Family Group Sheet
NameCharles L. Crum
Birth19 Oct 1893 or 1894, Elliott Co., Kentucky
Death22 Sep 1935, Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky
FatherWilliam Crum (1860-1916)
MotherAmanda S. Steagall (1861-1923)
Marriage4 Apr 1912, Clayton, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Divorce
SpouseRosa Ellen Dehart, 2C3R
Birth9 Jun 1896, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death13 Feb 1990, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialDeHart Cemetery, Trent Ridge, Rowan Co., Ky
FatherWilliam Jefferson “Bill Steve” Dehart (1861-1926)
MotherMary Elizabeth Conn (1866-1951)
Children
SpouseEva Conley
2 FVestie Crum, 3C2R
Birth9 Apr 1914, Rowan Co., Kentucky
3 MHollie Crum, 3C2R
Birth18 Nov 1915, Rowan Co., Kentucky
4 MWillie Virgil Crum, 3C2R
Birth31 Dec 1918, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death11 May 1952, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseIvory Sloan , 2C1R
5 MOscar Ray Crum, 3C2R
Birth21 Jun 1923, Rowan Co., Kentucky
6 FThelma E. Crum, 3C2R
Birth9 Feb 1925, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseWales Scotland Trent , Half 2C2R
7 FEdith Jewel Crum , 3C2R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
8 FMary D. Crum , 3C2R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
Notes for Charles L. Crum
He was listed as age 5, born Oct 1894 in the 1900 census.
His WW I draft registration card, filed 5 June 1917 in Rowan Co., Ky, records Charley Crum, age 23, residence Clayton, Ky, born 19 Oct 1893 in Elliott Co., Ky, occupation farmer, self-employed, married supporting a wife, 2 children and mother, short, medium build, brown hair, brown eyes.
His death certificate records Charles Crum, age about 38, birthdate blank, died 22 Sep 1935 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington, Fayette Co., Ky, length of stay in hospital 16 days, usual residence Rowan Co., divorced, parents unknown, cause of death peritonitis due to gunshot wound of abdomen with 5 interstitial and 1 urinary bladder perforation, emergency operation performed 9/6/35, injury occurred in Morehead, shot by deputy sheriff in a public place, informant hospital records, burial in Morehead, Ky.
See the notes for Edgar Sherman Hall for some newspaper accounts on this shooting and the subsequent trial.
His WW I draft registration card, filed 5 June 1917 in Rowan Co., Ky, records Charley Crum, age 23, residence Clayton, Ky, born 19 Oct 1893 in Elliott Co., Ky, occupation farmer, self-employed, married supporting a wife, 2 children and mother, short, medium build, brown hair, brown eyes.
His death certificate records Charles Crum, age about 38, birthdate blank, died 22 Sep 1935 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington, Fayette Co., Ky, length of stay in hospital 16 days, usual residence Rowan Co., divorced, parents unknown, cause of death peritonitis due to gunshot wound of abdomen with 5 interstitial and 1 urinary bladder perforation, emergency operation performed 9/6/35, injury occurred in Morehead, shot by deputy sheriff in a public place, informant hospital records, burial in Morehead, Ky.
See the notes for Edgar Sherman Hall for some newspaper accounts on this shooting and the subsequent trial.
Notes for Rosa Ellen Dehart
Do not confuse with her second cousin Rose Etta Dehart born 1898, daughter of William Paul Dehart and Mary Susan Jones, who married Loranze Wright.
Notes for Charles L. & Rosa Ellen (Family)
Rowan Co. marriage book 7, p. 550, records the marriage on 4 Apr 1912 of Charles Crum, 18, farmer, residence Fraley, born Elliott Co., son of William & Amanda Crum, to Rosa Dehart, 16, residence Clayton, born Rowan Co., daughter of William & Mary Dehart, at Clayton by B. F. Fannin, witnesses Thomas Dehart and Bessie Wright, bond surety by John Crum.
Census
1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, district 3, enumerated 20 Jan, lists on pp. 10B-11A as family #193/196:
Crum, Chas, 40, farmer; Rosa, wife, 38; Vencil, son, 12; Hollie, son, 7; Virgil, son. 5.
The ages are VERY off (Rosa was only 23 and Charles about 25 or 26), but the names are too similar across the whole family for this to be a different family.
1930 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hogtown precinct, enumerated 21 April, lists on p. 12A as family #204/214:
Crum, Charlie, head, 35, age at first marriage 17; Rossie E, wife, 33, age at first marriage 15; Vencil, son, 17; Hollie, son, 15; Willie S., son, 11; Oscar, son, 6; Thelma, daughter, 5; Jewel, daughter 2/12. All born Ky/Ky/Ky.
Crum, Chas, 40, farmer; Rosa, wife, 38; Vencil, son, 12; Hollie, son, 7; Virgil, son. 5.
The ages are VERY off (Rosa was only 23 and Charles about 25 or 26), but the names are too similar across the whole family for this to be a different family.
1930 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hogtown precinct, enumerated 21 April, lists on p. 12A as family #204/214:
Crum, Charlie, head, 35, age at first marriage 17; Rossie E, wife, 33, age at first marriage 15; Vencil, son, 17; Hollie, son, 15; Willie S., son, 11; Oscar, son, 6; Thelma, daughter, 5; Jewel, daughter 2/12. All born Ky/Ky/Ky.
