Rosetta Catherine (Morgan) Crittenden (1844 - 1905)

Born 17 Jan 1844 in Saline Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan

Ancestors

Wife of William Harrison Crittenden — married 1862 in Saline, Michigan

Descendants

Died 31 Dec 1905 at age 61 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

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Genealogically Defined

Biography

Rosetta (Morgan) Crittenden has Welsh ancestors.

Rosetta (Morgan) Crittenden has English ancestors.

Rosetta Catherine was born in Saline, Michigan on January 17, 1844 to John Morgan and Sarah (JHendershot) Morgan.^[1]>^[2] She married William Crittenden, a farmer, in 1862, at the age of 18.^[3] Rosetta and Harrison had five children together, farming a plot of land on East Chicago in Saline, Michigan, interrupted by Harrison's Civil War service in the 4th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry.^[4][5] By 1880, they had moved to Macon, Michigan, close to her family members.^[6] By 1900, they had returned to their farm in Saline, Township.^[7]

Rosetta died of arsenic poisoning on December 3, 1900.^[8] She is buried in the Morgan family plot in Macon Cemetery, Macon-Mills Road, in Macon, Michigan.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8R-8DX : 4 April 2020), Rosetta C Morgan in household of John Morgan, Saline, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States; citing family 156, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDZ-X6V : 19 March 2020), Rosetta C Morgan in entry for John N Morgan, 1860.
3. ↑ Rosetta Morgan discovered in Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952[1] Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 54; Film Description: 1895 Cass-1895 Mackinac. Ancestry.com. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics.
4. ↑ "1870 US Federal Census," Year: 1870; Census Place: Saline, Washtenaw, Michigan; Roll: M593_708; Page: 317B; Image: 166908; Family History Library Film: 552207. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Ancestry Record 7163 #25227788 with attached Image
5. ↑ "Michigan State Census, 1894," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK8-LW9 : 12 March 2018), Rozetta Crittendon in household of William H Crittendon, Saline, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States; citing p. 104, State Archives, Lansing; FHL microfilm 955,811.
6. ↑ "1880 US Federal Census," Year: 1880; Census Place: Macon, Lenawee, Michigan; Roll: 591; Family History Film: 1254591; Page: 266C; Enumeration District: 159; Image: 0213; enumeration district 159: Macon Township. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. [2]
7. ↑ "1900 US Federal Census," Year: 1900; Census Place: Saline, Washtenaw, Michigan; Roll: 746; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0102; FHL microfilm: 1240746; Resident=E. Chicago Street, Saline, Michigan; house no. 7, sheet no. 11B, dwelling no. 286, family no. 288. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. Ancestry Record 7602 #25738821 with attached Image
8. ↑ Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Death Records. .Description: 088: Wayne (Detroit), 1905. Ancestry.com. Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Death Records. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan.
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #65123379