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Unknown Crouch Family
Generation No. 1
1. MR.1 CROUCH was born Abt. 1802. He married MRS. CROUCH Abt. 1820. She was
born Abt. 1802.
More About MR. CROUCH and MRS. CROUCH:
Marriage: Abt. 1820
Children of MR. CROUCH and MRS. CROUCH are:
2. i. METHELE MATHELIA2 CROUCH, b. 1822, Washington Co. East Tenn.; d. May
05, 1878, Gadsden AL. Etowah Co. home of her Daughter Mary Jane Meeks.
ii. JOSEPH G. CROUCH, b. 1828, TN..
Generation No. 2
2. METHELE MATHELIA2 CROUCH (MR.1) (Source: (1) "Abstracts and Extracts of
Obituaries from The Gadsden Times 1867-1899", Not given., (2) Cockrum.GED,
Date of Import: Jan 9, 2005.) was born 1822 in Washington Co. East Tenn.
(Source: Cockrum.GED, Date of Import: Jan 9, 2005.), and died May 05, 1878
in Gadsden AL. Etowah Co. home of her Daughter Mary Jane Meeks. She married
HEZIKIAH ALLEN COTHRUM (Source: (1) Cothran Family bible., (2) US census
Greenville Dist. SC 1790., (3) Cockrum.GED, Date of Import: Jan 9, 2005.)
November 24, 1842 (Source: Cockrum.GED, Date of Import: Jan 9, 2005.), son
of WILLIAM COCKRUM and MARY SPILLERS. He was born September 26, 1815 in
South Carolina (Source: Cockrum.GED, Date of Import: Jan 9, 2005.), and died
1865 in Alabama.
More About METHELE MATHELIA CROUCH:
Burial: 1878, Forrest Cemetery Gadsden Dead End of Walnut Street West from
Coosa River. (Source: 97 Etowah County Alabama Cemeteries, unknown.)
More About HEZIKIAH ALLEN COTHRUM:
Burial: Alabama
More About HEZIKIAH COTHRUM and METHELE CROUCH:
Marriage: November 24, 1842 (Source: Cockrum.GED, Date of Import: Jan 9,
2005.)
Children of METHELE CROUCH and HEZIKIAH COTHRUM are:
i. JOHN M.3 COTHRUM (Source: (1) US census Greenville Dist. SC 1790., (2)
Cockrum.GED, Date of Import: Jan 9, 2005.), b. 1844, AL. (Source:
Cockrum.GED, Date of Import: Jan 9, 2005.).
ii. MARY JANE COTHRUM (Source: (1) US census Greenville Dist. SC 1790., (2)
Cockrum.GED, Date of Import: Jan 9, 2005.), b. 1845, AL. (Source:
Cockrum.GED, Date of Import: Jan 9, 2005.); d. Gadsden, AL. (Source:
Cockrum.GED, Date of Import: Jan 9, 2005.); m. WILLIAM MARION MEEKS (Source:
(1) Cockrum.GED, Date of Import: Jan 9, 2005., (2) History of Etowah Co.
AL., unknown, William Marion Meeks; William M. Meeks was born Feb. 16, 1845,
in Floyd County, GA, and moved to Cherokee Co. GA with his parents in 1849.
He worked briefly with the "Rome Courier" from 1861-2. He joined the
Confederate Army at age 17 and served until the end of the war. In 1866, he
joined the staff of the "Cherokee Advertiser" {In Cherokee Co., AL.} and
married Mary J. Cothers of Centre. Meeks purchased the "Gadsden Times" in
1871, and published it until his death on Nov. 6, 1906. The paper then fell
into the hands of his sons, Charles and James. Who sold it to W.S. Mudd and
B.H. Mooney in 1927.), November 16, 1866, Cherokee County, AL. (Source:
Cherokee County, AL. Marriage Book.); b. February 16, 1845, Floyd County, GA
Source: (1) History of Etowah County, AL.., (2) Cockrum.GED, Date of
Import: Jan 9, 2005.); d. November 06, 1906, Battle Creek, MI (Source:
Cockrum.GED, Date of Import: Jan 9, 2005.).
More About WILLIAM MARION MEEKS:
Burial: Gadsden, AL. Etowah
Military service: 1862, Joined the Confederate Army until end of the war.
Occupation: 1866, Worked with the Cherokee Advertiser Newspaper in Cherokee
AL.
Property: 1871, Purchased the Gadsden Times until his death Nov. 6, 1906
Residence: 1849, Cherokee Co., GA. came with his parents
More About WILLIAM MEEKS and MARY COTHRUM:
Marriage: November 16, 1866, Cherokee County, AL. (Source: Cherokee County,
AL. Marriage Book.)
iii. MINERVA S. COTHRUM (Source: (1) US census Greenville Dist. SC 1790.,
(2) Cockrum.GED, Date of Import: Jan 9, 2005.), b. 1847, AL. (Source:
Cockrum.GED, Date of Import: Jan 9, 2005.); d. November 03, 1876, AL.
(Source: Cockrum.GED, Date of Import: Jan 9, 2005.).
iv. GEORGIAN A. COTHRUM (Source: (1) US census Greenville Dist. SC 1790.,
(2) Cockrum.GED, Date of Import: Jan 9, 2005.), b. 1849, AL. (Source:
Cockrum.GED, Date of Import: Jan 9, 2005.); d. July 15, 1874, Centre, AL.
Cherokee Co. (Source: Cockrum.GED, Date of Import: Jan 9, 2005.).
v. WILLIAM M. COTHRUM (Source: (1) US census Greenville Dist. SC 1790., (2)
Cockrum.GED, Date of Import: Jan 9, 2005.), b. 1857, AL. (Source:
Cockrum.GED, Date of Import: Jan 9, 2005.); d. May 14, 1875, Centre, AL.
Cherokee Co. (Source: Cockrum.GED, Date of Import: Jan 9, 2005.).
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Gail Moore Connection is as follow:
Methele {Mathelia} Crouch wife of Hezikiah Allen Cothrum.
Hezikiah Allen Cothrum son of
William Cockrum {note name change} and Mary Spillers, and brother to George
Washington Lafayette Cothrum and his wife:
Harriet McColman
Parents of:
Ovid Dunlap Cothran and his wife Zona Almeda Entriken who were parents of:
Orrin Charlie Cothran and his wife Ernestine Johns who are my
Parents.......................
Dolores Gail Cothran Cook Moore
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