Frances E. (Crouch) Potts (1921 - 1987)

Born 21 Jan 1921 in Bartholomew, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Died 7 May 1987 at age 66 in Hillsborough, Florida, United States

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Biography

Frances was born in 1921 in Indiana. She was the daughter of John Marshall Crouch and Rosa Elizabeth (Cox) Romine (1900-1990). Both her parents were married multiple times. In 1930, when she was 9, she was not living with either parent. She was listed as a boarder is someone else's home. ^[1] In 1940, she was living at Indianapolis City Hospital as a student nurse. ^[2]

She married Earl Dickenson in 1946. She did not have children. He divorced her in 1969. Shortly after the divorce, her husband Earl married someone else. She moved to Florida in 1983. She then married Leland Potts in 1971. She passed away in 1987 in Florida.^[3] She is buried along with her husband, Leland, in Forest Lawn, Johnson County, Indiana.

Research notes

According to her obituary, Frances had two children, likely from her first marriage.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH9M-CJP : accessed 22 January 2021), Frances Crouch in household of Marshall E Clark, Center Township, Jennings, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 7A, line 29, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 594; FHL microfilm 2,340,329.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V11F-Q8R : 5 January 2021), Mary Frances Crouch, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96-196, sheet 3A, line 23, family 1, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1127.
3. ↑ {https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/100818910/person/120005401200/media/dac0726d-4b91-47a8-8c65-f25e23d4bdbe, Tampa Bay obituary]

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 September 2020), memorial page for Frances E Crouch Potts (24 Jan 1921–7 May 1987), Find A Grave: Memorial #136686808, citing Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Marilyn (contributor 47719880) .