I have ashamedly realized I have not posted in two months. I had not realized it was that long. I do apologize. I am making a renewed effort to post at last once a week.
This is also a continuing series on the children and grandchildren of Jeremiah Crews, son of David Crews and Annie Magee of Madison County, Kentucky. This information comes to me largely from Marian Kay Abbott and after the publication of my second edition of "Metes & Bounds II: David Crews, Ancestors & Descendants."
On 26 July 1870 the U. S. Federal Census enumerates Elizabeth as living in the household of her mother. With them is one year old Elijah Cruse. It does not appear this child could belong to one of Elizabeth's brothers, so it is in all likelihood her son, and he may well have been born out of wedlock (11). Three months later, on 24 October 1870, Elizabeth married Stephen Loveall in Vigo County, Indiana (4).
A month later, on 22 November 1870, Elizabeth's brother and his wife, James and Edith Cruse, sold to Loveall three acres in Vigo County for $150 (7). Seven months later, on 5 July 1871, James and Edith sold an undivided half of 13 1/2 acres to Loveall for $150. This property, like that before, was in Vigo County, Indiana (8).
A month later, on 4 August 1871, Jane Cruse sold to Stephen Loveall the "life dower" of one third interest in 13 and 1/3 acres in Vigo County, Indiana for $50 (9). This would have, of course, been the property she inherited from her husband, David Cruse, and I am guessing that the 1/3 acres Loveall bought from James and Edith was also property from David Cruse and part of the same tract. This exchange appeared in the Daily Express out of Terra Haute, Indiana, on 11 December 1871. Also, according to the Daily Express, Loveall then sold an undivided half of the property to Reuben Anderson for $500. I cannot account for the discrepancy in the amounts (6).
Stephen and Elizabeth subsequently moved to Clark County, Illinois, where Loveall died on 3 July 1879 (5). Elizabeth and Elijah moved in with her brother, Josiah Crews, and they are enumerated as living in his household in Licking in Crawford County, Illinois, when the 1880 U. S. Federal Census was taken.
A year later, on 18 August 1881, Elizabeth married a second time to John Curtis in Crawford County (10).
Nothing further is known at this time.
SOURCES:
(1) U. S Federal Census, 1850 Honey Creek Township, Vigo Co, IN, household of Jane Jewell Cruse.
(2) U. S. Federal Census, 1860 Honey Creek Township, Vigo Co, IN, household of Jane Jewell Cruse.
(3) U. S. Federal Census, 1870 Honey Creek Township, Vigo Co, IN, household of Jane Jewell Cruse.
(4) Vigo County, Indiana; Index to Marriage Record 1840-1920 Inclusive Volum, W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's O; Book: 5; Page: 340.
(6) "Daily Wabash Express," Vol 21, Terra Haute, Vigo County, 11 December 1871, courtesy of Marian Kay Abbott.
(7) Vigo County Deed Records, Book 40, pg 534.
(8) Vigo County Deed Records, Book 41, pg 457.
(9) Vigo County Deed Records, Vol 43-44, Aug 1871 - Dec 1872, pg 249.
(10) Ancestry.com. Illinois, County Marriages, 1800-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Marriage record indicates the name of Cruse and/or Loveall.
(11) First, this child is consistently referred to with the surname of Crews. Second, in the 1880 Crawford Co IL census, brother Josiah enumerates Elizabeth as listed as his sister and as widowed and Elijah is enumerated as his nephew. Third, when Elizabeth marries Stephen Loveall in Oct of 1870, her name is given as Cruse.
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