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COL Stephen Sanders Crockett

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COL Stephen Sanders Crockett Veteran

Birth
Wythe County, Virginia, USA
Death
8 Mar 1906 (aged 80)
Blossom, Lamar County, Texas, USA
Burial
Blossom, Lamar County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Son of John Montgomery and Evelina (Sanders) Crockett. Stephen married Jemima S. Dickinson, daughter of Isaac and Nancy (Robinson) Dickinson, on the 13th of August 1857 in Lee county, Virginia.

"THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS" Dallas, Texas, Saturday, March 10, 1906, Vol. XXI, No. 161, Page 3, Column 2

WIFE FOLLOWS HUSBAND - Col. S. S. Crockett's Death Followed by That of Wife

Special To The News
Paris, Tex., March 9.--Col. S. S. Crockett, an old and highly respected citizen of Lamar County, in his eighty-second year, died at his home in Blossom at 8 o'clock last night. Five hours later, at 1 o'clock this morning, his devoted wife, who broke down from nervous prostration and contracted the grip in nursing him, breathed her last. The double funeral took place at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the Knights of Honor Cemetery, and was conducted by John Pelham Camp, United Confederate Veterans, of which the deceased was a member. Col. Crockett and wife came to Lamar County a number of years ago from Kentucky. Mrs. Crockett was 69 years old. One of their children, D. D. Crockett, is a resident of Dallas, and is prominent in insurance circles.
Son of John Montgomery and Evelina (Sanders) Crockett. Stephen married Jemima S. Dickinson, daughter of Isaac and Nancy (Robinson) Dickinson, on the 13th of August 1857 in Lee county, Virginia.

"THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS" Dallas, Texas, Saturday, March 10, 1906, Vol. XXI, No. 161, Page 3, Column 2

WIFE FOLLOWS HUSBAND - Col. S. S. Crockett's Death Followed by That of Wife

Special To The News
Paris, Tex., March 9.--Col. S. S. Crockett, an old and highly respected citizen of Lamar County, in his eighty-second year, died at his home in Blossom at 8 o'clock last night. Five hours later, at 1 o'clock this morning, his devoted wife, who broke down from nervous prostration and contracted the grip in nursing him, breathed her last. The double funeral took place at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the Knights of Honor Cemetery, and was conducted by John Pelham Camp, United Confederate Veterans, of which the deceased was a member. Col. Crockett and wife came to Lamar County a number of years ago from Kentucky. Mrs. Crockett was 69 years old. One of their children, D. D. Crockett, is a resident of Dallas, and is prominent in insurance circles.


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