Mary Lavinia (Crawford) Low (1902 - 1981)

Born 27 Sep 1902 in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States

Wife of William Crawford Stewart — married [date unknown] in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States [uncertain]

Wife of Rufus Hampton Low — married 18 Aug 1928 in Bristol, Virginia, United States

Died 20 Sep 1981 at age 78 in Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Birth

Mary Lavinia Crawford was born 27 Sep 1902 in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States.

Father: James Ernest Crawford

Mother: Mary Lavinia Thomas ^[1]

Residence

1910 Residence: London, Kanawha, West Virginia ^[2]

Marriage

Rufus H. Low and Mary Lavinia Crawford were married 18 Aug 1928 in Bristol, Virginia, United States.

Rufus H. Low:

Male; 25; b. about 1903

Father: Rufus H. Low

Mother: Harriet Sylvester

Mary Lavinia Crawford:

Female; 25; b. about 1903

Father: James E. Crawford

Mother: Mary Lavinia Thomas ^[3]

Note: Rufus Hampton Low and Mary Lavinia Crawford were married at the home of Dr. Martin, President of Sullins College, of which Lavinia was a graduate. The bride and groom had met at a Rotary Club picnic in Bristol. ^[4]

Death

North Carolina Death Certificate:

Lavinia Crawford Stewart

Female; White; 78; Widowed; Homemaker

Birth: 27 Sep 1902 in Kanawah County, West Virginia

Death: 20 Sep 1981 at Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina

Residence: Apt. H 120 British Lake Dr., Greensboro, Guilford County, N. C.

Social Security Number: 225-72-2638

Father: James Crawford

Mother: Mary Lavinia Thomas

Informant: Virginia Stricklen, 3507 Regents Park Lane, Greensboro, North Carolina (daughter)

Burial: 22 Sep 1981 at Sunset Memorial Park, Charleston, West Virginia

Funeral Home: Hanes-Lineberry, Greensboro, North Carolina ^[5]

From FindAGrave memorial:

Gravestone inscription:

Other data, excluding burial location, is unsourced and information only.

Mary "Lavinia" Crawford Stewart was born 27 Sep 1902 in Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA and died 20 Sep 1981 (aged 78) in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA.

Burial: Sunset Memorial Park, South Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA.

Father: James Ernest Crawford Sr.

Mother: Mary Lavinia Thomas

Husband # 1 - Rufus Hampton Low Jr. (1902-1930) married Aug. 18, 1928 in Bristol, Washington County, Virginia

Daughter: Mary H.

Husband # 2 - William C Stewart (1907 - 1970)

Parents:

James Ernest Crawford 1901-1973

Mary Lavina Thomas Crawford 1874-1914

Spouses:

Rufus Hampton Low 1902-1930

William Crawford Stewart 1907-1970

Half Siblings:

James Ernest Crawford 1901-1973

Annie Louise Crawford McWhorter 1903-1935

Susan Putney Crawford 1911-1911 ^[6]

Research Notes

Note: Following the death of her first husband, Lavinia returned to her childhood home town of Charleston, West Virginia. She eventually met and married a physician, Dr. William C. Stewart.

According to Bob Durst, "They had 2 sons and a daughter -- and I think Mary Hampton grew up very close to these half-siblings."

(Letter from Bob Durst to Olie L. Garrett dated July, 1990).

Sources

1. ↑ "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRXK-97Y : 7 December 2018), Mary Lavinia Thomas in entry for Mary Lavinia Crawford, 27 Sep 1902; citing Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,992,649.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPNR-979 : accessed 5 March 2020), Mary L Crawford in household of James E Crawford, London, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 85, sheet 8A, family 130, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1685; FHL microfilm 1,375,698.
3. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRJ7-WN4 : 29 January 2020), Mary Lavinia Thomas in entry for Rufus H. Low, 1928.
4. ↑ Source: #S117315
5. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGLX-X3B : 18 July 2017), Mary Lavinia Thomas in entry for Lavinia Crawford Stewart, 20 Sep 1981; citing Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, v 34B cn 34771, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,984,733.
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 04 March 2020), memorial page for Mary "Lavinia" Crawford Stewart (27 Sep 1902–20 Sep 1981), Find A Grave: Memorial #126730923, citing Sunset Memorial Park, South Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Saulback (contributor 47932303).

• Source S117315 Mary Hampton Low Stewart Eustis, Personal letter to Pat Iverson dated October 9, 2008 (private)