Thomas D. Crews
Sex: M
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Birth Date: 1872
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Father: William B. North Crews
Mother: Lucy M. North
Thomas Hardy Crews
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 22 May 1861 - Georgia 57
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Death: 17 Jan 1922 - Brantley Co., GA ( at age 60) 57
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Parents
Father: Bryant C. Crews
Mother: Nancy Jones
Spouses and Children
1. *Icy June Taylor
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Reverend Thomas Jefferson Crews
Sex: M
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Birth Date: 25 Jan 1874
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Death: 31 Aug 1963 - ( at age 89)
Burial: in Venus United Methodist Church Cemetery, Vensus, Highlands County, Florida
Parents
Father: Dempsey Dubois Crews
Mother: Mahala Molcy Hair
Spouses and Children
1. *Ava Bailey
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Attached is an interesting story. There are some inaccuracies but interesting nonetheless:
From the Tampa Tribune, January 15,1956
Preface:
Albert Devane of Lake Placid, whose obsessing hobby is the tracing and recording of genealogical records of pioneer South Florida families has traced the record of one well known family which is truly remarkable-three generations in 200 years.
Mr. Devane says," I think it is the most unique and unusual story I have ever unearthed in genealogy and biographical research. Rev Thomas Crews, 82 years of age, a neighbor I have known for 35 years, is the grandson of a Revolutionary War soldier- a span of 200 years in three generations! His father was born 149 years ago.
John Collier, Sr., and Irving Lockler, Sr., was Rev. Thomas Crews' uncles and brother-in-law to his father. Also Rubin Carlton, son of Alderman, and brother to Daniel, former Governor Doyle Carlton's grandfather, was an uncle.
It is a great story, particularly appropriate for the Pioneer Florida page.
"My grandfather was born 200 years age, in 1755. He was 21 years old at the start of the Revolutionary War, and fought in many battles. He was also in the war of 1812, and 1817 fought against the Creek Indians along the Wayne Co., GA frontier.
"Can you believe it? It's true. My father was born 149 years ago, July 23,1806. He fought in the First and Second Seminole Indian Wars, also in the Civil War" So say's Rev. Thomas Crews of Venus, FL, 82 years of age, who also has a living sister, Mrs. Charity Crews Allen of Tampa, age 77 years.
Due to the advance age of Rev. Thomas Crews' grandfather, Alexander Crews, and to the very advanced age of his father, Dempsey Dubois Crews, when Rev, Thomas Crews, the subject, was born, this accounts for the long span of 200 years within three generations. Is there another grandson or granddaughter of a Revolutionary soldier living today in this great United States? If so they could form one of America's most exclusive clubs.
" I shall give a short biographical sketch of Alexander Crews, the grand father of the subject Rev. Thomas Crews; also his father Dempsey Dubois Crews, Sr.
Alexander Crews was born in the Charleston District, S.C. in 1755. He was the son of John Crews, who settled in the same district in the 17th century. He was married twice. The name of his first wife is not known. His second wife, Lucy Dubois, was born in 1785 in South Carolina. There were 13 children by the two wives, four sons, by his first wife, Stephen, William, Alexander Jr., John, and 9 children by his second wife.
Dempsey Dubois Crews, Sr., father of the subject, Rev. Thomas Crews, was the oldest child by the second marriage. Born July 23, 1806, he had five brothers, Micajah, James, Samuel, Archibald and Bryant, and three sisters, Lavina Sophia, and Pennie.
Alexander Crews moved into North Georgia in 1816 or 1817 and in 1819 moved again into Camden Co., GA, which was later subdivided into Charlton County in 1854, later divided into Brantley County. Alexander Crews died in 1848, 93 years of age on the old Crews homestead in Brantley County, according to the youngest son, the late Byrant Crews of Ware County, GA.
"Dempsey D. Crews, Sr., was brother-in-law of Maxwell Whidden Sr. who married his sister, Sophie. Whidden moved to Florida in 1826 or 1827. Whidden's son Eli was born there in 1828 in what was the Alachua Co., six years before the creation of Hillsborough County. His son later married Lavenia Pratt, another pioneer in the Plant City area.
In 1848, after his father's death, Dempsey and his two brothers-in-law, Irving Lockler Sr., who married his sister Penelope [Pennie], and his wife's brother, John Collier Sr., all moved from Georgia to South Florida to join their brother-in-law Maxfield Whidden, Sr., who was living in Hillsborough County.
With their families in an ox cart caravan, followed by a small herd of cattle, they started on a slow but steady pace to the most southern Florida frontier of the time. They were armed with muskets and had good dogs. Corn and sweet potatoes were packed in their carts. The forest, abounding with deer and wild turkey solved many of their food problems.
Also stored in their wagons were the chopping axes, broadaxe, foot adz, crosscut saw, auger bits, fro and drawing knife, all needed in erecting their frontier log houses. They moved slowly and their final stop was in the southern part of Hillsborough County, now Zolfo.
"Dempsey Crews Sr., blazed the first road from the Fort Green-Wauchula territory across the Peace River to the territory of Zolfo and Crewsville. He selected the site for the ford, graded the slopes, and drove the first yoke of oxen across it. Being first known as Crews Ford, later as Beannen Ford, it was about a half mile east of the present state road from Wauchula to Zolfo "Log houses were built, rails were split, and fences were built. Cows were penned for milk, later the pens we moved to a new site. Land was then planted to grow sweet potatoes and corn, a garden enclosed by high railing fence to keep out varmints, chickens and wild turkeys. Then sugar cane and a small patch of cotton were added, and life on the frontier had begun.
Due to the frontier being opened and survey parties being further inland with their surveys, the Indians became hostile. On July 17, 1849 at Dempsey Whidden's store and home on Payne's Creek Indians killed, him and George S. Payne. It became necessary to move the frontier families to old Fort Green for protection. Several companies of Florida militia were moved into service that July 1849 and continued on the frontier until December, when everything quieted down and there was no more trouble with the Indians, until 1856 and 1858, the last Seminole War, when Billy Bowlegs and a part of his band agreed to emigrate to Arkansas and departed from Ft. Myers on May 4,1858, aboard the steamer Gray Cloud.
"When Florida seceded from the Union on Jan. 10,1861, most of the pioneers were in sympathy with the South and joined the Confederacy. Some were enlisted in the cattle battalion; others saw service from Missionary Ridge to Gettysburg.
"Dempsey Crews Sr. had quite a war record. He was with General John Floyd of the Georgia militia on an expedition into the Okeefenokee Swamp in 1831, also in 1838 along the Florida frontier. He was in Florida militia in 1849; also in the last Seminole War in 1856-1858, he was also in the Confederate Army.
"In 1867, Dempsey Crews Jr., and his uncle John Collier Sr., and father-in-law Enoch Collins Jr., moved from Zolfo and settled in the area later known as Crownsville, opening up a store and post office. There were several homes and two or three stores and it was a thriving frontier town until the railroad came south from Bartow to Punta Gorda. The post office was moved soon afterward to Zolfo. Some of the stores also moved to the railroad. The coming of the railroad terminated the job of Acrefoot Johnson, the "walking mailman" who carried the mail on foot from Ft. Meade to Punta Gorda.
Dempsey D. Crews married Piety Collier in old Camden County, Georgia. To them the following children were born; Henry B. on Aug. 16, 1836, who married Susan Wingate, daughter of William Wingate.William M. born on Aug. 27,1841 who died young; Elizabeth on Feb. 16,1849, who married Rueben Carlton, son of Lt. Alderman Carlton [who was killed by Indians at the Willoughby Tillis place at Ft. Meade June 16,1856]; Dempsey D. Jr., born Nov. 23,1846, who married Fannie Collins, daughter of Enoch Collins Jr., Lydia, on May 16,1849, who married Streety Hair, son of Calvin Hair,; Willis, on Feb. 27,1854, who married Mary Wingate, daughter of William Wingate; Crawford on Sept. 18, 1858, who married William Lee, son of Jessie Lee; Willoughby on Jan 26,1862, who died young.
"His first wife died from small pox in 1862 and was buried in the old Wachula cemetery; his second wife was Molcy Hair, daughter of Calvin Hair, born Dec. 23, 1837. To them the following children were born, Sarah Jane on Nov. 13,1866, who burned to death at the age of eight; William C. on Nov 30, 1866 who married Cornelia Whidden, daughter of David Whidden; Isham on July 17,1869 who married Azeline Gill, daughter of James Gill; Sophie on Jan 1, 1872 who married Luke Altman, son of John Altman; Thomas on Jan 25,1874 who married Ava Bailey, daughter of Willoughby Bailey; Edward on Oct. 15, 1877 who died when eight years old and Charity on June 18, 1879 who married Chester Burnett, son of Button Burnett and whose second husband was Lester Allen."
"The addresses of the two living children of Dempsey D. Crews, Sr. who was born 149 years ago are: Rev. Thomas Crews, Venus, Fla: and Mrs. Leslie Allen, 4806 Ola Avenue, Tampa. Their grandfather was born 200 years ago."
Thomas N. Crews
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 23 Mar 1867 - Hardee County, Florida
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Death: 16 Sep 1927 - Hardee County, Florida ( at age 60)
Burial: 18 Sep 1927 - Crewsville Cemetery, Crewsville, DeSoto County, Florida
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Father:
Mother: Susan Elizabeth Wingate
Spouses and Children
1. *Louisa Penelope Albritton
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Thomas Watson Crews
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 21 Oct 1893
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Death: 23 Sep 1969 - ( at age 75)
Burial: in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Gotha, Orange County, Florida
Parents
Father: Dempsey Dubois Crews Jr.
Mother: Martha Jane Lanier
Tyler Benjamin Crews
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 14 May 1986 - Gainesville, Alachua Co., Florida, USA 222
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Death: 12 Jun 2007 - Waycross, Ware Co., Georgia, USA ( at age 21)
Burial: in Oakland Cemetery, Waycross, Ware County, Georgia
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Father: Allan Eugene Crews
Mother:
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Tyler Benjamin Crews, 22, died Tuesday (June 12, 2007) at Satilla Regional Medical Center following injuries received in an automobile accident.
He was a native of Gainesville, FL but had lived most of his life in Waycross and Lake City, FL. He was preceded in death by his grandfathers, Bennie Carter and Grady Crews.
He was a member of Second Baptist Church. He was a junior at Valdosta State University and was a business major. He was a 2003 graduate of Ware County High School and was a member of the baseball team, golf team and the band.
The survivors include his mother, Bena Carter Crews (special friend Gene Mott) of Waycross; his father, Allan E. Crews (fiancee Sandy Menendez) of Lake City, FL; a brother, Justin Crews (fiancée Ashley White) of U.S. Air Force, Afghanistan/Waycross; his grandparents, Susie Carter of Waycross, Betty Laxton (husband Dell) of Lake City, FL; his girlfriend, Liza Griffin of Waycross; four aunts, Susan Carter (husband Brian Flick) of Spokane, WA, Bonnie Tippins (husband Jim) of Fernandina Beach, FL, Rosie Garbutt (husband Gerald Sellers) and Pat Jones (husband Michael) both of Waycross; an uncle, Gary Laxton of Lake City, FL; and numerous cousins.
A funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday (June 16, 2007) at Second Baptist Church. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. The family will be receiving friends at Music Funeral Home Friday night from 7 until 9.
Sympathy may be expressed by signing the online registry at www.musicfuneralhome.com
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Tyler Benjamin Crews
Born in Gainesville, Alachua Co, FL on May 14, 1985
Departed on Jun. 12, 2007 and resided in Waycross, Co, GA
Visitation: Pending
Service: Pending
Mr. Tyler Benjamin Crews, 22, died Tuesday (June 12, 2007) at Satilla Regional Medical Center following injuries received in an automobile accident.
He was a native of Gainesville, FL but had lived most of his life in Waycross and Lake City, FL.
He was a member of Second Baptist Church. He was a junior at Valdosta State University and was a business major. He was a 2003 graduate of Ware County High School and was a member of the baseball team, golf team and the band.
The survivors include his mother, Bena Carter Crews (special friend Gene Mott) of Waycross; his father, Allan E. Crews of Lake City, FL; a brother, Justin Crews (fiancée Ashley White of U.S. Air Force, Afghanistan; his grandparents, Susie Carter of Waycross, Betty Laxton (husband Dell) of Lake City, FL; his girlfriend, Liza Griffin of Waycross; four aunts, Susan Carter (husband Brian Flick) of Spokane, WA, Bonnie Tippins (husband Jim) of Fernandina Beach, FL, Rosie Garbutt (husband Gerald Sellers) and Pat Jones (husband Michael) both of Waycross; an uncle, Gary Laxton of Lake City, FL; and numerous cousins.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Music Funeral Home. Sympathy may be expressed by signing the online registry at www.musicfuneralhome.com.
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The Georgia Times-Union
Jacksonville (Duval Co), Florida
Issue Date: June 13, 2007
Page: B-1, Georgia Section
Valdosta State student, 22, killed in crash
By The Times-Union
A Waycross man died Tuesday morning following a head-on collision involving his car and a sport utility vehicle on Georgia 122 in western Ware County.
Tyler Benjamin Crews, 22, was dead on arrival at Satilla Regional Medical Center, county Coroner Atha Lucas said.
Crews was driving a Honda Accord en route to Valdosta State University, where he was a business student, Lucas said.
The car collided with a SUV driven by a young Ware County woman about 7:30 a.m. near Manor. The roadway was slick with rain, which may have contributed to the collision, law enforcement authorities said.
The woman, whose name wasn't immediately available, was taken to the hospital with several injuries but was expected to recover, authorities said.
The collision is under investigation by the Georgia State Patrol.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20702384/tyler_benjamin-crews: accessed December 23, 2024), memorial page for Tyler Benjamin Crews (14 May 1985\endash 12 Jun 2007), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20702384, citing Oakland Cemetery, Waycross, Ware County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 47267658).
Victoria Crews
Sex: F
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Death: 2 Oct 1925
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Parents
Father: John L. Crews
Mother: Maria Sears
Spouses and Children
1. *E. E. Williams
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Viola Crews
Sex: F
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Spouses and Children
1. *Guilford H. Waldron
Marriage: 7 May 1915 161
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Viola Crews
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 26 Mar 1867 - Florida
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Death: 3 Nov 1953 - Chatham County, Georgia ( at age 86)
Burial: in McDonald Baptist Church Cemetery, Sylvania, Screven County, Georgia, USA
Parents
Father: Stephen Larrisey Crews
Mother: Clarisy Collier
Spouses and Children
1. *Richard Anthony Oglesby
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115483820/viola-oglesby: accessed December 25, 2024), memorial page for Viola Crews Oglesby (26 Mar 1867\endash 3 Nov 1953), Find a Grave Memorial ID 115483820, citing McDonald Baptist Church Cemetery, Sylvania, Screven County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Jessie Beard Taylor (contributor 46947216).
Virginia Crews
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1835 - Camden Co., GA
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Death: 29 Mar 1911 - ( at age 76)
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Parents
Father: Joseph Crews 34
Mother: Catherine Ann Turner
Spouses and Children
1. *Oscar Hart
Marriage: 28 Jul 1850
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2. George Wells
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