Iowa Family Group Sheet for the Ross Edward CROFT Family Submitted by: William CroftHUSBAND: Ross Edward CROFT Birth date: 22 Jun 1863 Birthplace: Perry Twnshp, Miami Co, IN Death date: 06 May 1936 Place of death: Knoxville, Marion Co, IA Burial date: 09 May 1936 Burial place: Winterset Cemetery Lot 57 Addition 1910 #3, Madison Co, IA Other Spouse: Father: Christian (NMI) CROFT Mother: Mary Ann CAMPBELL Marriage date: 06 Aug 1895 Marriage place: Patterson, Madison Co, IA WIFE: Nancy Elizabeth MCCLAIN Birth date: 11 Aug 1876 Birthplace: Patterson, Madison Co, IA Death date: 09 Feb 1955 Place of death: Knoxville, Marion Co, IA Burial date: ?? Feb 1955 Burial place: Winterset Cemetery Lot 57 Addition 1910 #2, Madison Co, IA Other Spouse: Father: William MCCLAIN Mother: Elvina MCQUOWN CHILDREN Child No. 1: Bruce C. CROFT Sex: M Birth date: 08 Aug 1897 Birthplace: Winterset, Madison County, IA Death date: 28 May 1918 Place of death: Killed in action in France WWI - Village Negre, France Burial date: 17 Aug 1921 Burial place: Winterset Cemetery Lot 57 Addition 1910 #1, Madison Co, IA moved from Baccarat Cemetery, Grave No. 79 - Near Village Negre, France Spouse's name: Marriage date: Marriage place: Child No. 2: Mildred Irene CROFT Sex: F Birth date: 23 Aug 1898 Birthplace: Winterset, Madison Co, IA Death date: 15 Sep 1932 Place of death: Des Moines, Polk Co, IA Burial date: Burial place: Glendale Cemetery Block 26A Lot 65, Des Moines, Polk Co, IA Spouse's name: Harry Leroy FLETCHER Marriage date: 23 Sep 1920 Marriage place: Des Moines, Polk County, IA Child No. 3: Inez CROFT Sex: F Birth date: 04 Jul 1902 Birthplace: Winterset, Madison Co, IA Death date: 02 Sep 1903 Place of death: Winterset, Madison Co, IA Burial date: Burial place: Winterset Cemetery Old Addition, Madison Co, IA Spouse's name: Marriage date: Marriage place: Child No. 4: Clarence Elsworth CROFT Sex: M Birth date: 29 Mar 1906 Birthplace: Winterset, Madison Co, IA Death date: 03 Apr 1962 Place of death: Des Moines, Polk County, IA Burial date: 06 Apr 1962 Burial place: Winterset Cemetery Lot 57 Addition 1910 #4, Madison Co, IA Spouse's name: Marriage date: Marriage place: Child No. 5: Stanley Criss CROFT Sex: M Birth date: 24 Nov 1910 Birthplace: Winterset, Madison Co, IA Death date: 04 Jul 1997 Place of death: Winterset, Madison Co, IA Burial date: Burial place: Winterset Cemetery Winterset, Madison Co., IA Spouse's name: Living Marriage date: Marriage place: Child No. 6: Lowell William CROFT Sex: M Birth date: 19 Jul 1916 Birthplace: Winterset, Madison Co, IA Death date: 01 Feb 2003 Place of death: Wills Point, TX Burial date: Burial place: Cremated and scattered in Texas Spouse's name: Anna (NMI) Teasdale Marriage date: Abt. 1939 Marriage place: Child No. 7: Donnel La Ray CROFT Sex: M Birth date: 29 Aug 1917 Birthplace: Winterset, Madison Co, IA Death date: 27 Nov 1975 Place of death: Knoxville, Marion Co, IA Burial date: Burial place: Winterset Cemetery Lot 57 Addition 1910, Madison Co, IA Spouse's name: Marriage date: Marriage place: Child No. 8: Bernadine CROFT Sex: F Birth date: 11 May 1920 Birthplace: Winterset, Madison Co, IA Death date: 11 May 1920 Place of death: Winterset, Madison Co, IA Burial date: May 1920 Burial place: Winterset Cemetery Old Addition Near Center, Madison Co, IA Spouse's name: Marriage date: Marriage place: Documentation and Sources: Ross Birth -- Madison County Genealogical Society, The History of Madison County, 1984. Note that Headstone shows birthdate as 1869. 1870 census shows Ross as 3 and 1880 census shows him as 13; these dates would indicate a birth year of 1867. Ross Death -- Obituary Ross Burial -- Cemetery Records Nancy Birth -- Obituary Nancy Death -- Obituary Nancy Burial -- Cemetery Records Ross and Nancy Marraige -- Marriage Record, Madison Co, book 1, page 54, Lic #1147. Bruce Birth -- Obituary Bruce Death -- "Iowa in the Great War"; "Honor Roll of Boys Who Died Going Over" Bruce Burial -- Bruce was buried in France in 1918, but exhumed and re-buried in Winterset in 1921 per his Obituary Mildred Death -- Death Record, Polk County courthouse, Des Moines, IA Harry and Mildred Marriage -- Family Notes Inez -- All information from family notes Clarence Birth -- Obituary Clarence Death -- Death Record, Polk Co Courthouse Des Moines, IA Book 44 page 932. Clarence Burial -- Obituary Stanley Birth -- Birth Record, Madison Co, Book 3 page 36. Stanley Death -- Obituary Stanley Burial -- Obituary Lowell Birth -- Obituary Lowell Death -- Obituary Anna Birth -- Birth certificate Anna Death -- Death certificate Anna Burial -- Cemetery records ************************************************** Copyright © 2009 by William Croft. All rights reserved. http://www.iagenweb.org/state/disclaim.htm **************************************************