Cordelia Margaret (Cramer) Crosby (1851 - 1900)

Born 20 Dec 1851 in Shelby County, Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Lott Virgil Crosby — married 28 Mar 1872 in Gratiot County, Michigan

Descendants

Died 2 Apr 1900 at age 48 in Gratiot County, Michigan, USA

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Biography

Cordelia was born at Shelby County, Ohio, 20 December 1851, and died at Emerson Township, Gratiot County, Michigan, 2 April 1900; she is buried in Ithaca Cemetery in Ithaca.^[1] Cordelia joined the Christian Denomination in Ohio when she was 11 years old, and in 1893 she joined the Emerson Methodist Episcopal Church.^[2] Cordelia moved with her family from Ohio to Michigan when she was about 18 years old, where she would meet and marry Virgil. Cordelia and Virgil had two daughters together, Gertrude Maud, who married George Wonnacott, and Orpha Luella. Orpha was 17 when her Mother Cordelia died of tuberculosis; Cordelia was 48 years old. Then Orpha herself did not survive childbirth and died at 28, leaving her 3 week old baby, Inez, behind. ^[2]

Burial

Ithaca Cemetery, Ithaca, Michigan.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Death Certificate.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 11 November 2020), memorial page for Cordelia Margaret Cramer Crosby (20 Dec 1851–2 Apr 1900), Find A Grave: Memorial #43628819, citing Ithaca Cemetery, Ithaca, Gratiot County, Michigan, USA.