Personal Notes 15 (Notes Pages)

Individuals marked with a red dot

are direct ancestors of Robert Lynn Craycroft
For privacy reasons, Date of Birth and Date of Marriage for persons believed to still be living are not shown.

Craycroft, Fred Scott (b. 17 MAR 1907, d. 18 JUL 1965)

Source: (Name field)
Title: World Family Tree Vol. 5, Ed. 1
Author: Brřderbund Software, Inc.
Publication: Release date: August 22, 1996
Media: Family Archive CD

Note: Customer pedigree.
Page: Tree #2722
Data:
Text: Date of Import: Jun 23, 1997

Source: (Name field)
Title: Supplemental Report of Birth, Report of Name of Child

Source: (Birth field)
Title: Inscription on grave marker
Media: Tombstone

Source: (Birth field)
Title: Macon County Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. III
Author: Decatur Genealogical Society
Publication: Third Printing, July, 1987
Media: Book

Note: Personal collection

Source: (Death field)
Title: Inscription on grave marker
Media: Tombstone
Data:
Text: Ill. Pfc. H.Q. Co., 351 Inf., World War II, B. sm PH

Source: (Individual Field)
Brřderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 3, Social Security Records: U.S., SS Death Benefit Records, Surnames Beginning with C, Date of Import: Sep 8, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.111.3.47693.112

Event: Type: Soc. Sec. Num.
Place: Social Security #: 329-01-0872

Occupation: Place: Farmer, truck driver

Reference: 141

Note: [Brřderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 3, Social Security Records: U.S., SS Death Benefit Records, Surnames Beginning with C, Date of Import: Sep 8, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.111.3.47693.112]

Individual: Craycroft, Fred
Birth date: Mar 17, 1907
Death date: Jul 1965
Social Security #: 329-01-0872
State of issue: IL

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Craycroft, William Benjamin (b. 26 NOV 1829, d. 16 FEB 1897)

Source: (Birth Field)
Death certificate

Source: (Birth field)
Title: Macon County Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. III
Author: Decatur Genealogical Society
Publication: Third Printing, July, 1987
Media: Book

Note: Personal collection
Data:
Text: W.B. Craycroft, died Feb 16, 1897 aged 67 yr 2 mo 20 da

Cause: La grippe (pneumonia)

Source: (Individual field)
Title: Death Certificate
Media: Official Document

Note: High

Occupation: Place: Farmer, stock raiser

Event: Type: Buried at
Place: Mt. Gilead Cemetary, Macon County, IL

Census: Date: 1850
Place: Macon County, Illinois

Reference: 142

Note: Family enumerated in 1880 Illinois Census.

His father took him to Macon County, Illinois, in the 1830's. He had only about six weeks of schooling. He farmed and raised stock, living on a farm about 2.5 miles southwest of Elwin.

Just before the Civil War broke out his uncle, Aaron Craycroft, called a note for about $300, forcing him to sell about 600 bushels of wheat at $.50 per bushel. In short time war broke out and wheat went to $3 per bushel. (Harry Craycroft, Vandalia, IL.)

According to the 1860 Census of Macon County, Illinois, there was a William P. Craycroft (could be an error hearing incorrectly or in transcription), age 29, listed as a farmer, and born in Maryland. These details fit a description of William Benjamin Craycroft. (Robert Lynn Craycroft)

According to the same Taxpayers Lists William B. Craycroft paid taxes on property in South Wheatland in 1865. In 1866 William Craycroft paid taxes on property in Decatur, and William B. Craycroft paid taxes on property in South Wheatland. (Robert Lynn Craycroft)

Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales

CRAYCROFT WILLIAM B: Sale type - RR; Legal desrciption - SWSW; Section - 08; Township - 15N; Range - 02E; Meridian - 3; Acres Bought - 40.00; Price per acre - 000.00; Total price - 00000.00; Social status - MALE; Date purchased - 10/28/1854; Volume - 790; Page - 001; County - MACON

CRAYCROFT WILLIAM B: Sale type - RR; Legal description - SESW; Section - 08; Township - 15N; Range - 02E; Meridian - 3; Acres bought - 40.00; Price per acre - 17.00; Total price - 680.00; Social status - MALE; Date purchased - 10/23/1865; Volume - 791; Page - 269; County - MACON

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Scott, Sarah (b. 15 FEB 1837, d. 4 NOV 1889)

Source: (Birth field)
Title: Macon County Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. III
Author: Decatur Genealogical Society
Publication: Third Printing, July, 1987
Media: Book

Note: Personal collection
Data:
Text: Sarah Scott Craycroft, wife of W.B. Craycroft, died Nov 24, 1889 aged 52 yr 9 mo 9 da

Cause: Tuberculosis

Occupation: Place: School teacher, housewife

Event: Type: Buried at
Place: Mt. Gilead Cemetary, Macon County, IL

Reference: 143

Note: Before her marriage, Sarah taught school near Blue Mound, Illinois, for $35.00 per month, while living with a brother.

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Richardson, Harriet (b. 28 JUL 1831, d. 2 NOV 1910)

Source: (Name field)
Title: Last Will and Testament of William Benjamin Craycroft
Media: Official Document

Note: Primary

Source: (Birth Field)
Death certificate

Source: (Death field)
Title: Death Certificate for Harriet Craycroft

Cause: Uremic poison and chronic hepatitis

Occupation: Place: Housewife

Reference: 144

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Craycroft, Dora Bess (b. 21 JAN 1865, d. 8 FEB 1902)

Source: (Name field)
Title: Last Will and Testament of William Benjamin Craycroft
Media: Official Document

Note: Primary

Source: (Birth Field)
Death certificate

Source: (Death field)
Title: Death Certificate
Media: Official Document

Note: High
Note: Death certificate

Source: (Death field)
Title: Submitting Will to Probate in death of Dora B. (Craycroft) Craycraft
Publication: Dated February term, 1902
Media: Official Document

Cause: Pulmonary tuberculosis

Reference: 145

Note: Dora was probably born on the old Craycroft farm about three miles southwest of Elwin, Illinois. She became affected by tuberculosis when about 16 years old. She was never really well after that and it eventually caused her death.

She was taken to Florida for her health in January, 1884, by her father, who placed her to board with Mr. and Mrs. John Craycraft, who by coincidence had almost the same name. There she became acquainted with the sons of the Craycraft's, and she and Edgar Craycraft fell in love. They were married several years later, on Dec. 18, 1894, at the home of her father.

After spending the winter of 1894-95 in Florida the couple returned to Illinois, where Edgar rented an 80-acre farm a mile east of Boody from his father-in-law. They lived on this farm, except for several winters spent in Florida, and the winter of 1900-01, which Dora spent with her brothers at Gueydan, Louisiana, until her death on Feb. 8, 1902. She died in the the farm home east of Boody and was buried in Mt. Gilead Cemetery. (unknown)

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Craycroft, Walter Benjamin (b. 13 MAR 1867, d. 16 NOV 1948)

Source: (Name field)
Title: Last Will and Testament of William Benjamin Craycroft
Media: Official Document

Note: Primary

Occupation: Place: Farmer

Reference: 146

Note: The couple lived for several years on a farm northeast of Assumption, Illinois, purchased by his father. They spent on or two years with his brother William on a rice farm near Gueydan, Louisiana. They later lived several years in Oklahoma, going there about 1910.

They returned to Illinois in the fall of 1918, and spent parts of the next two winters in Eustis, Florida, going there with his brother-in-law, Edgar Craycraft. They lived three or four years in Macon, Illinois. In 1924 they moved back to the farm near Assumption.

Walter died Nov. 16, 1948, and was buried in a cemetery near his farm. (Harry Craycroft, Vandalia, IL.)

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Craycroft, Frank Scott (b. 7 JAN 1869, d. 14 AUG 1932)

Source: (Name field)
Title: Last Will and Testament of William Benjamin Craycroft
Media: Official Document

Note: Primary

Source: (Birth field)
Title: Inscription on grave marker
Media: Tombstone

Source: (Death field)
Title: Proof of Heirship for Frank S. Craycroft
Publication: Dated April 22, 1935
Media: Official Document

Cause: Apparent suicide

Event: Type: Buried at
Place: Mt. Gilead Cemetary, Macon County, IL

Reference: 147

Note: Frank and Jennie lived for many years on the old Cairns farm near Mt. Zion, Illinois, then moved to the old Craycroft farm southwest of Elwin, Illinois, living in a house on an adjoining farm which he had bought. They made trips to Florida, Colorado, California, and other states. (Harry Craycroft, Vandalia, IL.)

The following is a transcript of the obituary for Frank Craycroft which appeared in the August 19, 1932, edition of the Prairie State Tribune, Assumption, Illinois:

Brother of Local Man Commits Suicide at Decatur -

Mr. Frank S. Craycroft, 63, brother of Walter B. Craycroft of here, committed suicide Sunday by hanging himself on a tree in a wooded tract near the south shore of Big Creek Inlet of Lake Decatur. The body was discovered about 8:30 p.m. by a party of picnickers.

Mr. Craycroft left no note or other indication of the reason for his act. He had spent practically his entire life in South Wheatland township, Macon County.

Surviving are his widow, two sons, Wilbur, Macon; Walter, California, two brothers Wm. T. Craycroft, Mt. Zion, and Walter Craycroft. . . . (here the article has been cut off)

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Craycroft, Maud (b. 29 MAY 1871, d. 14 AUG 1900)

Source: (Name field)
Title: Last Will and Testament of William Benjamin Craycroft
Media: Official Document

Note: Primary

Source: (Death field)
Title: Inscription on grave marker
Media: Tombstone

Cause: Died in childbirth

Event: Type: Buried at
Place: Mt. Gilead Cemetary, Macon County, IL

Reference: 148

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Craycroft, Jessie C. (b. 17 FEB 1877, d. 5 FEB 1877)

Source: (Death field)
Title: Macon County Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. III
Author: Decatur Genealogical Society
Publication: Third Printing, July, 1987
Media: Book

Note: Personal collection
Data:
Text: Jessie C. Craycroft,, dau. of W.B. and S.S. Craycroft, died Nov 2, 1892 aged 15 yr 8 mo 25 da

Cause: Tuberculosis

Source: (Death Field)
Macon County, Illinois, cemetary Inscriptions, Vol. III

Event: Type: Buried at
Place: Mt. Gilead Cemetary, Macon County, IL

Reference: 149

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Craycraft, Edgar Marks (b. ABT. 1866, d. 1940)

Source: (Birth field)
Title: Delayed Birth Record for Frank Craycraft

Source: (Death field)
Title: Inscription on grave marker
Media: Tombstone

Source: (Death field)
Title: Macon County Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. III
Author: Decatur Genealogical Society
Publication: Third Printing, July, 1987
Media: Book

Note: Personal collection
Page: p. 11

Occupation: Place: Farmer

Event: Type: Buried at
Place: Mt. Gilead Cemetary, Macon County, IL

Reference: 150

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