Lavina (Cox) Smith (1814 - abt. 1865)

Born 1814 in Flat Rock, Delaware, Indiana

Ancestors

Wife of John Crouch — married 4 Aug 1834 (to about 1849) in Bartholomew County Indiana

Wife of Lawson Henderson Smith — married about 1855 (to about 1865) in Izard County Arkansas

Descendants

Died about 1865 at about age 51 in Bell County Texas [uncertain]

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Biography of Lavina Cox Crouch Smith

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Marriage of Parents: Benjamin Cox married Casiah Barbee; Ross Co Ohio on the 10th of April 1813

Lavina Cox: born 1814 Flat Rock, Delaware County, IN

Residence of Ben Cox and Family:
1820 U S Federal Census; Flat Rock, Delaware, Indiana; Page: 22; NARA Roll: M33_14; Image: 34
Name Benjm B Cox
Home in 1820 (City, County, State) Flat Rock, Delaware, Indiana
Enumeration Date August 7, 1820
Free White Males - Under 10 1 - this child must not have survived.
Free White Males - 16 thru 26 2 - Ben and perhaps one of his brothers
Free White Females - Under 10 - 2 These would be Amy b 1813 and Lavina b 1814
Free White Females - 16 thru 26 - 1 Casiah
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture 1
Free White Persons - Under 16 3
Total Free White Persons 6

1830; US Federal Census: Monroe, Indiana; Series: M19; Roll: 30; Page: 170; Family History Library Film: 0007719
Name Benjamin Cox
Home in 1830 (City, County, State) Monroe, Indiana
Free White Males - Under 5 1
Free White Males - 30 thru 39 1
Free White Females - Under 5 1
Free White Females - 5 thru 9 1
Free White Females - 10 thru 14 2
Free White Females - 15 thru 19 1
Free White Females - 30 thru 39 1

Marriage of Lavina Cox to John Crouch:
4 AUG 1834; Bartholomew, IN to John Crouch.
Last Name: Cox First Name: Lavina
Spouse- Last Name: Crouch Spouse- First Name: John
County: Bartholomew Date: 8-4-1834 Remarks: lic

1934 Indiana Marriage License Record for John Crouch and Lavina Cox

1840 US Federal Census: Blue Mountain, Izard, Arkansas; Roll: 18; Page: 192; Image: 408; Family History Library Film: 0002474
Name John Crouch
Free White Males - Under 5 - 2 (Aaron and Benjamin) Free White Males - 20 thru 29 - 1 ( John ) Free White Females - Under 5 - 1 (Mary Ann) Free White Females - 20 thru 29 - 1 (Lavina)

CHILDREN of John Crouch and Lavina Cox Crouch:

Aaron Crouch 13 Nov. 1835, Bartholomew, IN

Benjamin Crouch 1836 Brown Co. IN

Mary Ann Crouch 1840 Izard Co. AR

Thomas Crouch 1842 Izard Co AR

Kizziar Crouch 7 May 1845 Izard Co AR

George Washington Crouch 27 May 1847, Settlement, Izard Co AR.

James W. Andrew Crouch b March 1850 Syllamore Township, Izard Co AR

Sarah Louanna Crouch 15 July 1852 Locust Grove, Stone Co AR

DEATH of JOHN CROUCH and Parentage of Sarah Louanna Crouch
At some point between October 1851 and July 1852 John Crouch died. Because he is missing from the 1850 census he has been presumed dead before Sept of 1850, causing speculation that Sarah Louanna Crouch, born in July of 1852, was not his child. However, the 1850 census includes inaccuracies which make one suspect that the information may have been provided by a neighbour. Lavina is listed as male, and five-year-old Kizziar is missed entirely. Now, Triangulation of DNA matches between Sarah Louanna's descendants and descendants of her sister Kizziar prove that both were daughters of both John Crouch and Lavina Cox Crouch.

1850 US Federal Census: Sylamore, Izard, Arkansas; Roll: M432_27; Page: 6A; Image: 18
Family Number 78
Household Members
Name Age
Levina Crouch 36, bn 1814, IN (enumerated as male)
Benjamin Crouch 14
Aaron Crouch 12
Mary Ann Crouch 10
Thomas Crouch 8
Levina Crouch 6
George W Crouch 3
James W Crouch 6/12

1850 Census Izard County, Arkansas for Ben and Levinia Cox Crouch family

A Second Marriage: Between Aug 1853 and May 1855 Levina Cox Crouch, widow of John Crouch, married Lawson Henderson Smith, who had lost his 1st wife Priscilla, his mother Elizabeth, and five of his seven children between Sept 1850 and 1853, possibly due to the cholera epidemic that raged through the Midwest in those years.

CHILDREN of Lavinia Cox Crouch Smith and Lawson Smith

Mary Elizabeth Smith 8 March 1856, Arkansas City, Arkansas Co, AR

Jacob Henry Smith (twin) 1858 Izard Co AR

Priscilla Smith (twin) 1858 Izard Co AR

1860 US Federal Census: Bell, Texas; Roll: M653_1288; Page: 341; Image: 210; History Library Film: 805288; Dwelling Number 597, Family Number 609
Household Members
Name Age
L Smith 48
Levina Smith 39
Jones Smith 17
Wm Smith 18
Elizabeth Smith 4
Henry Smith 2
Pricilla Smith 2
Thos Crouch 20
Levinia Crouch 17
Casiah Crouch 16
Wash Crouch 18
Andrew Crouch 10
Susanna Crouch 8

Lawson Family

Death: Date uncertain, probably in Belton, Bell County Texas. Both she and husband Lawson H Smith disappear from the records after 1860.

Note: In 1867 Lavina’s daughter Kizziar Crouch and Lawson’s son Enoch Jones Smith married and took their younger half-siblings, twins Priscilla and Jacob (nine years old at the time) to raise. They are found in EJ and Kizziar’s Van Buren Co Arkansas home in the 1870 census.

Sources

U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Web: Indiana, Marriage Index, 1806-1861

•  Marriage of Parents: Ross County Ohio Marriage Book B pg 105; Benjamin Cox and Casiah Barbee were married in Ross Co Ohio on the 10th of April 1813; Marriage Registered 7th May 1813
  
• 1820 Census; Flat Rock, Delaware, Indiana; Page: 22; NARA Roll: M33_14; Image: 34 HOH Benjamin B Cox
  
• 1830 Census: Monroe, Indiana; Series: M19; Roll: 30; Page: 170; Family History Library Film: 0007719 HOH Benjamin Cox
  
• 4 AUG 1834; Indiana Marriage Records; Bartholomew Co; Lavina Cox to John Crouch
  
• 1840; Census: Blue Mountain, Izard, Arkansas; Roll: 18; Page: 192; Image: 408; Family History Library Film: 0002474 HOH John Crouch
  
• 1850; Census: Sylamore, Izard, Arkansas; Roll: M432_27; Page: 6A; Image: 18 HOH Levina Crouch
  
• 1850; Census District 77, Ripley, Missouri; Roll: M432_412; Page: 423A; Image: 286
  
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFB-B3M : accessed 30 May 2016), Levinia Smith in entry for L Smith, 1860.