Benjamin Butler McCrumby (1888 - 1940)

Born 8 Jun 1888 in Texas, United States

Husband of Cary Lee (Goodson) McCrumby — married about 1915 in Texas, United States

Died 8 Aug 1940 at age 52 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States

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Biography

Benjamin was born in 1888. He married Cary Lee Goodson and they raised their family in Fort Worth, Texas. His wife passed in 1938. He passed away in 1940.

His son, George McCrumby, was a Tuskegee airman who went missing in action while on a mission over the Mediterranean Sea. His name is engraved on the Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery. His remains have never been recovered.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K478-XXZ : 29 July 2019), Ben B Mccrumby, Ward 3, Fort Worth, Justice Precinct 1, Tarrant, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 257-9, sheet 1A, line 3, family 2, 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 4184.