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Josephine Crawford 1871–1944 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: October 1871

Birth Location: Laurens County, South Carolina

Death Date: 10 February 1944

Death Location: Coronaca, Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States of America

Father: John Crawford

Mother: Frances Davenport

Spouse(s): Chesley Brown

Children(s): George Brown, Lawrence Brown, Oscar Brown, Lucille Brown, Annie Brown, Jarew Brown, Jessie Brown, Geams Brown, John Sr

In 1871, Josephine Crawford entered the world in Laurens County, South Carolina, born to John Crawford And Frances L Davenport. In 1910, Josephine Crawford resided in Greenwood Ward 4, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA. Josephine Crawford married Chesley Drayton Brown, and had children including Annie May Brown, Geams Marion Brown, George Washington Brown, Jarew R Brown, Jessie Ruth Brown, John Milton Brown Sr, K M Reeder, Lawrence Calvin Brown, Lucille Brown, M Wilson, Oscar Drayton Brown. Josephine Crawford passed away in 1944 in Coronaca, Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1871, Josephine Crawford entered the world in Laurens County, South Carolina, born to John Crawford And Frances L Davenport.
  • In 1910, Josephine Crawford resided in Greenwood Ward 4, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA.
  • Josephine Crawford married Chesley Drayton Brown, and had children including Annie May Brown, Geams Marion Brown, George Washington Brown, Jarew R Brown, Jessie Ruth Brown, John Milton Brown Sr, K M Reeder, Lawrence Calvin Brown, Lucille Brown, M Wilson, Oscar Drayton Brown.
  • Josephine Crawford passed away in 1944 in Coronaca, Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Crawford
1826–1894
Birth Location: Greenville District, South Carolina
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Frances Davenport
1850–1928
Birth Location: Greenville, South Carolina, United States
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Spouses(s)

Chesley Brown
1864–1936
Birth Location: Laurens County, South Carolina, United States of America
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Children(s)

George Brown
1908–1989
Birth Location: –
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Lawrence Brown
1891–1969
Birth Location: Laurens County, South Carolina, United States of America
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Oscar Brown
1896–1969
Birth Location: Laurens County, South Carolina, USA
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Lucille Brown
1898–1972
Birth Location: South Carolina
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Annie Brown
1900–1984
Birth Location: South Carolina
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Jarew Brown
1906–1932
Birth Location: South Carolina
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Jessie Brown
1903–1981
Birth Location: South Carolina
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Geams Brown
1894–1959
Birth Location: Laurens County, South Carolina
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John Sr
1888–1930
Birth Location: Laurens County, South Carolina, USA
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Josephine Crawford's Ancestors

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Josephine Crawford
1871–1944
Birth Place: Laurens County, South Carolina
Parents
John Crawford
1826–1894
Greenville District, South Carolina
Frances (L) Davenport
1850–1928
Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Strother Crawford
1795–1840
South Carolina
Elizabeth Ford
1800–1844
Greenville County, South Carolina
John (B) Davenport
1822–1900
South Carolina
Hulda (Jane "Lettie") Coker
1822–1908
Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
David Crawford
1765–1820
Christian Terry
1774–
John Ford
1776–1843
Letishia Pollock
1782–
William Davenport
1763–1842
Phoebe Gross
1773–1841
Charles Coker
1794–1890
Lavinia Chandler
1794–1889
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Crawford
1750–1779
Elizabeth Harris
1752–1841
Margaret Bibb
1720–1784
Stephen Sr
1757–1829
Francis Davenport
1718–1803
Ann Wyley
1718–1790
William Gross
1750–
Joseph Sr
1777–1832
William Chandler
1765–1820

Josephine Crawford's Descendants

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Josephine Crawford (October 1871–10 February 1944) m. Chesley (Drayton) Brown (6 February 1864–31 October 1936)
  1. 1. George (Washington) Brown 1908–1989
  2. 2. Lawrence (Calvin) Brown 1891–1969 m. Martha (Lee) Faulkner 1891–1970
    1. 1. Catherine (Merdist) Brown 1923–2002 m. John (Calhoun Coates) Jr 1919–1973
      1. 1. Samuel (Thomas) Coates 1947–1998
      2. 2. Linda (Gail) Coates 1944–2006
    2. 2. Guynelle Brown 1915–1987 m. John (Willian) Beeks 1917–1971
    3. 3. Thelma (Josephine) Brown 1912–1991 m. Berry (Blease) Owens 1911–1975
      1. 1. Martha (Jo) Owens 1938–2006
      2. 2. Doris (Jean) Owens 1933–2015 m. James (Wallace) Godfrey 1927–2005
      3. 3. Ronald (Brown) Owens 1935–2020
    4. 4. Lawrence (Dayton) Brown 1918–2000 m. Alice (L.) Singleton 1923–2005
    5. 5. William (Kenneth) Brown 1921–1990 m. Sadie (Louise) Scott 1923–2007
      1. 1. Connie Brown 1950–2021
    6. 6. Mildred (Laverne) Brown 1926–1998 m. Robert (Raymond) Taylor 1927–2004
      1. 1. Keith (Darrell) Taylor 1947–2002
    7. 7. Barbara (Virginia) Brown 1929–2017 m. Ernest (Henry Hammonds) Sr 1930–2011
    8. 8. Arthur (Evander) Brown 1933–1966
  3. 3. Oscar (Drayton) Brown 1896–1969 m. Grace Coats 1902–1989
    1. 1. Charles (Dayton) Brown 1923–2015
    2. 2. William (Dalphus) Brown 1926–2013
    3. 3. Betty (Lou) Brown 1929–1992 m. Rudolph (Nathan Sims) Sr 1928–2015
      1. 1. Victoria (Lynn) Sims 1951–2022
    4. 4. Margaret Brown 1920–1959 m. William (Gambrell) Stewart 1914–1974
      1. 1. Arkie (Magdeline) Stewart 1940–2019 m. Charles (Frank) Cogdill 1928–2007
      2. 2. Robert (Earl) Stewart 1942–2022
  4. 4. Lucille Brown 1898–1972
  5. 5. Annie (May) Brown 1900–1984 m. James (Arthur) Underwood 1893–1961
    1. 1. Lula (M) Underwood 1918–1941
    2. 2. James (Arthur Underwood Jr) MD 1920–2005 m. Rosalyn (Eva) Sanders 1922–2010
    3. 3. Robert (Chesley) Underwood 1926–1991 m. Ida (Elizabeth) Davenport 1930–2013
  6. 6. Jarew (R) Brown 1906–1932 m. Isabelle Hammond 1912–1982
    1. 1. Milton (Jrew) Brown 1932–2012
  7. 7. Jessie (Ruth) Brown 1903–1981 m. Welton (Pryor Phillips) Sr. 1903–1982
    1. 1. Doris (G) Phillips 1921–1998 m. Woodrow (Wilson) Bledsoe 1918–1979
      1. 1. Patricia (Ann) Bledsoe 1939–2014 m. Otis (Beckstine) DeLozier 1931–2019
    2. 2. Welton (Pryor Phillips) Jr 1923–1981 m. Mabel (Bell) Phillips 1921–2006
    3. 3. Mary (Elizabeth) Phillips 1925–2014 m. Milan (Palmer) Anderson 1927–1981
    4. 4. Harold Phillips 1927–2007
    5. 5. JoAnn (Alma) Phillips 1930–2016 m. Guy (Dupree) Tomberlin 1927– m. Thomas (Lodge) Wright 1933–2021
  8. 8. Geams (Marion) Brown 1894–1959 m. Bertha (Sue) Davenport 1897–2001
    1. 1. Marion (Maxwell) Brown 1936–1954
    2. 2. Alonzo Brown 1922–1975
    3. 3. Emma (Laura) Brown 1917–1996 m. Calvin (T.) Lawton 1918–2002 m. Robert (L) Corbin 1910–1966
      1. 1. Sueann (Bertha Popovich) Codgill 1934–2003
      2. 2. Melvin (Wilson) Corbin 1937–1981
    4. 4. James (Everett) Brown 1919–2002
  9. 9. John (Milton Brown) Sr 1888–1930 m. Ella (Ree) Davenport 1890–1981
    1. 1. Billy (Gerald) Brown 1930–2013 m. Nancy (Louise) Culbertson 1936–2010
    2. 2. Kathleen (Lucille) Brown 1910–1991 m. Loy (Marvin) Corbin 1905–1967
      1. 1. Betty (Jean) Corbin 1927–1969 m. J (O.) Conn 1925–1997
        1. 1. Ronald (Loy) Conn 1950–1979
    3. 3. Daisy Brown 1914–1996 m. William (Howard) Spivey 1913–1985
      1. 1. Mary (Louise) Spivey 1934–2012
    4. 4. Elizabeth Brown 1918–1921
    5. 5. Iola (M) Brown 1914–
    6. 6. Blanche Brown 1916–2000 m. James (Floyd) Golden 1914–1977 m. Robert (Christopher) Ledford 1912–1993
      1. 1. Betty (Carol) Golden 1935–2021 m. John (Haskell) Ingram 1931–1984
      2. 2. Joyce (Virginia) Golden 1937–2002 m. John (Welburn) Ledford 1939–2004 m. Frank (Lee) Gurley –1982
      3. 3. Robert (Eugene) Ledford 1947–2002

Josephine Crawford's Timeline

3 Records

1871
October 1871
Birth of Josephine Crawford in Laurens County, South Carolina
Laurens County, South Carolina
1910
1910
Age 39
Josephine Crawford resided here in Greenwood Ward 4, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA
Greenwood Ward 4, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA
1944
10 February 1944
Age 73
Death of Josephine Crawford in Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States of America
Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: October 1871
    Event Place: Laurens County, South Carolina
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Greenwood Ward 4, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Greenwood Ward 4, Greenwood, South Carolina; Roll: T624_1459; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0086; FHL microfilm: 1375472

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 11 Feb 1944
    Event Place: Greenwood, South Carolina
    Record Source: Newspapers.com - The Index-Journal - 11 Feb 1944 - Page 8, Obituary for Josephine Crawford BROWN (Aged 73) 11 Feb 1944

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 February 1944
    Event Place: Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Coronaca, Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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