Query for Lee County, Iowa:

And Clark County, Ohio

CRAWFORD, William G.

BEATY , Susan

Related Names: Wamsley, Woodworth, Lee, Anderson

Would like information on siblings and ancestors of William Grimes CRAWFORD, and his wife, Susan BEATY. William was born 1800-1810 in Ohio, probably died before 1849 in Lee County, Iowa. He married Susan in Clark Co., Ohio Nov 17, 1836. Susan (Susanna , Sussannia) BEATY (BEAUTY, BATTY), was born ca 1811 in PA, and died July, 1887 in Adair Co., MO.

They lived in Lee County Iowa during 1840-49. Children:

1) Unknown female born 1835-1840, alive during 1840 in Lee County IA census but not with her step family in 1850 and not mentioned in obits of her sisters.

2) Ellen / Nancy, born 1842 in Iowa. Married Dr. John W. LEE in 1859. Lived in Knox Co, MO in 1880. Died February, 1931 in Lamar, Colorado. Buried in Linville Cemetery at Edina, Knox Co., MO.

3) Eliza Jane born 1844 in Green Bay Bottom, Lee County, Iowa. Lived in Knox Co., MO 1857. Died Aug 10, 1922 in Adair Co., MO. Buried in Highland Park Cemetery Kirksville, Adair County, MO.

4) Ratoria, born 1847, in Green Bay Bottom, Lee County, Iowa. Married John Miller Anderson Nov 8, 1866 in Knox Co., MO. Died 1832 in Adair Co., MO. Buried in Highland Park Cemetery, Kirksville, Adair County, MO.

William G. CRAWFORD may have died by 1849 as Susan married husband #2, Samuel D. WOODWORTH in Henry County, Iowa on May 1, 1849. In 1850 Susan was with Samuel in Henry County, Iowa, and his children Henry, William, Robert, Mary and Sarah from a prior marriage. Susan had at least one child with Samuel, Elizabeth WOODWORTH, born 1850 in Iowa.

By 1855, Susan was married to her third husband, Thomas O. WAMSLEY. Per her daughter Ratoria's obit, by 1857 her family had moved to Knox Co., MO and they are in the 1860 census there, with his children from a prior marriage. Thomas Wamsley had been a neighbor to Samuel Woodworth (Susan's 2nd husband) during the 1840 census of Henry County, Iowa. She had one daughter with Thomas, Kate Wamsley, born ca 1855. Thomas died in Oct. 1873 and is buried in Knox Co., MO. Their land estate was located in Shelton Twp, Knox Co., MO., section 22.

In 1870 Susan and Thomas were living in Salt River Twp, Knox Co., MO, and in 1880 Susanna was living with her daughter Nancy LEE in Edina, Knox Co. MO.

Other questions: When and where did Susan marry Thomas O. Wamsley?

Who is the unknown first daughter of William and Susan born 1835-1840?

SEARCH MO MARRIAGES FILM 1015382

Nancy Crawford married John W. Lee - could that be Lear? book 112 Could Nancy be daughter of Susannia Beauty/Batty who married William G. Crawford.? S.E. Crawford (female)married FM Parkston, Book 206. Child of Susannia?

Xerox copy Knox Co 1870 census page 36, Salt River, 302- 258, Walmsley/Crawford

Xerox copy 1880 census Knox Co MO, Edina pg 20, Nancy Lear with Susanna Wamsley.

Find Samuel D. Woodworth in 1850 census, Iowa, probably Henry County, and copy page. He is 2nd husband of Susanna. Also Thomas O Wamsley, Jefferson County with Sarah..

Find Samuel Woodworth and Thomas Wamsley in 1840, neighbors, copy page. Page 185