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2. i. MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2 CRAWFORD.
2. MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2 CRAWFORD (HUGH1).
3. WILLIAM3 CRAWFORD (MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2, HUGH1) was born Abt. 1640 in Aryshire, Scotland, and died 1702 in Virginia. He married NAUDAINE VALENTINE.
4. i. VALENTINE4 CRAWFORD, SR., b. 1672, Delaware; d. 1726, Westmoreland County, Virginia.
4. VALENTINE4 CRAWFORD, SR. (WILLIAM3, MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2, HUGH1) was born 1672 in Delaware, and died 1726 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He married HONORA GRIMES 1716.
Virginia House of Burgess and voted in that body in 1758.
Fact 3: 21 Jun 1754, Paid for the 100 acres.
i. MARY5 CRAWFORD, b. Abt. 1716.
ii. ELIZABETH CRAWFORD, b. 1718; m. UFN ROSS.
iii. MARTHA CRAWFORD, b. 1720.
iv. COLONEL WILLIAM CRAWFORD, b. September 02, 1722.
5. v. VALENTINE CRAWFORD, JR., b. Abt. 1724, Fredrick County, Virgina; d. January 07, 1777, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
5. VALENTINE5 CRAWFORD, JR. (VALENTINE4, WILLIAM3, MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2, HUGH1) was born Abt. 1724 in Fredrick County, Virginia, and died January 07, 1777 in Fayette county, Pennsylvania. He married CATHERINE.
1754 - Took oath to the King of England.
served as Wagon Master General.
Cause of Death: Pneumonia after falling through the ice.
Fact 3: 1775, Private in Augusta Co., VA militia stationed at Ft. Finecastle.
Fact 5: Bet. 1776 - 1777, Colonel in Virginia State Militia Troops.
6. ii. JOSEPH "JOSIAH" CRAWFORD, b. Abt. 1742, Westmoreland County, Virginia; d. Aft. 1830, Estell County, Kentucky.
iii. MOSES CRAWFORD, b. Abt. 1748.
iv. GEORGE WASHINGTON CRAWFORD, b. Abt. 1750, Fredrick County, Virginia; d. 1819, Crabtree Township, Haywood County, North Carolina; m. SARAH KIRBY, 1791, Virginia.
v. WILLIAM CRAWFORD, b. Abt. 1752; d. Abt. 1782; m. EFFIE GRIMES.
vi. JOHN CRAWFORD, b. Abt. 1753; d. Abt. 1816; m. FRANCES BRADFORD.
vii. ELIZABETH CRAWFORD, b. Abt. 1757; d. Abt. 1829; m. JOHN MINTER.
viii. EFFIE CRAWFORD, b. Abt. 1765; d. Abt. 1820; m. (1) EPHRIAM WORTHINGTON; m. (2) THOMAS BRECKENRIDGE.
ix. RACHEL CRAWFORD, b. Abt. 1775; m. HEZEKIAH THORNBERG.
6. JOSEPH "JOSIAH"6 CRAWFORD (VALENTINE5, VALENTINE4, WILLIAM3, MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2, HUGH1) was born Abt. 1742 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, and died Aft. 1830 in Estell County, Kentucky. He married (1) ELIZABETH "BETSY" TOWNSEND. He married (2) UFN ISACCS.
Served in the Revolutionary War, enlisting in 1776 in Captain Durk* Company in the State of PA.
Brandywine and Jamestown; discharged city of Philadelphia, PA in year 1779 or 1780.
7. iv. ARCHIBALD "ARCHIE"7 CRAWFORD, b. March 09, 1772, Culpeper County, Virginia; d. March 27, 1866, Breathitt County, Kentucky.
8. v. VALENTINE "VOL" CRAWFORD, b. November 15, 1775, Albemarle County, Virginia; d. March 29, 1860, Estell County, Kentucky.
vi. AUSTIN CRAWFORD, b. Abt. 1776, Albemarle County, Virginia; d. 1840; m. NANCY CLARK, August 06, 1814.
vii. CECELIA CRAWFORD, b. Abt. 1780; m. JAHUE COLE, September 23, 1806, Bourbon county, Kentucky.
viii. MARTITIA CRAWFORD, b. 1782, Botetourt County, Virginia; d. 1875, Kentucky.
ix. GIDEON CRAWFORD, b. Abt. 1786.
x. OLIVER CRAWFORD, b. Abt. 1786, Bourbon County, Kentucky; d. Abt. 1860, Wolfe County, Kentucky.
9. xi. WILLIAM CRAWFORD, b. Estell County, Kentucky; d. March 08, 1820, Estell County, Kentucky.
xii. LUCRETIA "CRESSIE" CRAWFORD, b. May 03, 1778, Albemarle County, Virginia; d. February 1864, Sullivan County, Indiana; m. REESE JONES MORGAN, January 03, 1801, Bourbon county, Kentucky.
7. ARCHIBALD "ARCHIE"7 CRAWFORD (JOSEPH "JOSIAH"6, VALENTINE5, VALENTINE4, WILLIAM3, MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2, HUGH1) was born March 09, 1772 in Culpeper County, Virginia, and died March 27, 1866 in Breathitt County, Kentucky. He married MARGARET BROWN December 07, 1801 in Bourbon county, Kentucky.
area for his military services.
by his descendants and the descendants of his slaves who took the name of Crawford.
Archibald was an eccentric. He built his own coffin and kept it filled with corn under the bed he slept in.
he had pulled out from under his bed for the occasion.
found living in Lee Co. KY.
Battle of Tippecanoe with the Shawnee and Wyandott Indians in 1811 near the city of Lafayette, Indiana.
of Crawford and retain it to the present.
poster bed. The coffin was filled with seed corn and asked them to plant it in memory of the event. Rev.
in that bed and when his time had come he wanted to die in it. Archibald died 16 years later.
i. ELIZABETH8 CRAWFORD, b. January 23, 1802, Clark County, Kentucky; d. 1889; m. JAMES D. COPE.
ii. CLAIBORNE CRAWFORD, b. April 16, 1805, Miller's Creek, Clark County, Kentucky; d. August 09, 1895.
iii. LOUVINA CRAWFORD, b. May 22, 1807, Miller's Creek, Clark County, Kentucky; m. JOHN COPE, November 25, 1827.
iv. ORANGE "ARCIE" CRAWFORD, b. May 22, 1807, Miller's Creek, Clark County, Kentucky; d. 1838, Owsley County, Kentucky.
v. CYNTHIA CRAWFORD, b. October 11, 1810, Miller's Creek, Clark County, Kentucky; d. 1860.
vi. VALENTINE CRAWFORD, b. December 23, 1811, Estell County, Kentucky; d. 1859, Breathitt County, Kentucky.
vii. OLIVER CRAWFORD, b. June 28, 1814; d. January 11, 1899, Bear Creek, Estill County, Kentucky.
owned 1,100 acres of land on Holly Creek, Wolfe Co., KY.
viii. OWEN CRAWFORD, b. October 19, 1816, Bear Creek, Estill County, Kentucky.
Owen helped manage the family farm which produced 20,000 acres of crops and lumber and supervising the 30 slaves that worked this farm.
ix. MARGARET CRAWFORD, b. October 22, 1818; d. 1921.
x. WILLIAM HARRISON "HARRY" CRAWFORD, b. December 21, 1818, Bear Creek, Estill County, Kentucky; d. November 28, 1864.
xi. MARANDA CRAWFORD, b. April 23, 1821, Estell County, Kentucky; d. Abt. 1850; m. EDWARD SPICER, October 03, 1841, Perry County, Kentucky.
xii. SIMPSON CRAWFORD, SR., b. October 13, 1824, Bear Creek, Estill County, Kentucky; d. 1908, Palo Pinto County, Texas.
xiii. ALBERT G. CRAWFORD, b. February 16, 1826, Bear Creek, Estill County, Kentucky; d. Abt. 1910.
8. VALENTINE "VOL"7 CRAWFORD (JOSEPH "JOSIAH"6, VALENTINE5, VALENTINE4, WILLIAM3, MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2, HUGH1) was born November 15, 1775 in Albemarle County, Virginia, and died March 29, 1860 in Estell County, Kentucky. He married SUSANNAH RHEY (RAY) January 10, 1800 in Madison County, Kentucky, daughter of BENJAMIN RAY.
ii. FRANCES CRAWFORD, b. 1801, Estell County, Kentucky; d. Abt. 1854, Estill County, Kentucky; m. ISAAC SPARKS, August 30, 1824, Estill County, Kentucky.
iii. ROBERT "RIPPER" LEE CRAWFORD, b. March 1803, Clark County, Kentucky; d. April 23, 1873, Estell County, Kentucky; m. MATILDA V. WATSON, September 25, 1852.
iv. ELIZABETH "BETSY" CRAWFORD, b. Abt. 1828.
v. OLIVER CRAWFORD, b. May 17, 1805, Clark County, Kentucky; d. July 06, 1876, Estell County, Kentucky; m. DELINA PRUNTY ESTES, May 30, 1831, Madison County, Kentucky.
vi. SUSAN GENINGS CRAWFORD, b. 1807; m. AMOS MCMANAGLE, 1825, Estill County, Kentucky.
vii. JOSEPH CRAWFORD, JR., b. 1809, Madison County, Kentucky; d. 1891, Estell County, Kentucky; m. NANCY GRAY, May 21, 1829.
10. viii. JEPTHA M. CRAWFORD, b. December 28, 1812, Estell County, Kentucky; d. January 29, 1863, Jackson County, Missouri/ Blue Springs Cemetery.
11. ix. NANCY ANN CRAWFORD, b. 1816, Estell County, Kentucky.
12. x. MARSHALL N. CRAWFORD, b. 1817, Estill County, Kentucky; d. Collins County, Texas.
xi. WILLIAM CRAWFORD, b. 1820.
xii. ARMENIA D. CRAWFORD, b. February 11, 1820; m. JOHN N. MOBERLY, January 21, 1856, Estill County, Kentucky.
13. xiii. LOURANA "LOU" CRAWFORD, b. February 08, 1824, Estell County, Kentucky; d. February 10, 1910, Crowell Foard County, Texas.
xiv. LAURINDA CRAWFORD, b. Abt. 1827; m. MERRILL BENTON, November 11, 1847, Estill County, Kentucky.
xv. HARDIN CRAWFORD, b. Abt. 1833.
xvi. SARILDA "QUILDA" CRAWFORD, b. 1824, Estell County, Kentucky; d. September 27, 1861, Estell County, Kentucky; m. ELIHU BENTON, January 05, 1856, Estill County, Kentucky.
9. WILLIAM7 CRAWFORD (JOSEPH "JOSIAH"6, VALENTINE5, VALENTINE4, WILLIAM3, MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2, HUGH1) was born in Estell County, Kentucky, and died March 08, 1820 in Estell County, Kentucky. He married SUSANNAH CURL.
10. JEPTHA M.8 CRAWFORD (VALENTINE "VOL"7, JOSEPH "JOSIAH"6, VALENTINE5, VALENTINE4, WILLIAM3, MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2, HUGH1) was born December 28, 1812 in Estell County, Kentucky, and died January 29, 1863 in Jackson County, Missouri/ Blue Springs Cemetery. He married ELIZABETH (BETSY) HARRIS January 30, 1832 in Jackson County, Missouri, daughter of RUBAN HARRIS and MARGARET MCALEXANDER.
Settled 1831 a short distance South of Oak Grove near Round Prairie, Jackson County, Missouri.
Bought 40 acres, April 25, 1833 in Section 15 Range 48 Township 30. Jackson County Missouri.
Bought 40 acres, May 31, 1836 Section 15 Range 48 Township 30. Jackson County, Missouri.
Jeptha Crawford died intestate Appoints Elizabeth Crawford & C.B.L. Booth, Admrs. 18 Dec 1865.
Elizabeth Crawford & his children, Laura F. Whitsett, Marion Crawford, Laurana Crawford, Jeptha D. Crawford, F. Alexander Crawford, Volentine Crawford living in Jackson County, Mo., the children of Susan Vandiver & the children of Arminia Selvey. William L. Crawford in Texas, Mariah Crawford supposed in Alabama, Ann E. Selvey in Buchanan County, Mary E. Bowman in Illinois. Signed 18 December 1865.
Burial: January 18, 1863, Location: Row 1 Lot 3. Blue Springs Cemetery, Blue Springs Missouri. The inscription reads: Jephthah M. Crawford died 29 January 1863 Age 50 yrs. 1 mo. 12 da.
Elected: August 05, 1836, Monday August 1836. Elected Constable with 40 votes defeating William Williams, 11 votes; Thomas P. Clark, 29 votes; William Nolan, 5 votes.
The State of Missouri, to wit, The undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace for Boone County Township in the County of Jackson, Certifies that on the 30th of January 1831 he united in Matrimony Jeptha M. Crawford & Betsy Harris, Certified this 22nd Feby 1832.
Recorded the 29th Feby 1832.
14. i. LAURA F.9 CRAWFORD, b. 1833, Jackson County, Missouri.
15. ii. SUSAN JANE CRAWFORD, b. 1835, Jackson County, Missouri; d. August 14, 1863, Kansas City, Missouri.
16. iii. ANN ELIZABETH CRAWFORD, b. March 06, 1836, Jackson County, Missouri; d. October 22, 1874, Blue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri.
17. iv. ARMENIA CRAWFORD, b. 1838.
v. WILLIAM L. CRAWFORD, b. 1839.
18. vi. MARY ELIZABETH CRAWFORD, b. April 19, 1840, Jackson County, Missouri; d. June 17, 1920, Grain Valley, Purdee Cemetery, Missouri.
vii. MARSHALL N. CRAWFORD, b. 1843.
viii. MARION CRAWFORD, b. 1845, Jackson County, Missouri; d. 1872, Jackson County, Missouri; m. SUSAN ELIZABETH ST. CLAIR, November 11, 1869, Jackson county, Missouri.
Marion Crawford...Marshall N. Crawford Admn. with C.B.L. Booth, heirs Elizabeth Crawford, William Crawford, Laura Whitsett, Ann E. Selvey, Rany Selvey, M.N. Crawford, J.D. Crawford, F. Crawford, Valentine Crawford the children of Susan Vandever & the children of Melvina Selvey, & Susan Crawford.
ix. RILEY CRAWFORD, b. 1847, Jackson County, Missouri; d. 1864, Cooper County, Missouri.
After Riley's father, Jeptha, was murdered by troops of Captain Penick, January 29, 1862, Riley's mother, Elizabeth, took him to William Quantrill and asked him to make a guerrilla of him, so he could avenge his father's death.
He was not only one of the youngest but also one of the hardest fighters on Quantrill's roster. After the Battle of Baxter Springs while eating supper and drinking whiskey from captured rations, Riley stepped up to one of the dead soldiers and said, 'Get up you S.O.B....and to everyone's surprise rise the man, having feigned death and thinking he had been discovered, stood up before him. Riley drew his pistol and shot him dead.
x. LURANA CRAWFORD, b. 1848.
xi. JEPTHA DUDLY CRAWFORD, b. 1851, Jackson County, Missouri; m. SARAH C. DEALY, February 25, 1875, Jackson county, Missouri.
Probably changed his name from Dudley Crawford to Jeptha Dudley after his father's murder.
19. xii. FLEMING ALEXANDER CRAWFORD, b. 1853, Jackson County, Missouri.
xiii. VALENTINE CRAWFORD, b. 1855.
11. NANCY ANN8 CRAWFORD (VALENTINE "VOL"7, JOSEPH "JOSIAH"6, VALENTINE5, VALENTINE4, WILLIAM3, MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2, HUGH1) was born 1816 in Estell County, Kentucky. She married GREEN BERRY KELLY October 24, 1838 in Madison County, Kentucky.
i. ACHILLES9 KELLY, b. 1839.
ii. GREEN BERRY KELLY, b. 1840.
iii. SUSAN KELLY, b. 1841.
iv. ANDREW KELLY, b. 1843.
v. ZENELDA KELLY, b. 1844.
vi. WILLIAM KELLY, b. 1845.
vii. MARRY KELLY, b. 1847.
viii. SARAH KELLY, b. 1849.
ix. NANCY KELLY, b. March 10, 1852, Estell County, Kentucky; m. WILLIAM KINDRED.
x. JOHN KELLY, b. 1854.
xi. EVALINE KELLY, b. 1855.
12. MARSHALL N.8 CRAWFORD (VALENTINE "VOL"7, JOSEPH "JOSIAH"6, VALENTINE5, VALENTINE4, WILLIAM3, MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2, HUGH1) was born 1817 in Estill County, Kentucky, and died in Collins County, Texas. He married REBBECA HADDIX.
i. NANCY9 CRAWFORD, b. 1846.
ii. M. N. CRAWFORD, b. 1848.
iii. ARMINA CRAWFORD, b. 1850.
iv. JNO. D. CRAWFORD, b. 1851.
v. ROB CRAWFORD, b. 1853.
vi. G W CRAWFORD, b. 1854.
13. LOURANA "LOU"8 CRAWFORD (VALENTINE "VOL"7, JOSEPH "JOSIAH"6, VALENTINE5, VALENTINE4, WILLIAM3, MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2, HUGH1) was born February 08, 1824 in Estell County, Kentucky, and died February 10, 1910 in Crowell Foard County, Texas. She married BSILEY FINNEY March 18, 1844.
ii. LOUISA FINNEY, m. MIKE JUDGE.
14. LAURA F.9 CRAWFORD (JEPTHA M.8, VALENTINE "VOL"7, JOSEPH "JOSIAH"6, VALENTINE5, VALENTINE4, WILLIAM3, MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2, HUGH1) was born 1833 in Jackson County, Missouri. She married STEWART WHITSETT March 13, 1852 in Jackson county, Missouri, son of ISAAC WHITSETT and CYNTHIA NOLAND.
20. i. LEANDER10 WHITSETT, b. 1854, Jackson County, Missouri.
ii. ISAAC J. WHITSETT, b. 1856.
iii. CYNTHIA A. WHITSETT, b. 1858.
iv. WILLIAM M. WHITSETT, b. 1860.
v. ELIZABETH WHITSETT, b. 1863.
vi. MARY A. WHITSETT, b. 1865.
15. SUSAN JANE 9 CRAWFORD (JEPTHA M.8, VALENTINE "VOL"7, JOSEPH "JOSIAH"6, VALENTINE5, VALENTINE4, WILLIAM3, MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2, HUGH1) was born 1835 in Jackson County, Missouri, and died August 14, 1863 in Kansas City, Missouri. She married (1) WILLIAM NOLAND WHITSETT March 25, 1853 in Jackson county, Missouri, son of ISAAC WHITSETT and CYNTHIA NOLAND. She married (2) THOMAS VANDEVER March 09, 1856 in Blue Springs, Missouri.
After the murder of her father Jeptha, Susan went from Neutralist to Southern Sympathizer. In early June, while on their way home from Kansas City, Susan, her sister Armenia Selvey and Nephew Jeptha Selvey were arrested and confined to jail, the charges-aiding and abiding the enemy. On August 13, 1863, the jail where they and 14 others were confined collapsed, killing five and injuring the rest. The dead included Elizabeth and Armenia and the sister of William Anderson who later earned the nick-name "Bloody Bill" while avenging the deaths of his sister.
Eight days later, William Quantrill raided and burned the the city of Lawrence, Kansas where the head of the Kansas Redlegs, who had wreaked havoc on Western Missouri for so long, resided. James Lane escaped, dressed as a woman and hiding in a cornfield.
Married by G. F. Harding.
Census: 1860, Living in the Rhoda Harris household with Susan and four children: Arminia, 5: Jeptha, 3: Thomas, 1: Laura, 4 months. Rhoda was the aunt of Susan, sister of her mother Betsy Crawford.
i. ARMINIA10 VANDEVER, b. 1855.
ii. JEPTHA I. MANEUVER, b. 1856.
21. iii. THOMAS L. VANDEVER, b. December 26, 1857, Jackson County, Missouri; d. May 23, 1931, Jackson County, Missouri.
iv. LAURA VANEVER, b. 1860.
22. v. SUSIE JANE VANDEVER, b. February 14, 1859, Jackson County, Missouri; d. May 16, 1941, Jackson County, Missouri.
16. ANN ELIZABETH CRAWFORD (JEPTHA M.8, VALENTINE "VOL"7, JOSEPH "JOSIAH"6, VALENTINE5, VALENTINE4, WILLIAM3, MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2, HUGH1) was born March 06, 1836 in Jackson County, Missouri, and died October 22, 1874 in Blue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri. She married JOHN B. SELVEY January 24, 1854 in Jackson county, Missouri.
23. i. ROBERT R.10 SELVEY, b. February 06, 1858, Blue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri; d. July 08, 1949, Lamar, Barton County, Missouri.
17. ARMINIA9 CRAWFORD (JEPTHA M.8, VALENTINE "VOL"7, JOSEPH "JOSIAH"6, VALENTINE5, VALENTINE4, WILLIAM3, MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2, HUGH1) was born 1838. She married CHARLES SELVEY February 28, 1854 in Jackson county, Missouri.
ii. LEWIS FRANKLIN SELVEY, b. Blue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri; d. March 1924; m. NORA VINEYARD.
18. MARY ELIZABETH9 CRAWFORD (JEPTHA M.8, VALENTINE "VOL"7, JOSEPH "JOSIAH"6, VALENTINE5, VALENTINE4, WILLIAM3, MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2, HUGH1) was born April 19, 1840 in Jackson County, Missouri, and died June 17, 1920 in Grain Valley, Purdee Cemetery, Missouri. She married LEWIS S. BOWMAN March 10, 1861 in Jackson county, Missouri, son of HIRAM BOWMAN and ISABELL HOBLIT.
i. GENIJIE10 BOWMAN, b. 1864.
ii. CHARLES BOWMAN, b. 1865.
iii. JAMES M. BOWMAN, b. 1867.
iv. DAVID BOWMAN, b. 1868.
v. MILTON BOWMAN, b. 1870.
vi. WILLIE B. BOWMAN, b. 1870.
19. FLEMING ALEXANDER9 CRAWFORD (JEPTHA M.8, VALENTINE "VOL"7, JOSEPH "JOSIAH"6, VALENTINE5, VALENTINE4, WILLIAM3, MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2, HUGH1) was born 1853 in Jackson County, Missouri. He married LIZZIE.
i. OSCAR10 CRAWFORD, b. 1878.
ii. AUTHUR CRAWFORD, b. 1880.
20. LEANDER10 WHITSETT (LAURA F.9 CRAWFORD, JEPTHA M.8, VALENTINE "VOL"7, JOSEPH "JOSIAH"6, VALENTINE5, VALENTINE4, WILLIAM3, MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2, HUGH1) was born 1854 in Jackson County, Missouri. He married SUSIE JANE VANDEVER March 06, 1878 in Jackson County, Missouri, daughter of THOMAS VANDEVER and SUSAN CRAWFORD.
County of Jackson---This is certify that on the 6th day of March, A.D. 1878, Mr. Lee Whitsett and Miss Susan Vandiver were by me united in marriage according to the laws of God and the State of Missouri. At Lee's Summit, Jackson county, Missouri.
N. H. C. Dryen J. P.
i. WILLIAM LEE11 WHITSETT, b. April 1881.
ii. THOMAS LEWIS WHITSETT, b. September 1884, Jackson County, Missouri; m. JESSIE.
iii. MINNIE ELIZABETH WHITSETT, b. June 01, 1886, Jackson County, Missouri; d. January 31, 1971, Kansas City, Missouri; m. WILLIAM EDWARD PENNINGTON, 1906, Jackson county, Missouri.
William Edward joined his brother and sister in Missouri in 1903. He married Minnie Whitsett whose grand father was a pioneer settler in Jackson County. In 1906 they honeymooned in North Carolina and brought the youngest sister, Josie Anna, back with them.
21. THOMAS L.10 VANDEVER (SUSAN JANE9 CRAWFORD, JEPTHA M.8, VALENTINE "VOL"7, JOSEPH "JOSIAH"6, VALENTINE5, VALENTINE4, WILLIAM3, MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2, HUGH1) was born December 26, 1857 in Jackson County, Missouri, and died May 23, 1931 in Jackson County, Missouri. He married MARGIE E..
Fact #1: Thomas' mother, Susan Vandiver and her sister Arminia Selvey and her son Jeptha, had driven a wagon load of produce from Grain Valley to Kansas City and sold it, and was returning by way of Westport when they were captured by Union soldiers. They were held prisoners in what is now downtown Kansas City and were killed in the collapse of the building.
Fact #2: Mr. Vandiver's father disappeared during the war (he had a second family in Posey County, Indiana) and was cared for by a neighboring farm family. Separated from his sister who is now Mrs. Susie Whitsett neither of whom knew of the other's existence until both were in their 'teens although they lived near each other on Jackson County farms.
Fact #3: Had a half-sister, Mrs. Mary Showers of Reading Pa.
Fact #4; Burial at Forest Hill cemetery after services at the Newcomer chapel in Kansas City.
i. EMMA JANE11 VANDEVER, b. July 1882; d. January 08, 1906, Jackson County, Missouri; m. EARL NANCE.
22. SUSIE JANE10 VANDEVER (SUSAN JANE9 CRAWFORD, JEPTHA M.8, VALENTINE "VOL"7, JOSEPH "JOSIAH"6, VALENTINE5, VALENTINE4, WILLIAM3, MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2, HUGH1) was born February 14, 1859 in Jackson County, Missouri, and died May 16, 1941 in Jackson County, Missouri. She married LEANDER WHITSETT March 06, 1878 in Jackson County, Missouri, son of STEWART WHITSETT and LAURA CRAWFORD.
23. ROBERT R.10 SELVEY (ANN ELIZABETH9 CRAWFORD, JEPTHA M.8, VALENTINE "VOL"7, JOSEPH "JOSIAH"6, VALENTINE5, VALENTINE4, WILLIAM3, MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE2, HUGH1) was born February 06, 1858 in Blue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri, and died July 08, 1949 in Lamar, Barton County, Missouri. He married MARTHA ANN HALL July 26, 1880 in Blue Springs, Missouri.
i. ETHEL SUSIE11 SELVEY, b. February 25, 1887, Lamar, Barton County, Missouri; d. March 09, 1981, Lamar, Barton County, Missouri; m. ESTELL JOYCE, February 03, 1909, Jasper, Jasper County, Missouri.

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