George C. Crumbaugh and Alice Mills

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Husband George C. Crumbaugh

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           Born: 17 Jun 1834 - Bullitt Co., Kentucky
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           Died: 2 Nov 1917 - Paducah, Kentucky 1
         Buried:  - Oak Grove Cem., Paducah, McCracken Co., Kentucky

       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: A. Evelyn Parker (1842-1911) - 13 May 1875 - Pulaski Co., Kentucky 2 3

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Wife Alice Mills

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           Born: Abt 1845 - Kentucky
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Children

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1 M John M. Crumbaugh

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           Born: Feb 1868 - Kentucky
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2 M Thomas L. Crumbaugh

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           Born: Abt 1872 - Kentucky
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General Notes: Husband - George C. Crumbaugh

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CENSUS:

<pre>1870 McCracken Co., Ky, City of Paducah, Subdivision No. 112; June 15; pg 33
182/187
George C. Crumbaugh 35 MW Ky $4000/$6000 Boat Store
Alice " 25 FW Ky Keeps House
John " 2 MW Ky
John E. " 37 MW Ky $1500/--- Clerk Wharf Boat </pre>

Also in the household are two black females, a cook and a domestic servant.

<pre>1880 McCracken Co., Ky, District No. 1, Paducah, ED 123; June 4; pg 14
69/70 Madison St.
George C. Crumbaugh 45 Ky Ky Ky Merchant
Evaline " 36 wife Ky NY Va Keeping House
John M. " 12 son Ky Ky Ky At Home disabled
Thomas L. " 8 son Ky Ky Ky At School
Alice P. " 3 dau Ky Ky Ky
George P. " 2 son Ky Ky Ky </pre>

<pre>1900 McCracken Co., Ky, Paducah, ED 64; June 1; sheet 1
4/4 403 North Seventh St.
George Crumbaugh 65 Jun 1834 M25 Ky Md Md Dealer in Groceries
Evalyne P. " wife 57 Jul 1842 M25/5/4 Ky NY Va
John M. " son 32 Feb 1868 S Ky Ky Ky
Alice B. " dau 23 Aug 1876 S Ky Ky Ky
George P. " son 22 Feb 1878 S Ky Ky Ky silver Plater
Margery L. " dau 18 Nov 1881 S Ky Ky Ky
Katie B. " dau 12 May 1888 S Ky Ky Ky
Ernest W. " nephew 31 Jul 1868 S Ky Md Ky Editor </pre>

Also in the household is an elderly black couple. Both are cooks. The man immigrated from Haiti in 1844.

<pre>1910 McCracken Co., Ky, City of Paducah, Ward 2, ED 124; Apr 23; sheet 12
243/248 403 N. Seventh St.
George Crumbaugh 75 M35 Ky Ky Md Partner Steamboat Line
Evalyn " wife 67 M35/4/4 Ky Va Oh None
Margorie " dau 28 S Ky Ky Ky None
Katherine " dau 23 S Ky Ky Ky None </pre>

He owns an unmortgaged house. There are 3 boarders in the household.

OBITUARY:

The Paducah Sun-Democrat, 2 Nov 1917, pg 4:

GEORGE CRUMBAUGH,
RESPECTED CITIZEN,
DIED THIS MORNING

George Chalmers Crumbaugh, 83 years old, one of Paducah's oldest and most prominent citizens, died at his home 403 North Seventh street, at 7 o'clock this morning after a prolonged illness of complications. For the past year his health had been rapidly declining. Mr. Crumbaugh was one of the city's oldest business men, who retired several years ago because of his advancing age.
He was born June 17, 1834 at Mt. Washington, Ky., the son of George W. and Zilla Hare Crumbaugh. He was educated for and entered the Methodist ministry at the age of 22 years, although he left the pulpit a short time later [to] follow a business career. He came to Paducah in 1865 and became a member of the old firm of Fowler-Crumbaugh & Co., dealers in steamboat supplies. He was in this business for 45 years after which the firm was dissolved. Mr. Crumbaugh was a man of fine character and for twenty-five years he was superintendent of the Sunday school of the Broadway Methodist church, of which he was a devoted member.
Mr. Crumbaugh was twice married, his first wife being Miss Alice Mills, daughter of Capt. Mills of Smithland, Ky. His second marriage was to Miss Evelyn Parker, of Somerset, Ky., who died August 24, 1911. He is survived by three daughters and three sons, all of whom were at his bedside at the time of his death, as follows: Mrs. N. S. Walker, of Dyersburg, Tenn., Mrs. George H. goodman and Mrs. J. W. Croach, both of Paducah, Messrs. Thomas Lee Crumbaugh, of Meridian, Miss.; George P. Crumbaugh, of St. Louis; and John M. Crumbaugh, of Paducah.
The funeral will be held from the Broadway Methodist church at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, the Rev. E. B. Ramsey, officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery. Following will be the pallbearers:
Active--Messrs. Will Young, Sam Hubbard, Saunders Fowler, Frank Mantz, Edward Scott and Dr. Verson Blythe.
Honorary--Messrs. H. C. Rhodes, J. M. Byrd, W. A. Martin, S. H. Winstead, Henry Katterjohn and Prof. John D. Smith.

GEORGE C. CRUMBAUGH PAPERS:

The following is from a description of the "George C. Crumbaugh Papers" in the Pogue Library at Murray State University (http://pogue.murraystate.edu/sp/MS/MS73-02a.htm):

George C. Crumbaugh was a merchant and a partner of a steamship line from Paducah, Kentucky during the latter part of the 19th Century. He was a board member and superintendent of the Sunday school at the Broadway Methodist Church from the 1840s to the 1880s. He later became a board of trustee member for the Locust Street Methodist Church in 1883 until his death in 1917. Crumbaugh was born on June 17, 1834 in Bullitt County, Kentucky and died on November 2, 1917 in Paducah. He was the brother of Reverend George W. Crumbaugh of Louisville, Kentucky.

1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 81450303.

2 "Kentucky Marriages 1851-1900," Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

3 Pulaski Co. Historical Society, "Pulaski Co. Marriage Records, Book 3, 1864-1886," pg 67. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.