Summary: When James Monroe Crouch was born on July 3, 1820, in Washington County, Tennessee, his father, John, was 25 and his mother, Nancy, was 22. He married Alvina Jane Milburn in November 1840 in Greene County, Tennessee. They had nine children together prior to the death of Alvina in 1898. He then married Mary Hannah Sewell on 5 August 1900, in Murray, Georgia. He died about 11 October 1904, in Whitfield, Georgia, having lived a long life of 84 years, and was buried in Whitfield, Georgia.
James Monroe Crouch was born on July 3, 1820, in Washington County, Tennessee. His most likely parents, based on DNA (Barron and Jobe) matches, are Nancy Barron, who was 22, and John Crouch, age 25. He may have had an older sister, Sarah, who was born in 1818. The records of the marriages of Nancy Barron is confusing with Benjamin Epperson marrying a Nancy Barron in 1816 and then John Crouch marrying a Nancy Epperson in 1818. The birth of Sarah from her headstone appears to be a month before John and Nancy married. More questions to find answers to before this can be verified.
Back to our subject, James Monroe Crouch who had a brother Jesse was born on January 13, 1822, in Washington, Tennessee, when James Monroe Crouch was 1 year old. Jesse Crouch later married Jane Galloway and died in Washington County, Tennessee on 14 June 1900. Two DNA matches exist with descendants of Jesse Crouch at 19 cM and 16 cM.
His brother Joseph D Crouch was born on March 7, 1830, in Boones Creek, Tennessee, when James Monroe Crouch was 9 years old.
His sister Mary Crouch was born in 1832 when James Monroe Crouch was 12 years old.
His brother Thomas Hiter Crouch was born on February 10, 1833, in Boones Creek, Tennessee, when James Monroe Crouch was 12 years old.
His sister Martha Ellen Crouch was born in May 1835 in Washington, Tennessee, when James Monroe Crouch was 14 years old.
His sister Josephine Crouch was born in April 1839 in Washington, Tennessee, when James Monroe Crouch was 18 years old.
James Monroe Crouch married Alvina Jane Milburn in Greene County, Tennessee, on November 24, 1840, when he was 20 years old.
His son William A Crouch was born in 1841 in Tennessee. Nothing is known about William A Crouch after the Civil war.
His sister Susan M Crouch was born on April 22, 1842, in Washington, Tennessee, when James Monroe Crouch was 21 years old. Two DNA matches exist with descendants of Susan Crouch and her husband Jeremiah Bond Hale at 14 M and 24 cM with a descendant of James Monroe Crouch.
His son Joseph Larkin Crouch was born in 1844 in Tennessee. Nothing is known about Joseph Larkin Crouch after the Civil War.
His daughter Sarah E Crouch was born in 1846 in Tennessee. Nothing is known about Sarah E Crouch after the 1860 Census.
His son Archibald Frame Crouch was born in December 1847 in Tennessee. Archibald first married Martha O’Rear in 1867 with whom he had two children, James William Crouch (1868-1934) and Millie Alvina Crouch (1870-1957) who married Alex Grimes Armstrong (1869-1939). After Martha died in 1898, Archie married Martha’s widowed sister Francis Lousianna O’Rear (1961-1905) in 1899. When Francis died in 1905 he married Ludie Cash (1879-1953) in 1908 and had a son Archie Howard Crouch (1910-1954). Archibald Frame Crouch moved to Texas in the 1870s and died there in the city of Crawford (McLennan county) on 28 April 1919.
James Monroe Crouch’s father John Crouch passed away on July 29, 1850, in Washington, Tennessee, at the age of 55.
James Monroe Crouch lived in Greene, Tennessee, in 1850 according to the Federal census taken that year.
His son Isaac Newton Crouch was born on March 27, 1851, in Greene County, Tennessee. Isaac Newton Crouch (1851-1912) is a in the direct line to the author so his life details are presented in another blog in this series.
His daughter Martha J Crouch was born in 1853 in Tennessee. Nothing is known about her after the 1870 census.
His daughter Mary Ellen Crouch was born in 1855 in Tennessee. She married Doc Craton Bowen (1856-1926) on 23 Dec 1877 in Whitfield, Georgia. Mary died in 1888. Eleven of Mary’s descendants match DNA with the author of this blog.
His son Elbert Franklin Crouch was born on February 17, 1859, in Tennessee and died 11 November 1929 in Walker County, Georgia. Frank married Hester J Brakebill on 14 Mar 1882 and had seven children. After Hester died in 1907 Frank married Mary Ellison (1880-1962) on the 6 Aug 108 and had five more children prior to his death.
James Monroe Crouch lived in Greene County, Tennessee, in 1860.
James Monroe Crouch and his family probably still lived in Greene County, Tennessee next to his in-laws when his mother-in-law, Martha Anne Milburn nee Frame, died on 11 February 1861.
It is unknown where James Monroe Crouch lived when his father in law, William Milburn married his second wife, Sarah Creamer, on 19 August 1861.
James Monroe Crouch most likely lived in Whitfield County, Georgia when his sons William and Joseph enlisted with Company H, Georgia 36th (Broyles) infantry Regiment on 24 April 1862 in Dalton, Georgia. His sons were both captured and paroled at Vicksburg, Mississippi in July 1863. Joseph Larkin shows up in future rosters with Company K of the 1st Georgia Reserve as Larkin Crouch. Neither son has been found in records after the civil war, grave markers, or through DNA matches, so it is most likely they both died during the war. Note that James Monroe Crouch’s father in law was a chaplain in the Union Army and his brother in law (Alvina’s youngest brother) was in the Union Calvary.
James Monroe Crouch had a daughter in January 1864 named Melissa Caroline “Callie”. Callie married John J Gilbert (1863-1917) on 15 Dec 1885 and lived in the Whitfield County area of Georgia most of her life. They had eight children prior to her death on 08 February 1938. At least three of her descendants have DNA matches with the author.
In the “1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia” under Whitfield County, James Monroe Crouch is found as a farmer, 46 years and 4 months old, and stating he was born in Washington County, Tennessee.
James Monroe Crouch lived in Whitfield County, Georgia on 8 July 1867 when he swore allegiance to the United States.
His mother Nancy Crouch (nee Barron) passed away on August 18, 1869, in Washington, Tennessee, at the age of 71.
James Monroe Crouch lived in Whitfield, Georgia, in 1870.
James Monroe Crouch lived in Whitfield, Georgia, in 1880.
His sister Sarah died in 1880 when James Monroe was 60 years old.
Berta Juliet Crouch ( b 1864, daughter of Thomas Hiter Crouch and niece of our James Monroe Crouch) married Jesse Glenn McAfee of Dalton (Mayor of Dalton later in life), Georgia in 24 November 1884.(DAR lineage 147936). Jesse and Berta made their home in Dalton, Georgia. Several of her siblings visited her from Washington County according to different issues of the North Georgia Citizen, including a brother Samuel that lived in Dalton for a while.
His daughter Mary Ellen Bowen (nee Crouch) passed away in 1888 when she was the age of 33.
His brother Thomas Hiter Crouch died on June 11, 1894, in Boones Creek, Tennessee, when James Monroe Crouch was 73 years old.
His brother Joseph D Crouch died on September 22, 1895, in Santo, Texas, when James Monroe Crouch was 75 years old.
This photo is found in the Georgia Digital Archives.
His wife Alvina Jane Crouch nee Milburn passed away on July 9, 1898, in Whitfield, Georgia, at the age of 74. They had been married 57 years. This was reported in the 14 July 1898 issue of the North Georgia Citizen on page 5 where it said: “Mrs. Vinnie Crouch, quite an aged lady, died near Dawneville Saturday and was buried Sunday.
His brother Jesse Crouch died on June 14, 1900, in Washington, Tennessee, when James Monroe was 79 years old.
James Monroe Crouch lived in Whitfield, Georgia, in 1900.
James Monroe Crouch married Mary Hannah Sewell in Murray, Georgia, on August 5, 1900, when he was 80 years old.
His sister Martha Ellen died on January 17, 1901, in Johnson City, Tennessee, when James Monroe was 80 years old.
James Monroe Crouch died around October 11, 1904, in Whitfield, Georgia, when he was 84 years old. This date is based on his signed transfer of deeds for his land to his wife and youngest son Elbert franklin Crouch. James Monroe Crouch was presumably buried in Dawneville Cemetery (Dawneville, Whitfield County, Georgia) next to his first wife though the shared headstone was never updated with his date of death
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