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Frances Rosalie Croslow

Frances Rosalie Croslow

Female 1915 - 1996  (80 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Frances Rosalie Croslow was born on 17 Mar 1915 in Missouri, USA (daughter of Joseph Alfred Crosslow and Alice May Thompson); died on 2 Mar 1996 in Blytheville, Mississippi, Arkansas.

    Notes:

    married Jimmie Qualls (1906-1978) and Leon Patterson.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Joseph Alfred Crosslow was born on 19 Jan 1887 in Brown, Indiana, USA (son of Joseph Crosslow and Abashaba Elizabeth Shipley); died on 12 May 1934 in Manila, Mississippi, Arkansas.

    Joseph married Alice May Thompson on 22 Jun 1912 in Arkansas, USA. Alice was born in Jan 1895 in Tennessee; died on 29 Jan 1981 in Blytheville, Mississippi, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Alice May Thompson was born in Jan 1895 in Tennessee; died on 29 Jan 1981 in Blytheville, Mississippi, Arkansas.
    Children:
    1. 1. Frances Rosalie Croslow was born on 17 Mar 1915 in Missouri, USA; died on 2 Mar 1996 in Blytheville, Mississippi, Arkansas.
    2. Everett Alton Croslow was born on 2 Jun 1919 in Blytheville, Mississippi, Arkansas; died on 24 Mar 2007 in Duluth, Gwinnett, Georgia, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Joseph Crosslow was born in May 1844 in Indiana, USA (son of James W. Croslow and Catharine Simmons); died on 8 Jun 1909 in Sumner, Lawrence, IL; was buried in 1909 in Moffett Cemetery, Lukin township, Lawrence, Illinois, USA.

    Notes:

    1860, Joseph is 16 and living with his sister Nancy Crider, her husband George and sons in Johnson, Brown, Indiana. They are a few houses over from the Shipleys, with daughter Basheba. Elijah Johnson is in the same township, but only four years old at the time.

    >: Joseph Crosslow married to Bashaba/Barshaba Shipley on 12-25-1864. Soon after marriage Joseph enlisted in service as a soldier. He returned in spring of 1865. They separated Jan.1, 1868, she left.
    >: Joseph Croslow married to Martha Todd on July 18, 1869 (abandoned her in the winter of 1869)
    >: Martha filed Complaint for divorce on Sep 18, 1871, claiming he had taken up with his wife from a former marriage.
    >: Joseph and Abashaba remarried July 3, 1873. Separated Sep 25 1873, when she charges that he abandoned her.
    >: Complaint for Divorce filed Feb. 23 1874, mentions Ulysus age 5 and Emma age 3.
    >: Abashaba Croslow married to Elijah Johnson on Jan 13 1875, filed for divorce Oct 25 1875. Elijah left in 1875, just before her confinement. Relatives took food and clothing to her during her confinement. A child was born to them in October 1875. Separated in Jan 1876, he left. Complaint for Divorce filed Jan 9, 1879. Abasha now lives in Washington Twp. and has a child, Martha J. Johnson, age 4.
    >: Joseph Croslow again married to Abashaba (now Johnson) on April 7, 1879.

    Information from Brown County, Indiana. Marriages 1836-1893.

    Corporal, Company K., 145th Indiana Infantry, enrolled 16 Jan 1865, discharged, 21 Jan 1866, Columbus, Indiana. Promoted to Corporal on Feb. 16, 1865. Mustered out at Macon, Georgia.

    In 1860 he lives with his sister Nancy Crider and family in Johnson, Brown County.

    1900 Census for Busseron Township, Emison Precinct, Knox, Indiana:
    Joseph and wife Bashiba live with their children, plus their son Ulysses with his wife Joanna and their children, and Josephs sister Tabitha, widow with six children.
    Joseph Crosslow May 1844 Indiana m. 1866
    Bashiba Crosslow Feb 1849 Indiana m. 1866
    Thomas Crosslow May 1885 Indiana
    James Crosslow Jun 1883 Indiana
    Joseph A Crosslow Feb 1887 Indiana
    Rose A Crosslow Feb 1889 Indiana
    Ulysses G Crosslow Aug 1870 Indiana m. 1895
    Joanna Crosslow Feb 1876 Indiana m. 1895
    Alma A Crosslow Dec 1895 Indiana
    Bashiba E Crosslow Sep 1898 Indiana

    Buried:
    Cemetery Location Approx 8 MI Sr Sumner, Illinois, USA

    Joseph married Abashaba Elizabeth Shipley on 25 Dec 1864 in Brown County, IN, USA. Abashaba (daughter of Jesse W. Shipley and Mary Ann Hall) was born in Feb 1848 in Brown County, IN, USA; died on 26 Jan 1909 in Lukin Twp, Lawrence, Illinois, USA; was buried in Sumner City cemetery, Lawrence, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Abashaba Elizabeth Shipley was born in Feb 1848 in Brown County, IN, USA (daughter of Jesse W. Shipley and Mary Ann Hall); died on 26 Jan 1909 in Lukin Twp, Lawrence, Illinois, USA; was buried in Sumner City cemetery, Lawrence, Illinois.

    Notes:

    1870-census, age 22 Abashaba lived with her father in Johnson, Brown, Indiana with her son Ulysses.

    At age 32 she is listed in the Jackson Twp, Brown Co, IN 1880 census, married to Joseph Croslow (son of James W. Croslow and Catherine Stuteville) on Dec. 25, 1864 in Brown Co, IN.

    On Mar 25, 1868 Joseph filed for divorce saying that Abashaba had left him on Jan 1, 1868 and they had no children.... however, the 1870 census shows her living in Johnson Twp with her parents and having a son, Ulysus, age 1 year.

    Joseph marries Martha Todd July 18, 1869 (Brown Co IN) and Martha filed for divorce on Sept. 18, 1871 saying that Joseph had abandoned her in the winter of 1869 and taken up with his previous wife.... then...
    Abashaba Croslow married Elijah Johnson Jan. 13, 1875 (Brown Co) and filed for divorce stating that Elijah deserted her in Jan 1878.
    She again married Joseph Croslow on Apr 7, 1879. The 1880 census shows them living together in Jackson Twp with three children. They must have had a child in 1889 (Brown Co) but moved to Lawrence Co, IL.

    The children include:
    Ulysses Grant Croslow b Aug 11, 1870 Brown Co IN d Sept 24, 1936, Holland, Pemiscot Co MO, m Joanna Morris Jan 3, 1895 in Vincennes (Knox Co) IN.
    Sarah Emma Croslow, 1873-1943
    Martha Jane Croslow, 1876-1945 (father was Elijah)
    Thomas Caption Croslow (twin), 1882-1950
    Jimmy Croslow (twin), 1882-1883
    James William Croslow, 1885-1947
    Joseph Alford Croslow, 1887-1934
    Rosa Ann Croslow, 1889-1951 m. Lacer

    She died Jan 26, 1909 and buried Sumner, Lawrence Co, IL.

    Abashaba had among many siblings a half-brother Charles Shipley in Denison, Lawrence, Illinois born about 1877, her son Thomas was a farmhand there in 1910 census. Says his parents were born in Virginia and Indiana.

    Children:
    1. Hiram Ulysses Grant Crosslow was born on 11 Aug 1869 in Johnson, Brown, Indiana, USA; died on 24 Sep 1936 in Holland, Pemiscot, Missouri.
    2. Sarah Emma Crosslow was born on 13 Feb 1872 in Brown County, IN, USA; died on 19 Sep 1943 in Ashley, Arkansas.
    3. Thomas Caption Crosslow was born on 1 Jun 1882 in Brown, Ripley, Indiana; died on 9 May 1950 in Mt Carmel, Wabash, Illinois; was buried in Jones Cemetery, Flat Rock, Crawford, IL.
    4. Jimmy Croslow was born on 29 May 1883 in Brown County, IN, USA; died on 29 May 1883 in Brown County, IN, USA.
    5. James William Crosslow was born on 19 May 1885 in Brown County, IN, USA; died on 26 Apr 1947 in Germany; was buried in Jones Cemetery, Flat Rock, Crawford, IL.
    6. Rosa Ann Crosslow was born on 19 Jan 1887 in Brown County, IN, USA; died on 30 May 1951 in Cooter, Pemiscot, Missouri.
    7. 2. Joseph Alfred Crosslow was born on 19 Jan 1887 in Brown, Indiana, USA; died on 12 May 1934 in Manila, Mississippi, Arkansas.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  James W. Croslow was born about 1805 in Kentucky; died in in Washington, Brown, Indiana.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Croslow

    Notes:

    Parents may have been John Croslow and Jane Holden? Or Wilhelm/William Cassler (1783-1854) and Mary Carr (1780-1845).
    Possible brother Aquilla Cossler b. abt. 1803-1837, William Samuel (1812-1870) and Louisa Jane (1816-1855)

    In 1840 there is a James Caslaw in Washington, Brown, Indiana. He is not on the 1848 or 1858 tax records of Brown county.

    By 1860 the younger children Joseph and Tobitha are living with their older married sisters Nancy and Mary Jane in Johnson, Brown, Indiana. Have not found Elizabeth in this census.

    James married Catharine Simmons. Catharine was born in 1810 in Virginia, USA; died in in Johnson, Brown, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Catharine Simmons was born in 1810 in Virginia, USA; died in in Johnson, Brown, Indiana, USA.

    Notes:

    Last name was Simmons according to death certificate of daughter. Did she remarry?

    First name may have been Catherine (or was that James Croslows first wife), father said to be Dan Simmons of Kentucky. Cherokee bloodline? Also had a son James Simmons b. 1 Oct. 1811 in (?Ohio County) Kentucky.
    (Katherine Simmons, dau of Adam Simmons and Phoebe Snodgrass m. Oct 13 1814 in Harrison, KY, is not the correct one - she married Cornelius Veatch in 1837.)

    Children:
    1. Nancy Croslow was born in 1839 in Indiana, USA; died in 1867 in Elkinsville, Brown, Indiana, USA.
    2. Mary Jane Croslow was born in 1842 in Indiana, USA; died in in Salt Creek, Jackson, Indiana, USA.
    3. 4. Joseph Crosslow was born in May 1844 in Indiana, USA; died on 8 Jun 1909 in Sumner, Lawrence, IL; was buried in 1909 in Moffett Cemetery, Lukin township, Lawrence, Illinois, USA.
    4. Elizabeth Crosslow was born about 1846 in Indiana, USA; died in 1884 in Indiana, USA.
    5. Tobitha Ann Crosslow was born on 11 May 1854 in Indiana, USA; died on 28 Sep 1933 in Bicknell, Knox, Indiana; was buried in I.O.F.F. Cemetary, Bicknell, IN, USA.

  3. 10.  Jesse W. Shipley was born on 7 Apr 1821 in Knox, Kentucky; died on 30 Jun 1882 in Brown, Ripley, Indiana.

    Notes:

    Isaac Shipley and Elizabeth Polley (m) July 15 1809, in Monticello, Wayne Co, KY (1834 land grant in IN and buried in Shipley-Sullivan Cemetary <1840 census. They had 8 or 9 children, including Jesse W.
    Additional info: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SHIPLEY/2001-01/0979677553

    Jesse W. Shipley married Mary Ann Hall in 1845 and Abashaba "Basha" was b. ca 1848 in Johnson Twp., Brown Co. IN.

    In the 1860 census Jesse is shown married to Amanda, with his children by Mary Ann, Basheba, Sara E., John and Margaret.

    Jesse married Mary Ann Hall on 22 Mar 1845 in Brown County, IN, USA. Mary was born on 9 Aug 1825 in Floyd, Kentucky; died on 30 Apr 1854 in Brown, Ripley, Indiana; was buried in Deckard cemetery, Brown, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Mary Ann Hall was born on 9 Aug 1825 in Floyd, Kentucky; died on 30 Apr 1854 in Brown, Ripley, Indiana; was buried in Deckard cemetery, Brown, Indiana.
    Children:
    1. 5. Abashaba Elizabeth Shipley was born in Feb 1848 in Brown County, IN, USA; died on 26 Jan 1909 in Lukin Twp, Lawrence, Illinois, USA; was buried in Sumner City cemetery, Lawrence, Illinois.
    2. Sarah E. Shipley Brown was born in 1850 in Johnson, Brown, Indiana, USA; died before 1880 in Indiana, USA.
    3. John W. Shipley was born on 2 Dec 1851 in Johnson, Brown, Indiana, USA; died on 27 Jun 1919 in Denison, Lawrence, Illinois, USA; was buried in St Francisville, Lawrence, Illinois.
    4. Margaret May Shipley Hamblen was born in 1854 in Brown County, IN, USA; died on 14 Jul 1929 in Van Buren, Brown, Indiana, USA.