Mary Jane (Crews) Page (abt. 1800 - aft. 1846)

Born about 12 Aug 1800 in Cumberland County, Kentucky, USA

Wife of William Page — married 1817 (to 1846) in Kentucky, USA

Descendants

Died after Mar 1846 after about age 45 in Cooper County, Missouri, USA

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Biography

Jane Crews^[1][2] was born 12 Aug 1800, in Cumberland County, Kentucky. Her parents were Redman Crews (1764–1835) and Sarah Morton (1765–1802).^[3]

She spent her childhood in Kentucky, perhaps living just over the county line in Tennessee for a time.^[4] She met William Page, probably in Cumberland County. They were married about 1817-1822, likely in Kentucky, where they both lived.^[4][2]

William and Jane Page had the following children, the first two born in Kentucky, while the remainder were born in Missouri:

Mary Jane Page (1823–1902)^[2]

George Washington Page Sr (1825–1915)^[2]

Andrew Jackson Page (1828–1898)^[2]

William Redman Page (1830–1858)^[2]

John Emery Page Sr. (1832–1875)^[2]

Kemp Scott Page, Corporal (1834–1866)^[2]

Franklin Montgomery Page (1837-1918)^[2]

Francis Marion "Jim" Page (1837–1914)^[2]

Columbus "Lum" Newton Page (1846–1920)^[2]

Jane Page passed away sometime after Mar 3, 1846, in Moniteau County, Missouri, following the birth of her last child, Columbus Newton Page.^[5] Her husband remarried in Feb 1847, (when Franklin Mongomery Page was young).^[6][3]

Note

• Jane (Crews) Page was a full blood Cherokee according to Beulah Hayes, who said that Ran Wells told her that information. Ran Wells married Jane Page, daughter of William Page and his second wife, Minerva Smith^[7]

Research Needed

Need proof her name was Mary Jane. On a deed in Moniteau County, Missouri, she was shown as Jane Page, as in all other records found. Need Source for her birthdate. Birthplaces are given variously by her children on the 1880 census.

Sources

1. ↑ Missouri, Moniteau County, Deed Book B page 223 about 1841
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} United States of America, Military Pension Applicaton, Franklin M. Page Civil War services, Number 793,885 dated 1912 (found by Mary Lynn [Doll] Smith and shared with Margaret Ann (Kepner) Kerns)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Page, Daniel E., Descendants and Relatives of Exolheath Page of Goochland Co., Virginia; n.p., Oct 1 2004, n.p., page 76-78
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Source: S4 Kerns, Margaret A., 729 NW 1101 Road, Urich, MO 64788, speculation 2019
5. ↑ Missouri, Death Certificate File C727748 30997-20, Columbus Newton Page
6. ↑ History of Cass and Bates Counties, Missouri, 1883; page 756 (when Franklin Montgomery Page was young)
7. ↑ Hayes, Beulah (Wells) per letter from Dan Page to Margaret Kerns

Acknowledgments

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/10849983/person/-326260542/facts https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/1975304/person/-1874242493/facts