Minnie Lee (Sharpe) Crosby (1880 - 1938)

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Biography

Minnie Lee Sharpe was born 31 January 1880 in Georgia, the daughter of Aaron Sharpe and Mary Ann Wilkes Sharpe^[1]. In 1880 she lived with her parents in Montgomery County, Georgia^[2].

She married John Wallace Crosby 5 January 1893 in Montgomery County^[3][4].

M. L. Sharpe J. W. Crosby, Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950

They lived in Holmes County, Florida, with children Ollie, Pearl, and Dewey^[5]. In 1910, they lived in Helena, Telfair County, Georgia, with their children Ollie L., Ethel P., John D., and Minnie's brothers John A. Sharpe and Willie H. Sharpe^[6].

She was named next of kin on her husband John's World War II draft registration^[7].

By 1930, she and John were living in Alston, Montgomery County, Georgia with their daughter Minnie W. with them^[8].

She died 28 November 1938 of a ruptured duodenal ulcer^[1], and was buried in Cedar Crossing United Methodist Church Cemetery, Cedar Crossing, Toombs County, Georgia^[9].

Minnie L Crosby Georgia Deaths

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Minnie L Crosby, Georgia Deaths, 1928-1940
2. ↑ Minnie Lee Sharpe, United States Census, 1880
3. ↑ M. L. Sharpe, mentioned in the record of J. W. Crosby
4. ↑ M. L. Sharpe, Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967
5. ↑ Minnie Crosby, United States Census, 1900
6. ↑ Minnie L Crosby, United States Census, 1910
7. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7H8V-TG6Z [Minnie L Crosby, mentioned in the record of John Wallace Crosby]
8. ↑ Minnie Crosby, United States Census, 1930
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #137351795

Bibliography

• Georgia Deaths, 1928-1940, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJX9-DXT6 : 4 April 2016), Minnie L Crosby, 28 Nov 1938; citing , Montgomery, Georgia, United States, Georgia Archives, Morrow; FHL microfilm .
• United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8GJ-SBY : 11 August 2017), Minnie Lee Sharpe in entry for Hiram Gibbs, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 78, sheet 215A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0159; FHL microfilm 1,254,159.
• Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWQZ-843 : 11 February 2018), J. W. Crosby and M. L. Sharpe, 05 Jan 1893; citing Montomgery, Georgia; FHL microfilm 218,818.
• Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJV-PP2 : 23 July 2019), J. W. Crosby and M. L. Sharpe, 5 Jan 1893; citing Marriage, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 218,818.
• United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M36S-1P7 : accessed 18 February 2019), Minnie Crosby in household of John Crosby, Precincts 1-2, Hickory Hill, Sandy Creek & Precinct 8, Ponce de Leon & Precinct 11, Westville, Holmes, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46, sheet 18B, family 296, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,170.
• United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLLX-168 : accessed 9 October 2018), Minnie L Crosby in household of John W Crosby, Helena, Telfair, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 164, sheet 4B, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 212; FHL microfilm 1,374,225.
• United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7H8V-TG6Z : 25 December 2021), Minnie L Crosby in entry for John Wallace Crosby, 1917-1918.
• United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3HMR-XZM : accessed 9 October 2018), Minnie Crosby in household of John Crosby, Alston, Montgomery, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 2A, line 34, family 41, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 376; FHL microfilm 2,340,111.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 October 2018), memorial page for Minnie Lee Sharpe Crosby (31 Jan 1880–28 Nov 1938), Find A Grave Memorial no. 137351795, citing Cedar Crossing United Methodist Church Cemetery, Cedar Crossing, Toombs County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Sunnie (contributor 47028773).