The Crabb Newsletter Volume 23 Number 4 Winter 2013-2014 Subscription Renewal Time The Edward Ralph Crabb To renew your 2014 subscription to The Crabb Mystery Newsletter, please return the enclosed subscription For years I have tried to connect the Edward renewal form along with your $12 check. A Ralph Crabb family of Virginia presented starting on subscription to the Crabb Newsletter runs from page 1110 of the Crabb book to the Ralph Crabb of January first to the end of the year; thus, all Maryland this line initiated on page 160. Both family renewals are due in January. The $12 subscription lines have common numerous given names: Ralph, remains the same as it did in 1991. Edward, Priscilla, Thomas, Henry, Jeremiah, and John. The first issue of the Crabb Newsletter was Ralph of Maryland had an older brother Thomas and a published in March 1991; thus, 2014 is the 24th year younger brother Edward. Edward Ralph Crabb arrived for the newsletter. The newsletter is also mailed to 25 in the Colonies with Lord Fairfax and two brothers genealogical libraries and archives across the country. according to the family tradition (See note on Fairfax Thanks for your continued interest in the below). Ralph lived and died in Prince George's Co., newsletter and the Crabb-and-allied families. Some Md.; his children moved westward into Frederick and subscribers have been with me since the beginning. I Montgomery Counties, Md. Edward Ralph Crabb welcome Crabb family information and stories for the moved westward into Berkeley Co., Va., now part of newsletter. If you are aware of other families West Virginia. interested in the Crabb-and-allied families, please Recently, I was contacted by George H. Stevens let them know about the newsletter. There are of Fort Washington, Md., and Barbara DeMarco of many Crabb descendants in America who don't know University Place, Wa. Both are trying to connect the about the Crabb Newsletter or the book The Crabb Edward Ralph Crabb and Ralph Crabb lines through Family. extensive research and DNA. Future issues of the A few newsletter subscribers forgot to pay in newsletter will print more details of their research and 2013. I hope you are still interested in our Crabb DNA findings. family and the Crabb Newsletter for 2014, and I won't If you are interested in being part of this need to remove your name from the mailing list. Crabb research and or the DNA project, please The sale of the two-volume, 1,637-page Crabb contact any of the following to learn more: book was discontinued since I sold all 400 copies. I Google- "Crabb DNA Project" wondered when I printed so many in 1997 if I would [email protected] Les Sutton of Houston, Tx., ever sell all of them. I hope you are still enjoying is administrator of a Crabb DNA project. At least 14 reading about our interesting Crabb ancestors. Crabbs have already submitted their DNA. [email protected] Barb researching old Christmas Cards and Letters records and working on DNA. Thanks for the Christmas cards and letters. I ghstevens3 @aol .com Also George H. Stevens. always enjoy hearing from you and learning more about It looks like we are only beginning to your Crabb family. Keeping in contact at least once a discover more about our Crabb family year is important. I send Christmas letters to family relationships. If a reader has ideas or information that and friends that I haven't seen in over 50 years would add to solving the Edward Ralph Crabb mystery, knowing that it is impossible to visit everyone in person please contact the editor, Barb, George, and Les. More as spread out as we are from the Atlantic to the Pacific. to come in future newsletters. I use the winter issue of the Crabb Newsletter 6th Lord Thomas Fairfax of Cameron to connect to Crabb descendants and wish all the best Lord Fairfax was born at Leeds Castle in Kent, England, for the New Year. in 1693 and died in Virginia in 1781. He sailed to his Northern Neck 5,282,000 acre property in 1735 to inspect and protect his The Crabb Newsletter is published quarterly by lands. Northern Neck is across the Potomac from Maryland. Richard D. Prali [p770], 14104 Piedras Rd. NE., Westmoreland County is part of North Neck where the Virginia Albuquerque, NM. 87123 2323. phone- 505-299- Crabbs lived. See chapter XV of the Crabb book starting on 8386. E-mail- [email protected]. The editor is a page 1060 for details about the Virginia Crabb line. descendant of Ralph Crabb [p!60] d. 1734, & Priscilla George Washington was a mentor, neighbor, employee, and Sprigg of Prince George's Co., Md. friend of Fairfax. More research needs to be done on Lord Fairfax $12 annual subscription. ISSN 1061-1088. and his possible tie to the Virginia Crabbs. Someone more knowledgeable about publishing and the U32 The Holiday Project internet. New blood is always needed. Let the editor For most of December and January, I was know what you think and what part you are willing to involved with a house remodeling project. Starting a take. There must be someone who would like to try few days before Christmas and ending on the 20th of their hand at editing the newsletter. January (still cleaning and putting things away), I have To borrow from John F. Kennedy's inaugural been in a mess. Dust and dirt settled on everything address in 1989: "And so, my fellow Crabb while repairing wall board cracks, re-stuccoing two kiva Descendants: ask not what your editor can do for style fireplaces, painting walls, sawing, fitting, and you—ask what you can do for your Crabb Family staining wood trim for placement around ceiling beams, and resealing red brick floors. I had help moving the Association." piano and heavy furniture out of the way and then back in place plus all the tasks noted. The cleaning up was Centenarian Celebrates Birthday the worst part. Finally, the house looks like someone Anna Louise Farris of Lubbock, Tx., celebrated lives in it. her 100th birthday 6-8-2013. Seventy attended the In 1972 Rhoda and our two young children birthday cake party. built the house with our own hands on the east edge of Anna was born to William and Henrietta Albuquerque a couple of blocks from the Sandia Crabb at the family farm in the Nunnlee Community Mountain foothills. After forty two years, things north of Bonham,Tx.. After graduation from Bonham needed repairing, upgrading, and renewing. If I must High School, Anna worked at an insurance office and say so myself, the house looks the best that it has for with the Selective Service before WWII. She married many years. I wondered about under taking the heavy Clyde C. Farris Sr. on 12-22-1940 at the family farm work project at my age, but decided I wasn't going to near Bonham. They moved from Wichita Falls to get any younger. I'm a hands on person and enjoyed Lubbock in 1958. the building in 1972 and the recent repairing. According to daughter Elaine Dutton, Anna was If you wonder why the winter issue of the excited to move to Lubbock because of Texas Tech and Crabb Newsletter is a little late, now you know why. the opportunity for her children to earn college degrees. What is winter like in Albuquerque? During our In fact, her children and grandchildren did receive working lunch breaks, we ate at a table on the patio college degrees. Clyde died in 1984. Ron and Donna since the inside dinning table was always covered up Nyght of Shawnee, Ks., sent the notice from the with something. The patio is on the southern sunny Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. If a reader can identify side of the house. Sorry to say, not every December or this Crabb family, please contact the editor. January noon in Albuquerque is that warm. Staff Sgt. Arthur C. Crabb Crabb Family Association? Joyce A. Crabb [p399] of Superior, Mt, sent a After 23 years of publishing the Crabb newspaper obituary about her brother-in-law Staff Sgt. Newsletter, perhaps it is time to think about organizing Arthur C. Crabb [p399] who was killed in an explosion all of the Crabb descendants into a Crabb Family and crash of a B-29 bomber over Saudi Arabia on May Association. Some of the goals of such a nonprofit 11, 1948. The plane exploded shortly after takeoff organization would be to discover and connect with from the Saudi air field en route to its home base at more descendants, promote a web site, sponsor national Salina,Ks. reunions every four years or so, continue the newsletter, Sgt. Crabb entered the Army on November 20, initiate more research in the States and even across the 1942, and served on volunteer rescue missions in the waters to Europe. A newspaper ballot would elect a South Pacific. After receiving his discharge on president, trustees, treasurer, historian, web master, and December 26, 1945, he reenlisted, planning to make a editor. career in the Army. He was married to Elinor Jones of All it would take to get started would be a few Denver, Co., February 1945. Crabb descendants getting involved and setting up a Survivors included his wife; parents, Mr. & plan. The editor would be happy to help, advertise, and Mrs. Clarence Crabb of Sandpoint, Id; three sisters, promote the association through the newsletter. Mrs. Ethel Gill of Spokane, Wa., Mrs. Mary Ann Thousands of American families have family Branson of Coeur d'Alene, Id., and Mrs. Clara organizations. Prall descendants have had a Prall Galloway of Greenacres, Wa.; four brothers, Herman of Association since the 1980's; I am a charter member. Coeur d'Alene, Gene of Spokane; Bob and Ralph of If you have thoughts and suggestions about a Sandpoint; grandparents, John Crabb of Sandpoint and Crabb Family Association, contact other Crabb Mrs. Mary Jenkins of Vay, Id. Services were held at descendants and the editor. Get involved! Today, we the Moon Funeral Home and burial was at the have E-mail and the internet as well as letters and the Seneacquoteen Cemetery. A memorial service was also telephone to reach out to distant Crabb cousins. held at Furstenfeldbruck, Germany, May 18. As noted in the Fall issue, a younger editor Thanks Joyce for sending this newspaper could do a much better job of editing the newsletter. Clipping. The editor welcomes Crabb family Frederick Co. On 8-5-1776, troops were enrolled U33 information, stories, newspaper clippings, old by Richard Armstrong and passed by R. Crabb [Muster p43- letters, and other Crabb data for the newsletter. 44]. Richard was paid for recruiting in Upper Marlboro on 9- Joyce is the sister-in-law of Staff Sgt. Arthur Clarence 23-1777. On 11-21-1777, he was paid 6 pounds 5 shillings for Crabb and wife of Arthur's younger brother Gene Paul wagoning. A Richard Crabb and John Crabb were in the Crabb. Montgomery Co. 5th Co. Richard Crabb signed the Oath of Fidelity in 1778 in Montgomery Co. and was a member of the House of Delegates in 1777 [Crabb Book p234]. The Maryland 400 In the 1970's and 1980's, I spent many an hour During the Battle of Long Island on August 27, researching the Maryland Crabb and allied families in 1776, also called the Battle of Brooklyn, the Maryland the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Md. Today, decades 400 helped save General Washington Army by later, it is possible to find some of the same Maryland sacrificing themselves as the 400 attacked five different State Archive documents on the internet. Recently, I times the 20,000 British and Hessian soldiers while the discovered the following on the internet from the rest of 13,000 colonials retreated to boats and escaped Maryland archives. Some are duplicates of those listed across the sound to Manhattan. This was the first in the 1997 Crabb book. major battle of the Rev. War. If Washington's Rev. War muster Rolls, Frederick Co., Md. Colonial Army had been captured that day, it might have Enrolled by Capt. Leonard Deakins. Reviewed and been the end of the war and the end of the American passed by Richard Crabb and Francis Deakins, July 13, 1776, Revolution. The Colonial Army of Washington lived 30 names of men [Muster Rolls, Volume 18 p43]. on five more years to defeat Corwallis at Yorktown, Va., Enrolled by Rich. Anderson, Passed by R. Crabb, on October 19,1781. August 5, 1776. 21 names of men [Muster Rolls Volume 18 Of the Maryland 400 at the Battle of Long p44], Island, 256 were killed and 100 wounded or captured. Crabb, Jeremiah, Lieut., discharged April 1, 1778, As you can see from the losses, one reason we don't resigned (doesn't give the date he entered service) [Muster Rolls have a very complete record and story of the 400 men, Volume 18 p98]. only a few survived to return to Maryland and their Lt. Jeremiah Crabb [p226] was a brother to families. The dead leave no journals or diaries. No Richard and John Crabb. After the Rev. War, President accounts were passed down to families or historians. Washington recommended Jeremiah's promotion to General Washington is created with saying as General of the Maryland Militia in 1794 to put down he watched the slaughter of the Maryland 400: "Good the Whiskey Rebellion in Western Pennsylvania. See God, what brave fellows I must this day lose." more about General Jeremiah Crabb and the Whiskey On the 215th anniversary of the battle on Rebellion in the Crabb book pp226-229 and on the August 27,1991, a refurbished memorial to the 400 was internet. rededicated in Brooklyn. Linda Davis Reno published To this day, we don't know for certain the in 2008 the book The Maryland 400 in The Battle of names of men who served in the Maryland 400 and Long Island, 1776 which may be available in your lived or died on August 27, 1776, because of poor library or on the internet. The paperback version will be record keeping and missing records. On the internet of out in 2014. the Maryland State Archives there are biographies of Since my Crabb ancestors lived in Maryland at some of the men they have identified who were with the the time of the Rev. War, I have always wondered if any Maryland 400. To learn more about each man they fought in the Battle of Long Island or any other battle have documented, go to the Maryland State Archives of the war. To date, I haven't found documents to internet site and click on the name of each man prove any of my direct Crabb line at the Battle of Long Island or any other battle of the Rev. War, but as printed below. There were no Crabb names or noted in the Crabb book some Maryland Crabb biographies. Those surnames with biographies cousins did serve in some capacity. marked with an asterisk indicate the surname is Richard [p224] and John Crabb [p225], sons of somehow discussed in the Crabb book. The Henry Wright Crabb [p220], and nephews of my asterisk does not mean this one is in the Crabb earliest colonial ancestor Ralph Crabb [p!60ff], are book, just the surname. The archive's staff is named in the muster rolls of the Frederick County continuing to add more biographies. Maryland Continental Army. I haven't found First Maryland Regiment Biographies documents of their service in actual battles. Colonel William Smallwood * The following is from the next to the last Lt. Col. Francis Ware paragraph on page 224 of the Crabb book: Major Thomas Price On 1-3-1776, Richard Crabb was commissioned 2nd Major Mordecai Gist * major in the 16th batt. of the Fred. Co. Militia [Md. Rev. War First Company p!38]. Richard was appointed major of 7-26-1776. On 7-13- John Hoskins Stone 1776, 30 men were enrolled by Capt. Leonard Deakins and William Courts reviewed and passed by Richard Crabb & Francis Deakins of James Fernandis U34 Ninth Company Thomas Simpson George Strieker Charles Smith * John Good Samuel Jones Valentine Lynn John Mitchell Isaac Rice Mark McPherson * Samuel Denny John Neal Philip Kern Josias Miller * Jacob Greenwald John Plant Frederick Myre Samuel Luckett Michael Hahn Thomas Marsh Forman William Smith * Second Company Fourth Independent Patrick Sim James Hindman Benjamin Ford Levin Frazier Francis Osburne Daniel Richardson * Gassaway Watkins Fifth Independent Daniel Rankins John Allen Thomas Third Company Alexander Williamson Barton Lucas William Coe James Murphy Aaron Spalding Alexander Allen Thomas Rowse John Hughes Jesse Thompson William Pearce Henry Spalding Leonard Watkins Seventh Independent William Ridgely * Edward Veazey Christopher Beall * Samuel Turbutt Wright Nathan Peak Andrew Meloan Fourth Company Library-Internet Research Daniel Bowie * Today, there is still much more available in Samuel McMillan libraries and archives that has not been downloaded on William McMillan the internet. But today one can almost sit at the Richard Whelan computer and complete a study of one's ancestry. For William Chaplin example, currently on the Maryland State Archive Fifth Company website there are Maryland death certificates, birth Nathaniel Ramsay records, land records, probate and military records, Levin Winder censuses, the Hall of Records library catalog, and much James Marie more. William Marr If you have a computer and internet service, James Garner most states, cities, towns, counties, genealogical Thomas Stocket Brewer societies, etc. have website with some records many Sixth Company which deal ..with ,family. histories. _ Take the challenge Peter Adams and see what you can find out about your grandparents, Thomas McKeel great-grandparents, all the way back to the immigrant Daniel Dwigens and the May Flower. Then, continue the search across Samuel Dwigens the Atlantic and take a look at the European websites. Thomas Cooper Don't forget to share your discoveries with the William Holms newsletter readers. John McLain John Lowry Crisenberry Clift BAR and SAR Membership Seventh Company Genealogist Christos Christou Jr. of Essex, John Day Scott Maryland researched the Westmoreland, Va., Crabb line John Carr starting on page 1063 for Paul Crout who desired to John Meek join the Sons of the American Revolution. John Babbs I E-mailed Christos four pages from the Crabb James Peale book. He noted on page 1081 or the Crabb book that Eighth Company Karen Martin of Tempe, Az., and Patricia Smith Sasscer Samuel Smith * of Upper Marlboro, Md., had joined the DAR based on William Sands the Rev. War records of John Crabb Sr [pi081] and Bryan Phil pot John Crabb Jr. [p!082]. Copies of the DAR memberships records permitted Paul Crout to apply for the silver dollars were made to circulate and U35 "SAR membership. If I hear that Paul's SAR be spent. 1935 was 78 years ago. Today, at $25 or membership is accepted, I will let the readers know in a more per each uncirculated coin, real silver dollars are future newsletter. only for collectors. I don't have every Virginia Crabb generation, Fifty years ago in 1963 thanks to an hourly but Paul Crout was trying to connect his lineage to John wage of $1.25, the minimum wage worker earned $50 a Crabb Jr. [p!082], son William Middleton Crabb week (40 x $1.25= $50). The current national [pllOl], son William Middleton Mayo Crabb [pl!02], minimum hourly wage is $7.25 although a few states and to son Tasker Carter Crabb [pi 102]. pay more and two or three less (40 x $7.25= $290). Although the data I received about John Sr. and Based on a $2.49 for a half gallon of milk a Jr. for the Crabb stated that John Sr. was on the ship $7.25 minimum wage earner works 21 minutes to pay "Diligence" during the Rev. War, Christos believes it for the gallon; a worker earning $23.89 per hour, 6.3 was actually the John Jr. who was the ship gunner minutes; and a typical CEO making $4,615.38 per hour, based on the ages of father and son. I have a 1996 note 1.9 minutes for the half gallon of milk. in the Crabb book by Cheryl L. Colbert of Newburgh, Minimum Wage Earner In., who said the same [plOSl]. 1963-$1.25 2013- S7.25 Christos also noted that the Westmoreland 1/2 gallon milk 25 minutes 21 minutes Virginia Crabb line has of royalty ancestry. An earlier tank of gas 3.4 hours 8.4 hours John Crabb [pi064] born in Bristol, England, married Ford coupe 61.9 weeks 76.6 weeks in Virginia in 1675 Temperance Gerrard born in New Home 6.7 years 16 years England, daughter of Dr. Thomas Gerrard of Westmoreland Co., Va., and wife Susanna Snow. Cost in 1963 in 2013 There is more about the Sir Thomas Gerrard of Movie ticket .86 cents $7.96 England and his descendants on pages 1251-1258 of Beach Boys Concert $4.00 $45.00 the Crabb book. Christos wrote, "I helped document Tide detergent 49 oz. .69 cents $7.54 that (Gerrard) lineage, and it has now been published in Bread 1 Ib. .20 cents $1.41 many of the royalty books." Coffee 1 Ib. .69 cents $6.01 If you are interested in joining the DAR Pork chops 1 Ib. .88 cents $3.53 (Daughters of the American Revolution) centered in Washington, DC., or SAR (Sons of the American The $7.25 per hour, $1,160 a month, and Revolution) centered in Louisville, Ky., contact a local $13,920 a year, and doesn't go very far. The current chapter to assist you or check the internet. Rhoda was a average Social Security check is $1,269 which doesn't long time member of the DAR and enjoyed many social permit one to eat very high on the hog. and community functions with the Lew Wallace The 2013 federal yearly poverty level for one Chapter in Albuquerque. person is $11,490, two in household, $15,510, three in household, $19,530, four in household, $23,550. The The Dollar from 1963-2013 poverty level varies per state. There is good side of this Every Crabb descendant through the last 50 income level. The IRS doesn't take very much on April years or even the last 400 years has had to deal with the 15th. inflation and the declining value of the money in his or The $7.25 federal minimum hourly wage was her pocket during his or her lifetime. The declining set in 2009. A federal minimum was first set at 25 value of the dollar seems to go hand and hand with our cents in 1938 and was up to $1.00 by 1956. Some physical and mental decline. After we pass 65, we tend wage earners like farm workers, tip workers, and others to start complaining about the cost of everything and the are exempt from the federal minimum hourly wage. little one dollar will buy. If you don't think your pennies and dollars are Have you noticed that dollar stores are opening going as far as they did in grandfather Crabb's day or in every town and neighborhood? Motel 6 rooms once even your parents day, consider the price of a loaf of went for $6 per night. Also, have you noticed that bread. store clerks just drop your pennies and nickels change 1930= 9 cents, 1940= 10 cents, 1950= 12 cents, 1960= in your outstretched hand while once the coins were 22 cents, 1970= 25 cents, 1980= 50 cents, 1990= 70 worth something and the clerk counted each coin down cents, and 2008= $2.79. to the penny. Some readers may recall this. Even those of us with a little money, we have The September 2013 AARP Bulletin presented been loosing ground yearly through inflation. To equal the 50 year change in the purchasing power of the the value of a million dollars in 1800 you need today dollar. The AARP story left out the fact that the US $13,293,360; a million in 1900, $27,162,385; a million government is now back minting dollars made of 90% in 1950, $9,409,493; and a million in 2000, $1,316,731. silver as they did up until 1935, but each 2014 Even a million dollars isn't what it used to be. uncirculated silver dollar costs around $25 or more Ben Franklin wrote "A penny saved is a penny based on the current price of silver. In 1935 and earlier, earned" back when a penny was worth something. old 1947 vacuum tube radio restored. Cultural U36 More Cultural Anomalies anomalies have run through all the generations of our (cont. from the fall 2012 newsletter) Modern ancestors and even us today. cars have antilock brakes (ABS) to prevent the brakes from locking up and the car sliding out of control when pressure is placed on the brake pedal. The antilock Log Cabin Presidents controls helps the driver come to a safe quick stop. A I found the following information interesting car owner's manual suggests that all it takes is one hard because I was born in my grandparents Dan and Josie step on the brake pedal and the antilock system will Greenfield Crabb's feather bed in the south bedroom of bring you to a save stop. their small house in the village of Milo, la., as was my I grew up after the time of the mechanical brother Daniel Prall two years later. It was not a log brakes and into hydraulic brakes age. I have driven a cabin. My children were born in an Albuquerque few vehicles with only mechanical brakes. I still have a hospital as are most today. 1982 VW Scirocco with hydraulic brakes but no We know that President Abraham Lincoln was antilock brakes, and I always pumped the brakes a born in a Kentucky log cabin in 1809; there he spent couple of times just to be sure the fluid pressure is up his first years on the Sinking Springs Farm south of and the brakes areworking. Pumping (ABS) antilock Hodgenville, Ky. I have seen the log cabin which today brakes defeats the purpose of the system. Another is inside a granite monument shelter in Hodgenville. cultural anomaly. There is a replica cabin nearby on Knob Creek where I recall that my Grandmother Josie Crabb had a the Lincoln family next moved. Mary Todd was also large wooden box telephone on her kitchen wall that born in Kentucky but definitely not in a log cabin. Her required one to pick up the ear piece off its holder on family had more money. In 1816 the Lincoln family the left side of the phone and then turn a crank on the left Kentucky, crossed the Ohio River, and settled in right side of the phone to wake up the operator in the Spencer Co., In. town phone building. You would give the operator the According to the winter issue of the newsletter three digit number of your party, and she would poke a of the Wayne County (Indiana) Genealogical Society wire in the right opening to connect the party you The Gateway to the Past, a total of six Presidents were wanted to talk too. There was one great advantage of born in log cabins. The first was Andrew Jackson the party line. Five or six of your neighbors could 1767, followed by Zachary Taylor 1784, Millard listen in on any of your conversations and you didn't Fillmore 1800, James Buchanan 1791, then Abraham have to repeat the hot gossip of the week but once. By Lincoln 1809, followed by James Garfield 1831. If controlling the number of short and long rings with the interested, you can look up in a library or on the internet crank, you were able to also make local calls. the details of each president's log cabin birth. Grandmother Crabb came to visit us when we The first American president born in a hospital lived in Carlisle, la., in the 1940's and before too long was Jimmy Carter 1924. Jimmy became our 39th wanted to make a phone call. She could not find a President in 1976. It took all of 200 years to have an crank on the side of our 1940's modern phone, and American President born in a hospital. Home births young editor Richard and brother Dan had to show have become more in vogue today. I bet each reader grandmother how to place her finger in the rotary dial to has a good story about his or her birth to pass on to connect with the party she wanted to talk to. A couple grandchildren. of years ago I replaced the 1972 Princess phone with a rotar dial with the, latest thing, a push button phone. ,, There must be hundreds if not thousands of Help Needed The editor could always use your help. I cultural anomalies that we encounter every day without appreciate all that you send for the newsletter about any thinking about them. If you have good examples you and all Crabb descendants even if they no longer carry would like to share, please send to the editor. the Crabb surname. I welcome stories about a war Our Crabb ancestors crossed the Atlantic in experience and military service, pioneer settlement, leaky wooden boats, walked, rode horses, drove teams public service and elective offices, old family stories of horses pulling a wagon, cooked over the coals of an from the farm or the city, any story that tells about a open fireplace, washed their clothes in wash tubs or at Crabb descendant. Please share old Crabb letters, the creek, planted gardens and orchards, cut winter fuel details from a journal, an interesting wedding, a family with an axe, mowed hay and weeds with a scythe, vacation across America, meeting a famous person, a milked cows bu hand, rafted down rivers, stored humorous story, Crabb family research, etc. A great perishable food in ice boxes or caves, bathed in chance to share with other Crabb through the galvanized tubs, wrote letters with goose quills, ink newsletter. Looking forward to checking the mail and pens, and ball-point pens and mailed them at the post the E-mail. My E-mail is [email protected]. office, caught a stagecoach to the next town or state, butchered their own hogs and cattle, smoked their hams, The beginning of wisdom is silence. gathered eggs from under mad old hens, and listened to The second step is listening. Author Unknown Amos and Andy on the tube radio. I recently had an Contemporary Crabb News us? Please send the news of Crabb-and-allied-family births, marriages, anniversaries, graduations, deaths, reunions, awards, and other current news to editor Richard D. Prall, 14104 Piedras Rd. NE., Albuquerque, NM. 87123, phone- 505-299-8386. Remember to read your local newspapers for Crabb stories and news. Back issues of the newsletter are $3 per issue. Subscribers may submit free queries to the newsletter. The page numbers in this newsletter, for example [p770] next to the Crabb descendant's name, refer to the page in the 1997 book The Crabb Family where one may learn more about the individual Crabb. Crabb Newsletter Every-Name Index- 1991-2008. 89 digitized pages in familysearch.org. see book catalog section. Printable. Index also in crabbe/info/ under Crabb Newsletter. Compiled by Lynda Haack of Albuquerque. Crabb(e) website- by John F. P. Crabbe of Worcester, England, in crabbe/info/. A table of contents by subject of the articles of all 21 years of the Crabb Newsletter plus much more about Crabbs in England, Australia, Canada, and the USA.

In Memory of- Captola "Cap" Beauthon Crabb [p410], 86, of Williamsburg, Ks., died 11-24-2013. Cap was born 4-10-1927, in Alicia, Ar., the second child of Clyde Smith & Jennie Lucilla Milligan. Cap married Jeremiah Edward "Ed" Crabb in Phoenix on 12-30-1948. Survivors include son Jeremiah "Jerry" E. (Vicki) Crabb VI of Peoria, II.; daughters Donna S. (Ron) Nyghtof Shawnee, Ks., and Marianne (Randy)' Vilander of Topeka, Ks.; brothers Clyde Smith and Joe Smith of Arizona; grandchildren Grace (Conor) Mulcahy, John Dunlap, Caitlin Crabb, Hayley Crabb, Hillary Crabb, Rachael Vilander, and Brandon Vilander; step-grandchildren Rebecca (Jon) Gossman; great-grandchildren Sean Edward Mulcahy & Eleanor Grace Mulcahy; and several nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death by husband Jeremiah Edward "Ed" Crabb V who died in 2007 after 57 years of marriage. Cap and Ed operated Crabb's Grocery and Service Station in Williamsburg from 1951 to 1980. Burial was at Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence, Ks. Ed's brother William Couch Crabb [p416] of Columbia, Mo., and Ron and Donna Nyght of Shawnee, Ks., sent the obituary. Michael Roy Crabb, 46, of Des Moines, la., died 10-3-2013 in Cedar Rapids, la. Michael was born 10-20-1966, in White Salmon, Wa., to Harold and Dorothy Crabb. Michael was employed in construction and lived most of his life in Des Moines. Survivors include wife Jacqlyn; daughters Amanda, Ashley Faith, Mika Crabb, and Zoey Jones; grandchildren Cadance Edwards & Dominik Faith; mother Dorothy Crabb; sister Lisa McCormick; nephews Dustin Rush Sr., A. J. Tovar, & Levi Kugel; nieces Amy Blackford, Connie Crabb, & Jessica Kugel; great-nephews Dustin Rush Jr. & Jayden Rush Jr.; and great-niece Angel Rush. Michael was preceded in death by his father Harold Crabb & sisters Connie Crabb & Carol Rush-Kugel. Burial was at the Pine Hill Cemetery. If a reader can identify the Crabb line of Michael Roy Crabb, please contact the editor. Phyllis Crabb Harvey [p764] of Knoxville, la., sent the obituary plus the following. Dwight Cox [p705] 84, of Indianola, la., died 10-27-2013. Survivors include wife Gloria, children Dan (Debby) Cox of Carrollton, Tx., Debbie Cox of Piano, Tx., and Don (Tanya) Cox of Lewisville, Tx.; grandchildren Perry, Bryce, Hilliary, Katy, and Jackson Cox. He was preceded in death by his parents Perry and Marie Cox; brothers LeRoy and Darrell Cox. Burial was at the I.O.O.F Cemetery. Larry Gene Druliner [p674] 68, died in McMinnville, Or., 7-5-2013. Larry was the son of Deward Druliner & Dorothy Warner. "He moved with his family to McMinnville, Or., where he met the love of his life, Barbara Jean Weston. They were married 9-19-1970, made their home in Dayton, Or., and raised their two daughters. Survivors include wife Barbara; daughters Jacque Druliner of Salem, Or., & Becky Sutton of Dayton, Or.; grandchildren Brianna Flores, Joey Flores, Justin Sutton, and Katelyn Sutton; and great-grandson Nathan Flores; and sisters Dorothy Marie Kreder & Ann Barnes. Burial was at the Evergreen Memorial Cemetery. Virginia Weston of Detroit Lakes, Mn., sent the obituary. (Virginia also found in the 5-8-2011, Sebeka-Menahga Review Messenger a large group photo and the listing of the Sebeka band and choir students. One young man was Sterling Crabb. Neither Virginia or I could identify his family). Wilfred Dayton Crabb [p46] d. 7-17-2013, in Sevvard, Ne. Wilfred was 100 years and five months. He was a long time time Iowa resident born in Cherokee, la., 2-2-1913. In 1940, he married Leona Irene Keckler who died in 1973. Wilfred graduated from Morningside College in 1938 and from Iowa State University in 1940 with a master's in 1942 with a Ph.D. He served three years in WWII in the Pacific and for 27 years was in the active Naval Reserve retiring as Commander in Medical Service Corps Epidemic Disease Control Entomologist. Wilfred and Leona moved to Billings, Mt., where he worked for 27 years before retiring in 1972 with the Federal Fish & Wildlife Service in Montana and Wyoming planning for the dams and recreational areas in the Missouri Basin. In 1978, Wilfred married Maria Helen Waller; they retired to Mesa, Az. Helen died in 2007 after 25 years in Arizona. Wilfred returned to the Midwest at age 95 to be near family in Lincoln. Survivors include son Dr. Winston Douglas Crabb; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Ron and Donna Nyght of Shawnee, Ks., sent the Lincoln Journal Star obituary. U38 Gerszewski-Crabb Marriage- Kelly Crabb of Houston, Tx., married Charlie Gerszewski 9-27-2013, at an oceanside ceremony in the Mayan Riviera of Mexico. Charlie's parents were Ray and Alana Gerszewski of Mayville, ND. Kelly graduated from Sam Houston State University with a BA. in advertising and Charlie a BA. in educatipn from Mayville State University plus a master's in education from Sam Houston State University. The couple resides in Houston. Virginia Weston of Detroit Lakes, Mn., sent the announcement from the Fargo Forum of 10-27-2013. If a reader can connect Keliy to a Crabb family, please notify the editor.

(cont. from last summer and fall's newsletters) Connecting the Missing Links (a continuing series)- Fay Failing [desc. of Anna Elizabeth Crabb & Anton Benammi Miely p!083] of Edgewood, NM., sent a packet of papers and photos about her Crabb ancestry. Anton Benammi Miely is listed as Abner Miel in the Crabb book. Fay also had the McDonough Co., II., newspaper obituary of Samuel N. Crabb p!089 who was the brother of Daniel Middleton Crabb.

XIII. Louis Watson Funk (Samuel Ed Funk) b. 5-10-1924 Hooper, Co. m. 4-2-1945, Lois Fern Starbuck b. 7-31-1929 Oneida, SD., dau. of Howard Starbuck & Opal .Shore, children-1. Nolan Louis Funk b. 8-19-1948 Gunnison, Co., d. 10-12-2005 Taylorsville, Ut. 2. Howard Samuel Funk b. 4-4-1950 Gunnison 3. Melvin Leroy Funk b. 4-29-1952 Gunnison, d. 12-9-2004 Gunnison 4. Eleanor Louise Funk b. 4-03-1954 Gunnison 5. Ada Maxine Funk b. 6-29-1856 Gunnison 6. Carrie Sue Funk b. 9-6-1958 Upland, Ca. 7. Esther Elizabeth Funk b. 9-29-1960 Gunnison 8. Cindy Lynn Funk b. 2-1-1962 Gunnison

XIV. Nolan Louis Funk (Louis Watson Funk) b. 8-19-1948 Gunnison, Co. d. 10-12-2005 Taylorsville, Ut., bur. Gunnison m. 4-4-1970 Monte Vista, Co., Francis Dolores Pacheco b. 12-10-1947 Center, Saguache Co., Co., dau. of Alphonzo Pacheco & Sadie . children-1. Roger Allen Pacheco Funk b. 6-7-1969 Monte Vista, m. 6-16-1990 Chickasha, Ok., Nicole Patrice Lee b.4-16-1970Chickasha. 2. Amy Michelle Funk b. 2-14-1972 Fairbanks, Al., m. 7-16-1990 Vernon, Tx., Jeffrey Dewayne Payne b. 8-24-1971 Altus, Ok. 3. Nolan Louis Funk Jr. b. 4-18-1973 Killeen, Bell Co., Tx., m. Natalie S. Pravednikov b. 1-19-1974 Los Angles, Ca., 3rd m. 1992, Kristie Lynn Peterson b. 9-27-1973 Loyalton, Ca. 2nd m. 9-201986 Sierriville, Ca., Kathy Dietz b. 8-23-1952 Jackson, Ca. 4. Gwenn Marie Dempsey b. 8-22-1981 5. Pamela Dean Dempsey b. 8-12-1982 Nolan was in the army in Germany, Viet Nam, Alaska, & Texas.

XIV. Howard Samuel Funk (Louis Watson Funk) b. 4-4-1950 Gunnison, Co. m. 6-30-1970 Gunnison, Margaret Neoma Vader b. 3-12-1952 Gunnison, dau. of Joseph Vader & Levon Knox. children-1. Neoma Marie Funk b. 4-18-1972 Junction City, Ks., m. 9-21-1991 Gunnison, Tatealbion b. 9-21- Salida, Co. 2. William Wade Funk b. 2-19-1975 Gunnison, m. 12-23-1992 Gunnison, Jamie Lynn Casebolt, 2nd m. 5-6-2006 Paonia, Co., Shawn Kaye Rogers. Howard was in the army in Viet Nam, Texas, & Kansas.

XIV. Melvin Leroy Funk (Louis Watson Funk) b. 4-29-1952 Gunnison, Co. d. 12-9-2004 Gunnison m. 6-12-1971 Gunnison, Vallerie Joy Vader b. 12-3-1950 Gunnison children-1. Elyssa Nicole Funk b. 2-21-1973 Big Springs, Howard Co.,Tx., m. 8-22-1992 Gunnison, James Garland Mears b. 8-30-1972 Florence, Co., 2nd m. 2-14-2007 Gunnison, Daniel Ross White b. 8-26- 1969 Denver, Co. 2. Melina Joy Funk b. 10-8-1975 Big Springs, Tx., d. same day, bur. Gunnison U39 3. Daniel Scott Funk b. 5-24-1981, m. Heather Ann Forrest Melvin was in the Air Force; he was buried with military honors.

XIV. Eleanor Louise Funk (Louis Watson Funk) b. 4-03-1954 Gunnison, Co. m. 5-19-1973 Gunnison, Dennis Dewayne Morgan b. 2-2-1950 Colorado Springs, Co. children-1. Jonna Andrea Morgan b. 3-3-1975 Colorado Springs, m. 5-12-1996 Colorado Springs, James Lee Elmore b. 3-31-1970 2. Louis Dewayne Morgan b. 2-23-1977 Colorado Springs, m. 1-17-2002 Crested Butte, Co., Courtney Laine Watson b. 9-22-1978 Durango, Co., 2nd m. 10-23-2003, Melissa Killingsworth. 3. Tabitha Sue Morgan b. 2-26-1980 Colorado Springs

XIV. Ada Maxine Funk (Louis Watson Funk) b. 6-29-1856 Gunnison, Co. m. 11-15-1973 Gunnison, Michael Kim Moore children-1. Michael Louis Moore b. 11-23-1976 Gunnison, m. 9-10-2000 Golden, Co., Jennifer Cincere Wiseman b. 2-18-1976Wheatridge,Co. 2nd m. 8-9-1980 Gunnison, Truitt James Hinz b. 7-14-1959 Wichita, son of Robert Hinz & Glenda Hilty. 2. Brandon Jame Hinz b. 7-6-1982 Gunnison

XIV. Carrie Sue Funk (Louis Watson Funk) b. 9-6-1958 Upland, Ca. m. 7-3-1978 Gunnison, Michael Shane Partch b. 11-28-1958 Gunnison children-1. Samuel Joseph Partch b. 2-27-1982 Gunnison, m. 6-12-2004 Worthington, Oh., Melissa Lynn 2. Aimee Cherie Partch b. 4-8-1983 Gunnison, m. Matthew Richard Gish b. 11-16-1982 Lancaster, Pa.

XIV. Esther Elizabeth Funk (Louis Watson Funk) b. 9-29-1960 Gunnison, Co. m. 11-14-1979 Gunnison, Carl Robin Cox b. 3-29-1951 Mesa, Az. children-1. Haley Jo Cox 2. Dakota Ray Cox

XIV. Cindy Lynn Funk (Louis Watson Funk) b. 2-1-1962 Gunnison, Co. m. 11-10-1977 Gunnison, Craig William Weifenbach, son of George Weifenbach & Barbara . children-1. Craig Harold Weifenbach b. 4-8-1978 Gunnison

XIII. Phyllis Marie Funk (Samuel Ed Funk) b. 11-17-1925 Hooper, Co. d. 10-8-1973 Gunnison, Co. m. 6-23-1943 Quartzite, Yuma Co., Az., Harold Wayne Nesbit b. 5-17-1919 Gunnison, d. 3-31-1945 near Siegen, Germany 2nd m. Rollan Smith b. 8-3- ?, d. 10-13-1985 Montrose, Co. children-1. Larry Dale Smith b. 5-13-1951 Gunnison 3rd m. Milo Shaw 2. Shaw b. 10-8-197J? The Shaw baby was given up for adoption. Phyllis committed suicide on the baby birthday.

XIV. Larry Dale Smith (Phyllis Marie Funk) b. 5-13-1951 Gunnison, Co. m. 5-8-1970, Maurine Norton children-1. Kelli Terresa Smith

XIII. James Larry Funk Gallegos (Samuel Ed Funk) b. 1-18-1927 Hooper, Co. d. 8-1963 Kerns, Salt Lake City, Ut., both bur Salt Lake City m. 10-11-1946, Virginia Rose Archuletta b. 4-30- ? Portales, NM., d. 9-1964 Salt Lake City. children-1. Jaunita Blanche Gallegos b. 8-15-1947 Gunnison, Co. James adopted by Jose Ramon Gallegos & Virginia . James drowned in Salt Lake while saving a child; the child survived.

XIV. Jaunita Blanche Gallegos (James Larry Funk Gallegos) b. 8-15-1947 Gunnison, Co. m. Michael Linsey children-1. Michael Linsey b. 12-6-1965 2nd m. Larry Hansen U40 2. Larry Hansenb. 2-2-1967 3. Maurida Hansen b. 9-2-1973 3rd m. George Haddenham 4. Lacy Haddenham

XIII. Myrtle Elizabeth Funk (Samuel Ed Funk) b. 9-29-1935 Escondido, Ca. d. 8-6-1990 Penrose, Fremont Co., Co., bur. Penrose m. 3-18-1951 Gunnison, Co., Herbert Edgar Conboy Sr. b. 8-17-1930 Hayes Co., Ne., d. 8-20-2002 Albuquerque, NM., bur. Palisade, Ne. children-1. Elizabeth Fay Conboy b. 12-24-1951 Gunnison 2. Baby Conboy b. 1-4-1953 Gunnison, d. same day, bur. Gunnison. 3. Evalyn Jean Conbov b. 11-24-1955 4. Herbert Edgar Conboy Jr. b. 4-25-1963 Gunnison 2nd m. 1-17-1969 Gunnison, Arthur Eugene French b. 6-23-1938 Boulder, Co. 5. Randy Dean French b. 6-15-1959 6. Ronnie Lee French b. 8-8-1960 Colorado Spring, Co. 7. Rex Arnold French b. 2-22-1964 8. Ray Alan French b. 3-16-1966 9. Bobby Eugene French b. 2-22-1971

XIV. Evalyn Jean Conboy (Myrtle Elizabeth Funk) b. 11-24-1955 children-1. Charlotte Sophia Conboy 2nd m. 6-20-1971 Gunnison, Sorovel Romero 2. Elizabeth Jean Romero 3rd m. 3-27-1986, Halis Breland 4th m. 10-1-1986, William Kabbski 3. Domnic Dwayne Kaboski

XIV. Herbert Edgar Conboy Jr. (Myrtle Elizabeth Funk) b. 4-25-1963 Gunnison m. 11-2-1986, Cynthia Faye Curliss 2nd m. 10-6-1990 Pueblo, Co., Victoria Kirkland b. 1-10-1970 Pueblo, dau. of Michael Kirkland & Dorothy Smith, children-1. Timothy Edward Kirkland b. 8-26-1989 Pueblo 2. Tabitha Noel Conboy

XIV. Ronnie Lee French (Myrtle Elizabeth Funk) b. 8-8-1960 Colorado Spring, Co. m. 7-14-1984, Kittie Jeaneen Butcher children-1. Richard French 2. Patrick French

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