives in Stephens County. Submitted by Helen Hart Luckett"

      Sincerely, Flynn Fuller (son of Otto and Roxie Lee Crowley Fuller - daughter of John William Ive and > Beulah Belle Edwards Crowley - son of Josiah Allen and Virginia Annie McLEMORE Crowley in the article).
    Children 
     1. Annie Bertha Crowley,   b. 4 Sep 1875, Palo Pinto County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1944, Hidalgo County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     2. Mary Etta Crowley,   b. 25 Jan 1878, Palo Pinto County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1945, Mercedes, Hidalgo County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     3. Joe Perry Crowley,   b. May 1879, Palo Pinto County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Louis Milton Crowley,   b. Jun 1881, Palo Pinto County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Paul Revere Crowley,   b. Sep 1883, Palo Pinto County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. John W. Crowley,   b. Oct 1885, Caddo, Stephens County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Nannie Crowley,   b. 25 Feb 1888, Caddo, Stephens County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jun 1915, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
     8. Roxie Anna Crowley,   b. 23 Jun 1889, Caddo, Stephens County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1915, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)
     9. James "Jim" Allen Crowley,   b. 9 Dec 1890, Necessity, Stephens County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 1971, Breckenridge, Stephens County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     10. Della Belle Crowley,   b. Jan 1893, Necessity, Stephens County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2014 
    Family ID F13639  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Stephens, County, JP 5 Enumerated 19 Jun 1900 SD 4 ED 144 Sheet 9B 151-155 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 111819420 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/).

    4. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Stephens, County, JP 5 Enumerated 19 Jun 1900 SD 4 ED 144 Sheet 9B 151-155 Shown as married 26 years (Reliability: 3).