William Croussore and Mary Browning and their descendants
William Croussore was born in May 1820 in Indiana. He married Mary Browning and had the following children:
- John W. Croussore was born about 1856
- Isaac Croussore was born about 1858
- Sarah Croussore was born about 1860
- Rhoda Croussore was born about 1864
- Charles Croussore was born about 1866
- George Croussore was born 28 September, 1868 in Indiana. Died 1947.
- Ida May Croussore was born 6 May 1872 in Kokomo, Indiana. She was married three times (as listed herein) and died in Springfield, Missouri in 1946. Ida Mae's first husband was Jefferson Davis Hardin (the brother of notorious Texas gunslinger, John Wesley Hardin) whom she married in October 1887 in Lipscomb County, Texas. To them were born the following children:
- John Wesley Davis (Hardin) was born 8 February 1889 in Gainesville, Texas. He married Hazel Marie ------ who was born Jan 25, 1896 in DeKalb, Indiana and died in 1978. They were married 30 January 1912 and had the following children:
- Edra Georgina Davis (1919-1991)
- Russel Manford Davis (1912- )
- Crystal Naomi Davis (1914- )
- Echo Marie Davis (1918- )
- Corita Erial Davis (1924- )
- Mattie Belle Davis (Hardin) was born 9 February 1891 in Walsenburg, Colorado. With her first husband, Albert Richard Slade, she had two children, and with her second husband, Albert Becker, she had eight more.
- Della Lillian Davis (Hardin) was born 14 December 1893 in Oklahoma Territory near Duncan. She married Everett Mathes. They had three sons.
- Mary Davis (Hardin) was born in 1894 and died as an infant.
Ida Mae's second husband was Manford Inskeep who was born 2 May 1867 in Bloomfield, Iowa. They were married 29 January 1896 in La Junta, Colorado. The marriage ended in divorce after they had eight children.
Ida Mae's third husband was John Elmer Fanning who was born 26 June 1881 and died in 1970. They were married in about 1930. They are buried in Springfield, Missouri.
William Croussore's second wife was named Lewis. In the 1900 he is listed as widowed and stepfather to Albert and Anna Lewis-Pugh.
This is Ida Mae Croussore who was born in Kokomo, Indiana, in 1872. She is pictured with her niece (name unknown), her son John Wesley Davis (Hardin) (born 8 Feb 1889) and daughters Mattie Belle (born 9 Feb 1891) and Della Lillian Davis (Hardin) (born 14 Dec 1893), products of her first marriage.
Ida May was married three times. She married J. D. Hardin, the brother of notorious gunslinger John Wesley Hardin, in Lipscomb County, Texas on 24 October 1887, Manford Inskeep (with whom she had more children) in La Junta, Colorado, and then John Elmer Fanning. She divorced the first two. She and Fanning are buried in Springfield, Missouri.
Her death certificate lists her parents as William Croussore of Indiana and Mary Browning of Ohio. Any further information on these folks would be appreciated.
Photo compliments of Michele Yegge.
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