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Suzanne POTTER
Born: 1831 in KY
Died: Feb 1897 in Butte Co, CA
Buried: 22 Feb 1897 in Gridley-Biggs Cemetery, Butte Co, CA

Suzanne's Notes:
1850 CENSUS, District 38, Holt Co, MO: 19 years, born KY. Living with spouse, William McCRORY, a daughter, sister-in-law and brother-in-law.
1860 CENSUS, Dallas Twp, (Rush Bottom P. O.), Holt Co, MO, #1021: 28 years, born KY. Living with spouse, William McCRORY, 2 children and William Riley.
1870 CENSUS, Suisun Twp, Solano Co, CA, #220/208: 38 years, born KY. Living with spouse, William McCRORY, and 3 children.
1880 CENSUS, Red Bluff, Tehama, CA, ED 140: "Susanah", 45 years, born MO, parents born MO. Living with spouse, William McCRORY, and 2 sons.

Have copy of marriage certificate. Death and burial information from Donna (Butte County researcher). Name from Gridley-Biggs Cemetery records; Suzanne was buried 22 Feb 1897.

Cemetery visit, September 2008: Birth place given as Clay Co, KY, and spouse as Thomas McCRORY. "Old Interment Books lists 'Mrs. McCRORY'; same person? Exact grave not known."

Suzanne married
William MCCRORY 1 Feb 1849 in Holt Co, MO
Born: 1830 in MO
Died: 1891/1893 in Gridley, Butte Co, CA
Buried: in Gridley-Biggs Cemetery, Butte Co, CA
Father: Robert H. MCCRORY Sr.
Mother: Mary TAYLOR

William 's Notes:
1830 CENSUS, Cooper Co, MO: William is listed as a male under 5 years of age.
1840 CENSUS, Richland, Morgan, MO: William is listed as a male born 1825-1830.
1850 CENSUS, District 38, Holt Co, MO: 20 years, born MO, $200, farmer. Living with wife, Susan; sister, Matilda; brother, John; and daughter, Margaret.
1860 CENSUS, Dallas Twp, Holt Co, MO, Rush Bottom P. O.: 30 years, born MO, farmer, $250. Living with wife, Susan, 2 children and William Riley.
1870 CENSUS, Suisun Twp, Solano Co, CA, page 100, #220/208: 40 years, born MO, farmer, $500. Living with wife, Susana, and 3 children (Mary E, Thomas E, Robert S.).
1880 CENSUS, Red Bluff, Tehama, CA, ED 140: 50 years, born MO, parents born SC, farmer. Living with wife, Susanah, and 2 sons (Thomas and Robert).

1890 CA Voters Registration, page 45: 60 years, born MO. Laborer, living Gridley, Butte Co, 9 Jul 1890.

William had a cattle business that took him and his brother, James, to CA in 1853. He is listed as an heir in his father's probate records. William and his wife, Susanah, bought 39.89 Acres from John POTTER, deed. (from John POTTER estate records.)

Regular term Holt County Court, 4 Aug 1863, page 80: Judgement against Levi POTTER, A. D. ODELL and William McCRORY for $176. Also, judgement against William McCRORY, A. D. ODELL and W. S. Williams for $584.

William served in Company C, 9th MO S. M. Cavalry as a private in the Union Army. He filed for a Civil War pension in CA, 26 Feb 1891, as an invalid; application #1,004,595. Susanah filed for a widow's pension in CA, 11 Oct 1893, application #584217, certificate #421160.

Cemetery visit, September 2008: William sold property in Holt Co, MO, in 1869 and lived in Suisun Twp in 1870 with three children.

Family researchers say William drowned in the Sacramento River.

From Gridley-Biggs Cemetery records: William is buried in Section 2, Block 1, Lot 172; no dates, just a military marker, "Co C, 9th MO Cav". Also buried there are his wife, Suzanne, plus a son, Thomas T. McCRORY and his wife, Mary A.

Suzanne and William had the following children:

  1. Margaret MCCRORY
    Born: Jun 1850 in Holt Co, MO
    Died: before 1860
    Margaret's Notes:
    1850 CENSUS, District 38, Holt Co, MO: 3 months old, born MO. Living with parents, uncle and aunt.

    Margaret is not shown on the 1860 CENSUS with her family, so I have presumed that she died before 1860. (Holt County Marriage Records from 1846-1870 show Margaret married to Gallitin ADKINS, but can find no further evidence of this.)

  2. John Riley MCCRORY
    Born: Mar 1852 in Holt Co, MO
    Died: 21 Apr 1858 in Holt Co, MO
    Buried: in Oregon Cemetery, Oregon, Holt, MO
    John's Notes:
    Source: Gone Home, page 242: Aged 6 years, 1 month, and 15 days at death.
  3. Mary Ellen "Molly" MCCRORY
  4. Thomas Truston MCCRORY
  5. James Edgar MCCRORY
    Born: Dec 1861 in MO
    Died: 18 Mar 1862 in Holt Co, MO
    Buried: in Baldwin Cemetery, Mound City, Holt, MO
    James' Notes:
    Source: Gone Home, page 242. James was 4 months and 1 day old when he died. Have cemetery photos.
  6. William Newton MCCRORY
    Born: Mar 1863 in Holt Co, MO
    Died: 9 Jun 1863 in Holt Co, MO
    Buried: in Baldwin Cemetery, Mound City, Holt, MO
    William's Notes:
    Gone Home, page 242. William was 2 months and 28 days old when he died.
  7. Robert Lee MCCRORY

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