The CRUMBAUGH/CRUMBACH Family

of

Maryland, Kentucky and Illinois


I would like to express my appreciation to Paul Frost who provided much of the information on the early generations of this family.

FIRST GENERATION

JOHANNES CRUMBACH1, son of Johannes and Maria Margaretha (Voltz) Grumbach, was baptized on 2 Jan 1706 [IGI (1988)] at Boebingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He died after 26 Sep 1764.


Johannes Crumbach married Maria Catharina Voltz. Catharina was born abt 1705 and died on 11 Nov 1741. Johannes arrived at Philadephia, Pennsylvania, aboard the Britannia on September 26, 1764, with his son Conrath. Although this father-son relationship has not been proven evidence indicates that it is correct.

               Children:

               i Johan Conrad 1733-1808 m. Anna Margaretha Seideman

SECOND GENERATION

JOHAN CONRAD CRUMBACH2 (Johannes1), son of Johannes and Maria Catharina (Voltz) Crumbach, was born on 23 Dec 1733 at Boebingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He died in 1808 at Frederick Co., Maryland, and is buried there.


Conrad married Anna Margaretha Seideman on 11 Nov 1767 at Frederick Co., Maryland [St. Peter's (now Grace) Lutheran Church, Rocky Hill, near Woodboro, Maryland]. Margaretha, was the daughter of ohann Jacob and Anna Margaretha Seidemann. She is buried at Frederick Co., Maryland.

Conrad arrived at Philadephia aboard the ship Britannia on September 26, 1764, with his father. He later moved to Frederick County, Maryland. Conrad appears in the records of St. Peter's Church, Rocky Hill; and the Moncacy Church of Frederick Co., Maryland, and its successor church, the Lutheran Church of Frederick Town. In December 1790 he purchased two tracts in Frederick Co., Maryland, "Crumbaugh's Chance" 60 acres and "Lock's Chance" 11 acres. Simon Crumbaugh filed final accounting as administrator of Conrad Crumbaugh, dec'd, on 25 Jul 1808.

                
               Children:

               i.    Johannes        1768-          m. Maria Schneider
               ii.   Simon           1772-1842      m. Phoebe Devilbiscz
               iii.  Jacob           1775-c1777
               iv.   Jacob           1777-          m. Louisa Schneider
               v.    Solomon         1779-1853      m. Mary Winters
               vi.   David           1784-1840      m. Catherine Renner 
               vii.  Anna Barabara   1784-          m. Henry Shank
               viii. Catherine       1786-1876      m. Jacob Reich 
               ix.   Heinrich        1789-1877      m. Sarah Baldock 
               x.    Daniel          1791-1874      m. 1)Susan Winters 
                                                    m. 2)Martha Mitchell Robinson 
               xi.   Peter 
               xii.  Margareth       1794- 

THIRD GENERATION

JOHANNES CRUMBAUGH3 (Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Johann Conrad and Anna Margaretha (Seideman) Crumbaugh, was born on 20 Aug 1768 at Frederick Co., Maryland.

Johannes married Maria Schneider on 28 Sep 1794 at Frederick Co., Maryland.

               Children:

               i. John m. Charlotte Crumbaugh

SIMON CRUMBAUGH3 (Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Johann Conrad and Anna Margaretha (Seideman) Crumbaugh, was born on 24 Oct 1772 [Holdcraft @291] at Woodsboro, Maryland. He died 12 Nov 1842 and is buried at Frederick Co., Maryland. [Holdcraft @291]

Simon married Phoebe "Phil" Devilbiscz on 19 Nov 1795 at Frederick Co., Maryland. Phoebe was born on 10 Feb 1772. [Holdcraft @291] She died on 9 Jun 1851 and is buried at Frederick Co., Maryland. [Holdcraft @291]

               Children:

               i.  John D.    1797-1874 m. Susanna Baugher
               ii. Gideon D.  1806-1892 m. Elizabeth L. Reid

JACOB CRUMBAUGH3 (Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Johann Conrad and Anna Margaretha (Seideman), was born on 14 Jul 1777 at Frederick Co., Maryland. He was probably dead by 1830.

Jacob married Louisa Schneider. Louisa, born abt 1778 at Frederick Co., Maryland. She died on 15 November 1852 of consumption at Franklin Co., Kentucky.
Jacob and family had moved to Kentucky by 1820, when he was listed in the federal census for Franklin Co., Kentucky.

               Children:

               i.    Catherine        1806-1887     m. Alexander Connell
               ii.   Margaret        c1806-         m. Jacob Smith 
               iii.  Phoebe          c1810-c1821 
               iv.   George          c1812-         m. Mary Ann -
               v.    Charlotte       c1813-         m. John Crumbaugh 
               vi.   Susan           c1814-         m. Jacob Smith
               vii.  Louisa          c1812-         m. Henry Murray
               viii. Mary            c1816-c1854    m. John Clarke 

SOLOMON CRUMBAUGH3 (Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Johann Conrad and Anna Margaretha (Seideman) Crumbaugh, was born on 3 Nov 1779 at Frederick Co., Maryland Extraction Index]. He died 6 Oct 1853 at Scott Co., Kentucky [County Death Record].

Solomon married Mary Winters on 13 Dec 1804. Mary, apparently the daughter of Jacob Winters, was born in 1781 and died on 20 May 1865.


Solomon lived on a farm two or three miles from Georgetown, Kentucky, where he had a saw and grist mill and cheese factory. Mrs. Letta B. Stone visited the old homestead in 1925 and saw what remained of the farmhouse. It was of ample dimensions, two stories high, with dormer windows, a central staircase and two enormous stone chimneys at the ends of the house. These stones had been cut by hand from rock cliffs on the farm and were so perfect that no cement was used in the building of a new house for which these chimneys were torn down. [Stone, Letta B. The West Family Register, 1928, pp. 184]
Solomon's will was dated December 24, 1852, and probated in October 1853. He mentions his wife Mary, his sons John W. and Henry, and his daughters Eliza Graham and Mary Jane Hunt. The will was witnessed by L.B. Dickman and (George Sappadd). [Probate records, Scott Co., Kentucky, Book M, p. 205]

               Children:

               i.   John Winter      1805-1880      m. Elizabeth M. Johnson 
               ii.  Margaret         1807-          m. Joseph Evans
               iii. Montgomery       1813-1880      m. Mary Anne West
               iv.  Eliza            1813-          m. David F. Graham  
               v.   Henry            1818-1900 
               vi.  Mary Jane        1824-          m. Wilson L. Hunt
               vii. Sarah Ann        1827-1848

DAVID CRUMBAUGH3 (Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Johann Conrad and Anna Margaretha (Seideman) Crumbaugh, was born on 22 Sep 1784. [Holdcraft @290] He died 4 Jul 1840 and is buried in St. Peter's Rocky Hill Lutheran Church Cemetery, Frederick Co., Maryland [Holdcraft @290].

David married Catherine Renner on 31 Jul 1803. Catherine was born on 30 Jul 1773 in Maryland. She died on 2 Oct 1852 and is buried in St.Peter's Rocky Hill Lutheran Church Cemetery, Frederick Co., Maryland [Holdcraft @290].

               Child:

               i.   Elizabeth c1803-c1863    m. Andrew Fogle

ANNA BARBARA CRUMBAUGH SHANK3 (Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), daughter of Johann Conrad and Anna Margaretha (Seideman) Crumbaugh, born 13 Apr 1784 at Frederick Co., Maryland.


She married Henry Shank on 30 Apr 1812 at Frederick Co., Maryland. This family later moved to Ohio.

   Children:

               i.   Jeremiah 
               ii.  Absalom 
               iii. Israel           m. Eveline C. Read
               iv.  John             m. Lydia Hawkins
               v.   George           m. Rebecca Hawkins
               vi.  Margaret         m. Horace Ankony       
               vii. Mary Catherine   m. Jonathan Whipp

CATHERINE CRUMBAUGH REICH3 (Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), daughter of Johann Conrad and Anna Margaretha (Seideman) Crumbaugh, was born on 11 Sep 1786 at Frederick Co., Maryland. She died on 18 Mar 1876.


She married Jacob Reich on 2 Apr 1811 at Frederick Co., Maryland. Jacob, born on 29 Apr 1788. He died on 26 Apr 1864 at LeRoy, McLean Co., Illinois.

               Children:

               i.   Greenberry       1813-
               ii.  Mordecai Henry   1816-
               iii. Enoch            1819-                            
               iv.  Ann W.           1822-1823              
               v.   Rebecca A.       1824-1825

HEINRICH, better known as HENRY CRUMBAUGH3 (Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Johann Conrad and Anna Margaretha (Seideman) Crumbaugh, was born on 18 Apr 1789 at Frederick Co., Maryland. He died on 22 Oct 1877 at LeRoy, McLean Co., Illinois. He was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois.


Henry married Sarah Baldock in Apr 1820. Sarah was born in 1802 and died on 2 Feb 1885. She, too, is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois. Henry received his schooling at Frederick County, Maryland, very much as other boys did. He was very skillful in boxing and wrestling, and while between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-one, he never found his match. In the year 1810 he moved to Kentucky. During the winter of 1819 he started from Frankfort, Kentucky, to New Orleans, with four flatboats, with freight belonging to Col. Johnson. He made the trip down the river in ten days, but was made very sick by drinking the river water. He received for his pay two hundred dollars for each boat. He returned on horseback through the Indian territory, and passed over land belonging to the Chocktaws and Chickasaws. They treated him with the greatest kindness. He moved his family to Elkhart Grove, in Sangamon County, Illinois, in 1828, and to Buckles' Grove, McLean County, in March, 1830, and settled on the land south of present day LeRoy, Illinois. He had many adventures on what was then the frontier. He was about six feet in height. In his younger days he was very strong. He sometimes liked to attend a horserace, but never was carried away by such sport. He was, in his younger days, a man of steady nerve, a good hunter and an accurate shot. [Duis, E. The Good Old Times in McLean County, Illinois, 1874, pages 547-550]

               Children:

               i.    Emily                   1821-1826 
               ii.   Narcissie               1824-     m. Simpson E. Thompson  
               iii.  James Henry Lyon        1826-1904 m. Amanda Melcena Buck 
               iv.   Emily                   1828-1838
               v.    Nancy H.                1830-1833
               vi.   Louisiana C.            1834-1866
               vii.  John Edgar Howard       1837-1925 m. Margaret Pemberton
               viii. Andrew Jackson          1840-     m. Mary Frances Shank
               ix.   Allen Montgomery        1842-1844
               x.    Lewis Cass              1845-1938 m. Rachel Belle Travis

DANIEL CRUMBAUGH3 (Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Johann Conrad and Anna Margaretha (Seideman) Crumbaugh, was born on 7 Dec 1791 at Frederick Co., Maryland. He died on 19 May 1874. He is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois.


Daniel married Susan Winters in 1816 at Scott, Kentucky. Susan, daughter of Jacob Winters, died in 1823. She is buried in Scott Co., Kentucky.


Daniel married Martha Mitchell Robinson on 18 Jan 1825 at Georgetown, Kentucky. Martha was born on 19 Aug 1805 at North Carolina. She died on 4 Jun 1857. She is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois.


Daniel received a little schooling in Frederick County, Maryland, "but not enough to hurt him." He used to assist the scholars in barring out the schoolmaster on Christmas days. At one time they compelled the teacher to give them two weeks' vacation, but he compelled the parents to pay him for these two weeks as if school had been in session, and some of the scholars came pretty near "catching it" from their angry fathers in consequence. In 1812 Mr. Crumbaugh came west to Cincinnati, and from there went to Scott County, Kentucky. In 1813 he enlisted in the army under the command of Colonel Richard M. Johnson to fight against the British and Indians. He went first to Fort Meigs on the Miami Rapids above where Toledo now stands, where General Harrison has a garrison. From there they went to Lower Sandusky on Lake Erie, then back home to recruit their horse. They were then sent to Kaskaskia, Illinois. This town was threatened by Indians, and it seemed that the place which was afterwards to be the first capital of the Sucker State was to be blotted out entirely. But the Indians were headed off, and the regiment to which Mr. Crumbaugh belonged was sent back to Fort Meigs. While there they heard the roar of the guns during the battle when Commodore Perry gained his celebrated victory over the British on Lake Erie. Shortly after this they went to Detroit, crossed over to Windsor (then called Sandwich) and followed the British and Indians under the Command of General Proctor and the chief Tecumseh. At the River Thames the enemy made a stand and here was fought the battle which practically closed the contest in the north. The enemy was completely defeated, with the loss of baggage and eight hundred prisoners and a large number of killed and wounded. Tecumseh was among the slain. It has been a matter of speculation as to who killed him. Mr. Crumbaugh can shed no light upon it. Col. R.M. Johnson, the commander of the regiment, was wounded five times. The muskets used by the Americans in this battle were the old flintlocks, and the cartridges contained a ball and two buck-shot. The regiment opposed to the one in which Mr. Crumbaugh served was the Forty-fourth Irish regiment, commanded by Colonel Baubee. When the battle was over, the company to which Mr. Crumbaugh belonged was sent as a guard for General Harrison and the captured British officers, down to Lake St. Clair where they took shipping and came to Detroit. There they remained until Harrison made a treaty with some tribes of Indians, and then returned home to Georgetown, Kentucky. There Mr. Crumbaugh lived a rough-and-tumble life for some years. In 1828 he moved to Elkhart Grove in Sangamon County, and on the sixth of March, 1830, he moved to Buckles' Grove, McLean County, Illinois, where he lived the rest of his life. He was six feet and four inches in height. [Duis, E. The Good Old Times in McLean County, Illinois, 1874, pages 550-553]

               Children: (Daniel and Susan (Winters) Crumbaugh)

               i.    William Henry 1817-     m. Sian Sirah Baldock
               ii.   John Jacob    1819-1847
               iii.  Ann Margaret  1820-     m. Thomas Wiley
               iv.   Susan Jane    1823-1824

               Children: (Daniel and Martha (Robinson) Crumbaugh)

               i.    Sarah E.          1826-1857 m. William P. Craig
               ii.   Mary Catharine    1827-     m. Charles Cope
               iii.  Leonard Alexander 1829-1900 m. Sarah Margaret Wiley
               iv.   James Thomas      1832-1905 m. Elizabeth Jane Wiley
               v.    Daniel Thomas     1832-1910 m. 1)Margaret Wiley
                                                    2)Laura Anna Stine
               vi.   Emily Maria       1834-     m. John Rees
               vii.  Francis Marion    1837-1899 m. Rebecca Riddle         
               viii. Caroline Turner   1839-1873 m. Anthony Rogers
               ix.   Martha Cary       1841-1907 m. George W. Bartlett
               x.    Nancy Turner      1844-1923 m. 1)Anderson M. Connell
                                                    2)Robert Hamilton
               xi.   Sinah Guilford    1848-1869 m. William Bartlett

FOURTH GENERATION

JOHN CRUMBAUGH4 (Johannes3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), was the son of Johannes and Maria (Schneider) Crumbaugh.


John married Charlotte Crumbaugh on 5 Jan 1832. John and Charlotte and their family lived in Frankfort, Kentucky.

JOHN D. CRUMBAUGH4 (Simon3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Simon and Crumbaugh, was born on 21 Jul 1797 in Maryland [Holdcraft @291]. He died on 8 Jun 1874. [Holdcraft @291]. He is buried at Glade Reformed Cemetery, Walkersville, Maryland.


He married Susanna Baugher. She was born 11 Mar 1798 [Holdcraft @291] in Pennsylvania [1850 census]. She died on 17 Aug 1853 [Holdcraft @291]. She is buried at Glade Reformed Cemetery, Walkersville, Maryland.

               Children:

               i.   Phoebe    c1826-c1903 m. 1)Frederick Shank
                                             2)Jacob Feiser
               ii.  Henrietta c1826-
               iii. John S.   c1832-

GIDEON D. CRUMBAUGH4 (Simon3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Simon and Crumbaugh, was born on 12 Feb 1806 at Frederick Co., Maryland. He died on 20 Oct 1892 and is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois.

He married Elizabeth L. Reid in 1829 at Dayton, Ohio. Elizabeth, was born on 13 May 1811 at Dayton, Ohio. She died on 23 Aug 1867 and is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois.

He married Parmelia Watters on 29 Jul 1869 at McLean Co, Illinois [County Record Index]. Parmelia was born on 5 May 1813 and died on 17 Apr 1887. She is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois. Parmelia was the widow of James Wiley.

               Children:

               i.    Elizabeth L.            1830-1832
               ii.   Simon Calvin            1831- 
               iii.  George Frederick Barnick 1833-1913 m. Margaret C. -
               iv.   Mary Jane               1834-1858
               v.    Charles David           1836-1862 
               vi.   Frances Mary            1838-
               vii.  Catherine Sophia        1839-1924 m. Stephen Lewis Bishop
               viii. Margaret Ann            1842-     m. 1) Mr. Kennedy
                                                          2) Mr. Stauffer
               ix.   Gideon Reid             1844-1844
               x.    Laura Elizabeth         1845-1865 
               xi.   Frances Virginia        1847-     m. William H. Bartlett
               xii.  Emily Charlotte         1849-
               xiii. Gideon Scott            1851-1883 
               xiv.  Cornelia Clementine     1853-1853
               xv.   Lucy Ann                1854-1854

MARY CRUMBAUGH CLARKE4 (Jacob3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), born abt 1816 at Frankfort, Franklin Co., Kentucky; died abt 1857 at Frankfort, Franklin Co., Kentucky. [Records of the Church of the Ascension (Episcopal) Frankfort, Kentucky]


Mary married John Clarke on 28 Feb 1833 at Franklin Co., Kentucky. John was born in 1810 at Culpeper Co., Virginia. John had moved to Streator, Illinois, by 1880, when he was listed in the federal census living with his daughter Margaret and her husband.

               Children:

               i.    Alice                   1836-1894 m. 1)John Tutt
                                                          2)John Ivins
               ii.   Catherine               1837-
               iii.  Henrietta Josephine     1840-
               iv.   Margaret Ann            1841-
               v.    Virginia                1843-
               vi.   Henry Iseminger         1847-
               vii.  John Edgar              1848-
               viii. Mattie                  1853-1853
               ix.   Lazarus Powell          1853-
               x.    George Marion Norton    1857- 

JOHN WINTER CRUMBAUGH4 (Solomon3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Solomon and Mary (Winters) Crumbaugh, was born on 21 Oct 1805 in Kentucky. He died on 30 Jul 1880.


He married Elizabeth M. Johnson on 3 Feb 1825. She was born on 18 Mar 1803 in Kentucky. He was a miller and was living in Scott Co., Kentucky, in 1850.

               Children:

               i.   Jonathan H.      c1830-
               ii.  J. S.            c1833-
               iii. W. M.            c1836-
               iv.  D. S. D.         c1839-
               v.   A. H. G.         c1841-
               vi.  T. F. G.         c1844-

MONTGOMERY "BUCK" CRUMBAUGH4 (Solomon3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Solomon and Mary (Winters) Crumbaugh, was born on 4 Jun 1813 at Scott Co., Kentucky [West Family Register @184]. He died on 15 Jul 1880 at McLean Co., Illinois, and is buried at Gilmore Cemetery, Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois [West Family Register @184].
Montgomery married Mary Anne West on 8 Jul 1841 [West Family Register @184]. Mary, daughter of Henry and Mary (Liter) West, was born on 12 Nov 1824 at Bourbon Co., Kentucky [West Family Register @184]. She died on 3 Nov 1861 at McLean Co., Illinois [West Family Register @184], and is buried at Gilmore Cemetery, Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois. Montgomery was very large and very "dressy," as his sister-in-law, Martha Hedrick, said, and was called "Uncle Bucky" by his young relatives.

He was an old bachelor when he was married to Mary Anne West, who was just sixteen. He had been brought up in a household of amplitude where even the drinking cups were of solid silver and these cups, a silver tea service and many dozens of silver spoons of various sizes are in the possession of relatives today. However, due to an ill will between Montgomery and his father, all he ever received from his parents was a feather bed, which his mother secretly slipped out of a window to him.

After Montgomery and Mary had been married three months, they moved to Illinois in a two-horse wagon. They settled three and a half miles south of LeRoy in McLean County and entered land in Empire Township, McLean County. He bought the log cabin standing on the property and the family lived there until they were able to make improvements. Their homestead was in Section 31, Empire Township (250 N 2495 E) on the south side of the road. They owned 80 acres in Section 31 and 60 acres in Section 32. The house burned down and there is little evidence of the homestead now. So little did Montgomery think of the value of farm land in that day that at one time, when land was about fifteen dollars an acre, Mr. Crumbaugh kept fifteen hundred dollars in the bank rather than lose it by investment in cheap land. Seventy-five years later that same land sold for $300 an acre. During the Civil War Montgomery was Empire Township Supervisor from 1861-1862.

                                Children:

               i.    Mary Ann                
               ii.   Mary Jane               1842-1923 m. Michael Curtis
               iii.  Martha Ann              1844-1849 
               iv.   Margaret Elizabeth      1846-1883 m. Andrew J. Deffenbaugh
               v.    Sarah Lucinda           1848-     m. John B. Savage
               vi.   Henry West              1851-1913 m. Permelia F. Ross
               vii.  Louisa Ellen            1853-     m. Joseph J. Kraps
               viii. Milton Montgomery       1856-     m. Ida A. Hall
               ix.   Mattie Eliza            1858-     m. Enock Brock
               x.    Clarence Simeon         1860-1940 m. 1)Catherine Scott
                                                          2) Ethel Thompson

ELIZA CRUMBAUGH GRAHAM4 (Solomon3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), daughter of Solomon and Mary (Winters) Crumbaugh, was born on 4 Jun 1813.
She married David Graham.

               Children:

               i.  Richard 
               ii. Eliza Pemberton 

ELIZABETH CRUMBAUGH4 (David3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), daughter of David and Catherine (Renner) Crumbaugh, was born about 1803 in Maryland. She died about the year 1863.


She married Andrew Fogle. Andrew was born about the year 1804 at Frederick Co., Maryland. He died about the year 1862 at Frederick Co., Maryland. He was a weaver by trade and had his own shop. He was a supporter of the Democratic Party and was connected with the Dunkard Church. [Williams, History of Frederick Co., MD, @1318] In the 1850 federal census his occupation was listed as farmer.

               Children:

               i.   David E.         c1827-
               ii.  William H.       c1827-1907
               iii. Emanuel           1827-
               iv.  Daniel
               v.   Mary
               vi.  Catharine
               vii. Susanna

JAMES HENRY LYON CRUMBAUGH4 (Henry3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Henry and Sarah (Baldock) Crumbaugh, was born on 1 May 1826 at Henderson Co., Kentucky. He died on 6 Mar 1904 and is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois.


James married Amanda Melcena Buck on 28 Sep 1851 at McLean Co., Illinois [County Record Index]. Amanda, daughter of , was born on 10 Jul 1828 at Switzerland, Indiana. She died on 8 Mar 1926 and is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois.

When James Crumbaugh was two years old his father moved to Springfield, Illinois, and afterwards to Elkhart Grove. There the family remained two years and then came to Buckles' Grove, McLean Co., Illinois. He received his early education at the Claywater school, which was kept about one mile south of the present town of Leroy. He went four miles to school to receive instruction from William Johnson, who, when barred out, treated his scholars to whisky and made them intoxicated. Mr. Crumbaugh afterwards went to the first school in Leroy, and his wife attended the same. His teacher was 'Squire Lincoln. In 1840 Mr. Crumbaugh had an opportunity to go to Chicago, which was then a town of thirty-five hundred people. Old Fort Dearborn, the block house and the palisades were still standing. Mr. Crumbaugh went on his first wolf hunt when he was only nine years of age. His father caught wolves in a pen with a lid to it. When the wolf came to eat the bait placed there for him, it touched the trigger, which let down the log and held him in the pen. Mr. Crumbaugh has often chased wolves and caught them. When they are chased in the winter time, they take to the ice on the creeks and loughs. Mr. Crumbaugh has seen a wolf follow a slough in all its angles and turns and get quite away from the dogs, for it had longer claws and was lighter built. Mr. Crumbaugh's wife was a school-mate of her husband in the days when they were young. After their marriage they lived with Henry Crumbaugh until 1857, when they moved to a farm about three miles southwest of Leroy in Empire township. Mr. Crumbaugh is five feet and ten inches high.

               Children:

               i.   Laura Elizabeth  1852- m. William Scott Lafferty
               ii.  Edith Mae        1856- m. Charles Lafferty
               iii. Hiram Henry      1861-

JOHN EDGAR HOWARD CRUMBAUGH4 (Henry3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Henry and Sarah (Baldock) Crumbaugh, was born on 3 Aug 1837 [Duis @550]. He died on 18 Dec 1925 and is buried at Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois.


John married Margaret Pemberton on 29 Dec 1859 at McLean Co., Illinois [County Record Index]. Margaret was born on 4 Oct 1833 and died on 3 Jun 1921. She is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois.

               Children:

               i.   Simeon H.  1861-1864 
               ii.  Ella Martha          m. Thomas L. Wiley
               iii. Cora May   1873-1934 m. Orla L. Ellers

ANDREW JACKSON CRUMBAUGH4 (Henry3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Henry and Sarah (Baldock) Crumbaugh, was born on 5 Sep 1840 [Duis @550]. He is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois.


Andrew married Mary Frances Shank on 7 Nov 1867. Mary, dau. of George Shank and Rebecca Hawkins, was born on 3 Oct 1848. She died on 3 Jan 1929 and is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois.

               Children:

               i.  Etta Bell   1871-1960 
               ii. Clara Ethel 1875-1957

LEWIS CASS CRUMBAUGH4 (Henry3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Henry and Sarah (Baldock) Crumbaugh, was born on 19 Mar 1845 [Duis @550]. He died on 27 Jan 1938; buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois.


Lewis married Rachel Belle Travis on 22 Nov 1866. Rachel was born on 11 Feb 1845 and died on 13 Feb 1944. She is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois.
Lewis whose father, Henry Crumbaugh, was a great cattle man, spent his boyhood summers herding cattle and his winters feeding them. They used an "old Virginia Wagon" which was made entirely out of wood and built out wide over the wheels so it would hold 150 bushels of corn. Every night they would round up the cattle and put them in the "poind" to keep them from the wolves, and many times Mr. Crumbaugh shot both wolves and deer on the prairie. On Sunday it was a regular chore to salt the cattle in the morning and in the afternoon he would ride horseback to the Brittin schoolhouse where Sunday school was held. At that time there were only four houses between Old Town and the Mackinaw timber near Colfax, a distance of 15 miles. He married Miss Rachel Travis of Indian Grove, south of Fairbury. At the time there were only two buggies in this part of the county, so he borrowed one to bring home his bride. He had to get his license in Pontiac. It rained and snowed and froze and it took him all day to make the trip. They commenced farming in a two-room house built near his father. He bought his first table at a sale for 25 cents. [The LeRoy Bi-Centennial Commission, Heritage of the Praire: A History of LeRoy and of Empire and West Townships, McLean County, Illinois, 1976, @23]

               Children:

               i.   Alice     1867-1958
               ii.  Ada 
               iii. Charles E. 
               iv.  Grace     1878-1884
               v.   George    1883-1896

WILLIAM HENRY CRUMBAUGH4 (Daniel3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Daniel and Susan (Winter) Crumbaugh, was born on 30 May 1817 [Duis @552].


William Crumbaugh married Sian Sirah Baldock in 1839 at McLean Co., Illinois [County Record Index]. In 1860 they were living in Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois. They later moved to Johnson Co., Missouri.

               Children:

               i.   Virginia         c1839-
               ii.  Richard H.L.     c1843-
               iii. James K.P.       c1844-
               iv.  Charles A.       c1853-
               v.   Anne                     m. Mr. Owens
               vi.  Florence D.      c1857-  m. Mr. Scott.

ANN MARGARET CRUMBAUGH WILEY4 (Daniel3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Daniel and Susan (Winter) Crumbaugh, was born on 2 Dec 1820 [Duis @552].


Ann married Thomas Wiley in 1856 at McLean Co., Illinois [County Record Index]. They lived at Mourtrie Co., Illinois.

Children:

               i.   James 
               ii.  Thomas Lee 
               iii. Martha 

SARAH E. CRUMBAUGH CRAIG4 (Daniel3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Daniel and Martha Mitchell (Robinson) Crumbaugh, was born on 6 Apr 1826. She died on 6 Apr 1857.
She married William P. Craig in 1849 at McLean Co., Illinois [County Record Index].

              Children: 

               i. Mary Martha     1850- 
              ii. Sarah E.        1850-1857
             iii. John Willis     1854- 
              iv. James Buchanan  1856-
               v. Daniel Thomas 

MARY CATHERINE CRUMBAUGH COPE4 (Daniel3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Daniel and Martha Mitchell (Robinson) Crumbaugh, married Charles Cope on 26 Jan 1847 at McLean Co., Illinois [County Record Index]. Charles was born in Virginia.

               Children:

               i.   John J. 
               ii.  William          1854-     m. Miss Hurt
               iii. Frances Marion 
               iv.  Eleazer Howard   1860-
               v.   George           1862-1942 m. Laura Belle Phillips 
               vi.  Mary E. 
               vii. Ann M. R. C. 

LEONARD ALEXANDER CRUMBAUGH4 (Daniel3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Daniel and Martha Mitchell (Robinson) Crumbaugh, was born on 13 Nov 1829 at Elkhart, Logan County, Illinois; He died on 1 Sep 1900 at McLean Co., Illinois.


Leonard married Sarah Margaret Wiley on 25 Sep 1856 at McLean Co., Illinois [County Record Index]. In 1830 Leonard Crumbaugh moved to Buckles Grove south of LeRoy with his parents and helped them build a log cabin home. He attended Subscription School in the vicinity, walking 4 miles there and back. He lived at home working on the farm until he was 28 years old when he was married. Leonard Crumbaugh belonged to the Universalist Church and was one of its staunch supporters. He was a Jeffersonian Democrat and voted first in 1852 for Franklin Pierce. After homesteading land at $l.25 an acre 6 miles east of LeRoy, he was appointed the first school trustee of West Township. He also served as a school director for 27 years. While living on the farm, he raised cattle, hogs, sheep and wheat. He made several trips a year to Chicago, taking stock and wheat. He sold his wheat for 50 cents a bushel (a big price in those days). He would camp out and cook his own meals on his trips to and from Chicago, and he would bring back salt, leather and groceries. In those days, he had to drive 40 miles to a mill to grind his flour and his feed. He took lots of pride in his farm home. He had a neat residence, good barns and buildings, a beautiful orchard and well-fenced fields. He was one of the first farmers in his vicinity to tile his farm and build fences other than rail fences. Leonard Crumbaugh moved to LeRoy in 1882. He organized the Citizen's Bank in Le Roy. After a while, he took his brother Thomas Crumbaugh and a Mr. Bonnett in as partners. Mr. Bonnett sold out to the brothers very soon, but the two brothers operated the bank as long as they lived. In later years, Leonard was a stockholder in the First National Bank of Bloomington and in the Building and Loan Association in LeRoy and was its treasurer as long as he lived. He belonged to the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias Lodges. He was very energetic, industrious and systematic in business. In later life he developed diabetes and heart trouble, and after visiting downtown the afternoon of September 1, 1900, died in his sleep that night at the age of 71 years.

               Children:

               i.   Parmelia J.      1858-1860
               ii.  William Franklin 1861-1929 m. 1)Rebecca A. Skeen
                                                  2)Jennie L. Mount
                                                  3)Charlotte Lamont
               iii. boy              1862-1862
               iv.  Charles          1864-1888
               v.   Gertrude         1868-1900 m. James W. Hall

JAMES THOMAS CRUMBAUGH4 (Daniel3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Daniel and Martha Mitchell (Robinson) Crumbaugh, was born on 24 Jan 1832 at Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois. He died on 3 Apr 1905. He is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois.


He married Elizabeth Jane Wiley on 13 Sep 1862 at Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois. Elizabeth was born on 13 Nov 1840. She died on 24 Jan 1906 and is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. James Thomas Crumbaugh were originally members of the LeRoy Universalist Church whose minister was the Rev. Carney, who later embraced Spiritualism. Through Rev. Carney the Crumbaughs became interested in the teachings and practices of the Spiritualist.
The Crumbaughs' only child was a son born July 2, 1865. The child called "Bright Eyes" died August 20, 1865. The sorrow the parents felt after the death of their baby prompted their desire for possible contact with the unseen Spiritual World about the well-being of their child. Records reveal that through a medium contact was made with the Spiritual World.
After the death of Mr. and Mrs. Crumbaugh (1905 and 1906 respectively) their will expressed the desire for the creation of a living memorial through the building of a church and library. All property and management was to be cared for through the estate, governed by the trustees. The J. T. and E. J. Crumbaugh Memorial Church structure was completed in 1926 at a cost of $60,000. The old Crumbaugh home west of the library now stands as the parsonage. [The LeRoy Bi-Centennial Commission, Heritage of the Praire: A History of LeRoy and of Empire and West Townships, McLean County, Illinois, 1976, @63]

               Child:

               i. "Bright Eyes" 1865-1865 

DANIEL THOMAS CRUMBAUGH4 (Daniel3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Daniel and Martha Mitchell (Robinson) Crumbaugh, was Twin, born on 24 Jan 1832 at Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois. He died on 4 Jun 1910 and is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois.


Daniel married Margaret Wiley in 1859 at Moultrie Co., Illinois. Margaret was born on 27 Sep 1840 and died on 30 Aug 1864. She is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois. Daniel next married Laura Anna Stine on 22 Nov 1869 at McLean Co., Illinois [County Record Index]. Laura was born on 8 May 1845 at Monroe, Indiana. She died on 24 Aug 1917 and is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois.

               Children: Daniel T. and Margaret (Wiley) Crumbaugh

               i.   David            1859-1935 m. Emma I. Jones 
               ii.  Margaret         1862-1917 m. 1)Pleasant M. Park
                                                  2)Newton Hart
               iii. Daniel Thomas    1864-1929 m. Nettie M. Crumbaugh

               Child:  Daniel T. and Laura Anna (Stine) Crumbaugh

               i.  James Wilmer                    m. Frances Barnett

EMILY MARIE CRUMBAUGH REES4 (Daniel3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), daughter of Daniel and Martha Mitchell (Robinson) Crumbaugh, was born on 1 May 1834.


She married John Rees in 1857 at McLean Co., Illinois [County Record Index]. This family established their home in Bates County, Missouri.

               Children:

               i.   Martha 
               ii.  Robert Lee 
               iii. Mary Sina 

FRANCIS MARION CRUMBAUGH4 (Daniel3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), son of Daniel and Martha Mitchell (Robinson) Crumbaugh, was born on 6 Jan 1837 and died on 1 Dec 1899.


He married Rebecca Ribble Riddle on 1 Dec 1868 at McLean Co., Illinois [County Record Index]. Rebecca was born on 15 Mar 1847 at Newark, Ohio.

               Children:

               i.   Eva Belle        1870-     m. John M. Grizzelle
               ii.  Cyrus Chase      1875-1918 
               iii. Mary Martha      1878-     m. George Phillips
               iv.  Bertha Viola     1883-1946 m. John Y. Bonnett

CAROLINE TURNER CRUMBAUGH ROGERS4 (Daniel3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), daughter of Daniel and Martha Mitchell (Robinson) Crumbaugh, was born on 14 Jul 1839. She died on 11 Feb 1873 at Johnson Co., Missouri.


She married Anthony Rogers in 1859 at McLean Co., Illinois [County Record Index]. Anthony died in Jan 1877.

               Children:

               i.   Frank 
               ii.  William 
               iii. Elizabeth 
               iv.  Annie 

MARTHA CARY CRUMBAUGH BARTLETT4 (Daniel3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), daughter of Daniel and Martha Mitchell (Robinson) Crumbaugh, was born on 3 Nov 1841. She died on 8 Feb 1907 at Kansas.


She married George Bartlett on 27 Jun 1860 at McLean Co., Illinois [County Record Index]. George died at Kansas. George was a brother of William Bartlett, Sina Crumbaugh's husband.

               Children:

               i.   Will F.              -1897 m. Nellie E. Tibbitts
               ii.  Lettie Lee                 m. George Walker
               iii. Francis Marion 
               iv.  Mattie C.        1873-1887
               v.   George F.        1876-     m. Hattie Elightam
               vi.  Walter A.        1882-

NANCY TURNER CRUMBAUGH CONNELL HAMILTON4 (Daniel3, Johann Conrad2, Johannes1), daughter of Daniel and Martha Mitchell (Robinson) Crumbaugh, was born on 23 Aug 1844. She died on 2 Mar 1923.


She married Anderson Montgomery Connell on 12 May 1867 at McLean Co., Illinois [County Record Index]. Anderson was born on 3 Sep 1835 and died on 17 Aug 1873. He is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Empire Township, McLean Co., Illinois. She married second Robert Hamilton.

               Children:  Anderson M. and Nancy T. (Crumbaugh) Connell

               i.  Mattie Martha 
               ii. Edith 

               Children:  Robert and Nancy T. (Crumbaugh) Hamilton

               i.   Cara   m. Mr. Hoover
               ii.  Albert 
               iii. Bell    m. Mr. Joyce
               iv.  Katie 

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