John J. Crabtree (1800 - 1892)

Born 20 Jun 1800 in Lee County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Malinda (Yeary) Crabtree — married 22 Feb 1825 in Lee County, Virginia

Died 28 Mar 1892 at age 91 in Linn County, Oregon, USA

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Biography

John J. Crabtree was born 20 Jun 1800 in Lee County, Virginia. He was the son of Job Crabtree and Rebecca Smyth.

He married Malinda Yeary in 1825 Virginia.^[1]

Oregon, Biographical and Other Index Card File, 1700s-1900s

Name: John J Crabtree

Ethnicity: Scotch, English, German

Occupation: Farmer

Birth Date: 20 Jun 1800

Birth Place: Lee County, Virginia

Marriage Date: 1825

Location Date: 1845

Location: Oregon

Death Date: 28 Mar 1892

Spouse: Malinda Yeary

John passed away on 28 March 1892 in Scio, Linn County, Oregon and is buried in Franklin Butte Masonic Cemetery, Scio, Linn County, Oregon.^[2] Find A Grave has a photo of John and Malinda and their headstone.

Obituary
Nearly A Hundred - Mr. John Crabtree, who died on the 28th of March was a remarkable old man. He was born in Lee County, Virginia on June 20, 1800, in which state he was married on February 22, 1825, to the woman who survives him, at age of 85 years. They had five children in old Virginia; from there they went to Missouri and had five more children; thence to Oregon in 1845; where they had five more children, fifteen in all. Sometimes Mr. Crabtree jokingly proposed to go to California to see if the record would be continued. They stopped in Yamhill county; but moved to Linn county in 1846 and took up the donation land claim on which Mr. Crabtree afterwards lived and died. Nine children besides a faithful wife, survive him. The deceased had been remarkably strong for his age until five or six months ago, when he began failing purely from old age. A long life, well spent is the record left. Mr. Crabtree was buried in the Masonic cemetery near his home.

Malinda gave birth to twin sons named Jasper and Newton while they were in Dalles, Oregon. The family settled in a homestead on the Tualatin Plains near the forks of the Santiam River.^[3]

Notes

No records showing middle name as Jay, only letter J.

Sources

1. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #26641154
3. ↑ "John Jay Crabtree." Geni. Accessed April 23, 2023. https://www.geni.com/people/John-Crabtree/6000000003319688926.

• 1830 Lee, Virginia U. S. Federal Census
• 1840 Jackson, Missouri U. S. Federal Census
• 1845 Linn, Oregon, Compiled Census Index, 1841-1890
• 4 Oct 1850 Santyam Forks, Linn, Oregon Territory U. S. Federal Census; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHW-8S6 : 21) December 2020), John S Crabtree, Linn, Linn, Oregon Territory, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• 1860 Linn, Oregon U. S. Federal Census; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQK-8Z7)
• 1870 Franklin Butte Precinct, Linn, Oregon U. S. Federal Census; Family Search; (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8B-J1K :)
• 1880 Franklin Butte, Linn, Oregon U. S. Federal Census; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCL-ZV7 :)
• Oregon, Biographical and Other Index Card File, 1700s-1900s
• Scio in the Forks of the Santiam' book by Carol Bates.
• The Crabtrees of Southwest Virginia, compiled by Arah Miller Fritz, Potomac Chapter, D.C. NSDAR
• Robert W. Evans, private researcher.
• "John J. Crabtree." Geni. Accessed April 23, 2023. https://www.geni.com/people/John-Crabtree/6000000003319688926.
• "Crabtree." Linn County Roots. Accessed April 23, 2023. http://www.linncountyroots.com/Towns2/crabtree.htm.
• "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPML-V7Z7 : 24 April 2021), J J Crabtree in entry for Newton Crabtree and Emma Higgerson Bann, 1920.
• "Oregon Deaths and Burials, 1903-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8W7-FLC : 9 March 2022), John Crabtree in entry for Martha Smith, 1925.