Francine Sina (Taylor) Crenshaw (1799 - 1881)

Born 16 Mar 1799 in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Hart Crenshaw — married 1 Oct 1817 in Gallatin, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Sep 1881 at age 82 in Ryefield Farm, Gallatin, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Name

Francine Sina /Taylor/

Sina Crenshaw

Birth

Francine Sina Taylor was born to Giles and Francine Taylor on the 16th of March, 1799 in Virginia, United States.^[1]

Residence

1850

Equality, Gallatin, IllinoisCite error 4; Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

1860

Township 9 Range 8 E, Gallatin, Illinois, United States^[2]

1870

Township 9 Range 8, Gallatin, Illinois, United States^[3]

1880

Equality, Gallatin, Illinois, United States

Marriage

Francine Sina Taylor married John Crenshaw on the 1st of October, 1817 in Shawanoe Town (Shawneetown), Gallatin County, Illinois Territory, United States.^[4]

Children

William Taylor Crenshaw

Born in 1821 in Gallatin County, Illinois.

Mrs. Margaret Lanphier of Springfield

[Mrs. Mary A. Hall

Mrs. Elizabeth Lawler

Alexander Crenshaw

Born on the 10th of September, 1829 in Equality, Gallatin, Illinois, United States.

Died at the age of 5 years old, on the 20th of September, 1840 in Illinois, United States.

Mrs. Julia E. Foster

Religion

Christian Faith

Up to the time of her death she had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for 50 years.

Death

Mrs. Sina Crenshaw, aged 84 years, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Julia E. Forrester, near Equality, Gallatin, Illinois, United States, on Wednesday, September 7th, 1881.^[5]

"Her life was that of a faithful Christian woman, and she was blessed with a long and happy life. Her death was calm and peaceful, such as comes to the aged who have filled all the duties of a Christian and upright life. She was, doubtless, at the time of her death, the oldest living resident of the county."

Sources

1. ↑ FindAGrave-headstone
2. ↑ Source: #S20 Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 9 Range 8 E, Gallatin, Illinois; Roll: ; Page: 1016; Image: 162. Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1797 CONT Birth place: Virginia CONT Residence date: 1860 CONT Residence place: Township 9 Range 8 E, Gallatin, Illinois, United States Object: @M1551@
3. ↑ Source: #S17 Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 9 Range 8, Gallatin, Illinois; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1799 CONT Birth place: Virginia CONT Residence date: 1870 CONT Residence place: Township 9 Range 8, Gallatin, Illinois, United States Object: @M1552@
4. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940", FamilySearch, Entry for John Crenshaw and Sinia Taylor, 01 Oct 1817.
5. ↑ Local Record, Volume 4, Number 41, 10 September 1881, page 4, (Shawneetown, Illinois).

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Frederick Sheffield for creating WikiTree profile Taylor-12239 through the import of Adkins Family Tree_2013-02-16.ged on Feb 16, 2013.

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