Nancy Lewis1
#980, (12 January 1827 - 15 October 1885)
Relationship | Great-grandaunt of William David Lewis |
Father* | Colonel John Lewis2 (1790 - 1856) | |
Mother* | Susannah Oliver2 (1793 - 1838) |
Family | John M Crunk b. 1828, d. 1910 | |
Children | 1. | Robert J Crunk+15 (1854 - 1906) |
2. | Mahala Crunk+15 (1857 - 1877) | |
3. | Martha Victoria Crunk+15 (1860 - 1942) |
FindAGrave entry has Nancy Lewis, dau. of Aaron Lewis and Rebecca Nesbit and sister of Harriet M and Samuel H., d. 1885, with a photo of a large (apparently shared) memorial naming her the wife of John M Crunk (Memorial 55719789) and another entry for Nancy Jane Crunk, d. 1877, with a photo of a grave stone as Nancy Jane, wife of John M Crunk (Memorial 59729343). There are also two marriage dates for John M Crunk and Nancy Lews. Might there be two of them?3 | ||
Her married name was Crunk.4 | ||
Birth* | 12 January 1827 | She was born on 12 January 1827 at IndianaG.5,1,6 |
1830 | She appeared on the census of 1830 in the household of Colonel John Lewis and Susannah Oliver at Marrs Twp., Posey Co., IndianaG, age5; (2 unk. males.)7 ![]() | |
1840 | She appeared on the census of 1840 in the household of Colonel John Lewis at Robb Twp., Posey Co., IndianaG, age 10-14; (unk, f (5-9), poss. dau.)8 | |
23 September 1850 | She appeared on the census of 23 September 1850 in the household of Colonel John Lewis at Marrs Twp., Posey Co., IndianaG, age 22; also in hh: Martha Stewart (69), b. KY, and Winemiller children John (6), Martha (4), Nancy (2) (children of Jane (Lewis) Winemiller, d. 1849 (children also in hh no. 1096, w. father Jacob); nei. dau.-in-law Martha (Price) Lewis, fam. 1082.9 ![]() | |
Marriage* | 7 November 1850 | She married John M Crunk, son of John Crunk and Patsy "Martha" Downen, on 7 November 1850 at Posey Co., IndianaG; (History of Posey County (Goodspeed) p. 488 has 1853.)10 |
6 July 1860 | She and John M Crunk appeared on the census of 6 July 1860 at Marrs Twp., Posey Co., IndianaG; (neis. Wm. and Orilla Oliver, fam. 953; Jacob Winemiller with Robert, John and Henty, fam. 964; John (28) and ___lda Winemiler, fam. 955.)11 | |
21 June 1870 | She and John M Crunk appeared on the census of 21 June 1870 at Marrs Twp., Posey Co., IndianaG; (neis. Jacob and Marthey (Price) Braden, fam. 261; Isaac and Orilla Lawrence, fam. 263.)12 | |
12 June 1880 | She and John M Crunk appeared on the census of 12 June 1880 at Marrs Twp., Posey Co., IndianaG.13 | |
Death* | 15 October 1885 | She died on 15 October 1885 at Mount Vernon, Posey Co., IndianaG, at age 58.14 |
Burial* | 18 October 1885 | She was buried on 18 October 1885 at Colvin Cemetery, Posey Co., IndianaG; est. date.5 |
Citations
- [S49] Calvin (aka Colvin, Crunk) Cemetery, Posey Co. IN [Findagrave], online findagrave.com, record on grave marker of John Lewis and Susan Oliver Lewis.
- [S46] John C. Leffel, History of Posey County (Leffel) (Chicago IL: Standard Publishing Company, 1913), p 339-340.
- [S520] VWH, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=59729343&ref=acom and http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
- [S198] Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 [database], Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research and Works Progress Administration, compilers, online Ancestry.com, Title: Posey County, Indiana, Index to Marriage Record 1850 - 1920 Inclusive Vol, W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's O; Book: C- 3; Page: 235.
- [S1628] FindAGrave.com, online findagrave.com, tall shared grave marker. Crunk / Nancy, wife of John M Crunk, b. 12 Jan 1827, d. 15 Oct 1885, aged 53y 9m 3d. No image of other sides of marker. Narrative: dau. of Aaron Lewis (1795 - 1871) and Rebeca Nesbit Lewis (1798 - 1844); sister of Harriet N. Lewis Brothers (1818 - 1902), Samuel H Lewis (1827 - 1913), Nancy Lewis Crunk (1827 - 1885); wife of John Martin Crunk (1827 - 1910), children Mahala Crunk Lynch (1857 - 1877), Timothy D. Crunk (1860 - 1920); bur. Calvin Cemetery, Posey Co. IN. Memorial 55719789, created by Have Paws will travel !, photo added by Crystal G.
- [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census. John (51), farmer), b. IN, father b. TN, mother b. IN; Nancy (54), b. IN, parents b. KY.
- [S116] 1830 U.S. Federal Census. John (40-49); F (40-49) [Susannah]; m (20-29) [____]; 2 m (15-19) [Robert Alexander, ____]; m (<5) [____]; 2 f (5-9) [Elizabeth, prob. Jane]; 2 f (<5) [Nancy, Martha].
- [S54] 1840 U.S. Federal Census. John (50-59); F (20-29) [Jane]; 2 f (10-14) [Nancy, Martha]; f (5-9) [____].
- [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census. John "Louis" (60), farmer, b. KY, value of real estate owned $10,000.
- [S198] Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 [database], Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research and Works Progress Administration, Posey Co., IN, Index to Marriage Record 1850 - 1920 Inclusive Vol, W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk; Book C- 3, p. 235.
- [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census. John M (31), b. IN, farmer; Nancy (34), b. IN [last page of Black Tshp., preceded by page note "Marrs Township," then Marrs Tshp. begins].
- [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census. John M (40), b. IN, farmer; Nancy (42), b. IN, keeping house.
- [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census. John (51), farmer, b. IN, father b. TN, mother b. IN; Nancy (54), b. IN, parents b. KY.
- [S362] Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 [database], online Ancestry.com, Nancy Lewis, d. Mt. Vernon 15 Oct 1885, age 58. Citing WPA Book CH-1. p. 32, and Book H-1, p. 182.
- [S88] 1870 U.S. Federal Census, 2nd enumeration.