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John Webster Crocker

Male 1848 - 1936  (88 years)


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  • Name John Webster Crocker  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 20 Jan 1848  Attica, Seneca County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 11 Feb 1936  Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Drove a carriage for lumberman W.R. Burt of Saginaw, Michigan.

      Cass City Chronicle
      February 14, 1936
      Page 1

      Former Cass City Resident Dead

      John Crocker, who had been a resident in the vicinity of Cass City for 37 years, died at his home in Saginaw on Tuesday, February 11, at the age of 87 years. Funeral services were conducted in the Cass City Evangelical church by Rev. G.A. Spitler Thursday afternoon and burial was made in Elkland cemetery. Mr. Crocker was born in the state of Ohio. He made his home in Saginaw before coming to Cass City and ten years ago returned to Saginaw where her has since resided. Fifty seven years ago he was united in marriage with Miss Mary BENKELMAN who survives him. Mr. Crocker had been in good health up to the time of his 87th birthday on January 20. Besides the widow, one daugther and five sons are left to mourn his departure. They are Mrs. Julia GIBBS, Fred, Henry and George, all of Saginaw, and Louis and Ben of Cass City. He also leaves fourteen grandchildren. Mr. Crocker was a member of the Cass City Evangelical church during his residence here while in Saginaw he was an attendant of a Methodist church as long as his health and age permitted.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)
    Person ID I12670  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Family Maria "Mary" Dorothea Benkelman,   b. 23 Feb 1857, Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Mar 1952, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Marriage 10 Mar 1879  Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Children 
     1. Julia D. Crocker,   b. 23 Dec 1878, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 May 1965, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     2. John Frederick Crocker,   b. 23 Apr 1880, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1947, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     3. Henry Koch Crocker,   b. 17 Nov 1883, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1958, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     4. Louis F. Crocker,   b. 21 Jul 1888, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1966, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     5. George B. Crocker,   b. 23 Oct 1893, Buena Vista Township, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1988, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
     6. Benniett "Ben" Hezekiah Crocker,   b. 29 Apr 1900, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1993, New Port Richey, Pasco County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    Family ID F5212  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Jul 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Jan 1848 - Attica, Seneca County, Ohio Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 Mar 1879 - Saginaw County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Feb 1936 - Saginaw County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.

    2. [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, February 14, 1936 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 162 (Reliability: 3).