This young boy died while emigrating from Missouri to the Oregon Territory with his parents, Bennet Crosley and Lucinda Jane (Melton) Crosley in 1852. Two sisters, Nancy Jane (b.1849) and Amanda Jane (b.1852) survived the arduous trip. Reuben was just six years of age and was one of many who succumbed to the many hardships that year, noted as a year of much sickness and death for both humans and their animals. Cholera was prevalent (referred to as "Camp Fever") as was Typhus and Rocky Mountain Fever. The group had left in May, 1852 and did not arrive in the Willamette Valley of Oregon until September, 1852. Sadly, about one month before they arrived in the Oregon Territory young Reuben passed from this life. He would have been buried, most likely, in an unmarked grave covered with bracken and rocks to keep wild animals from disturbing it. Please read Stephanie Flora's informative work at oregonpioneers.com. The group was in Wyoming Territory when another member, Catherine (Layton) Moore died on August 22nd, 1852, so I can only guess that young Reuben passed while the group was either in Nebraska or Wyoming. Whether he died from illness or accident is not known to me. May he Rest, at Peace, with the Angels and his Loved Ones in Paradise where there is no illness or hardship. I am certain that his parents missed him until the end of their days.
This young boy died while emigrating from Missouri to the Oregon Territory with his parents, Bennet Crosley and Lucinda Jane (Melton) Crosley in 1852. Two sisters, Nancy Jane (b.1849) and Amanda Jane (b.1852) survived the arduous trip. Reuben was just six years of age and was one of many who succumbed to the many hardships that year, noted as a year of much sickness and death for both humans and their animals. Cholera was prevalent (referred to as "Camp Fever") as was Typhus and Rocky Mountain Fever. The group had left in May, 1852 and did not arrive in the Willamette Valley of Oregon until September, 1852. Sadly, about one month before they arrived in the Oregon Territory young Reuben passed from this life. He would have been buried, most likely, in an unmarked grave covered with bracken and rocks to keep wild animals from disturbing it. Please read Stephanie Flora's informative work at oregonpioneers.com. The group was in Wyoming Territory when another member, Catherine (Layton) Moore died on August 22nd, 1852, so I can only guess that young Reuben passed while the group was either in Nebraska or Wyoming. Whether he died from illness or accident is not known to me. May he Rest, at Peace, with the Angels and his Loved Ones in Paradise where there is no illness or hardship. I am certain that his parents missed him until the end of their days.
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