From "Traces of Gold" by James Ray Gold ~

Elizabeth "Eliza" Gold was born January 18, 1882 in Christian County, Missouri. She was the daughter of James Thomas and Delilah Paralee (Luttrell) Gold. She married Luther Crumpley, February 15, 1903. He was born in February of 1877.

They were the parents of three children; Lucy, Mildred, and James William Crumpley.

Lucy Crumpley was born in 1907. She married Kenneth Mitchell, their children were; Freida, who married Howard Benefield, in Selma, California. Bernard of Fresno, California, Willis Ray, of Fresno, Donald "Junior" of Fresno, and Olan of Selma, California.

Mildred Crumpley was born in 1911.She married Elsworth Joe Burgin, Their children were; Eugene, of Orange Cove, California, Earl Burgin of Reedley, California, and Beverly "Betty", who married John Harper, of Reedley, California.

James William Crumpley was born in 1916 in Stone County, Missouri. He died and is buried in California, He married Mable Jones, and they raised two sons in Modesto, California.

Luther and Eliza lived ¼ miles southeast of the Henry School House, three miles east of Hurley, in Stone County, Missouri, and raised their family there. They took their family to California in 1936 during the great depression. One year later while working as a farm hand, Luther was killed by a fall from the back of a truck. Eliza lived in Reedley, until her death in 1953. They are both buried in Reedley, California.

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Children:

1) Lucy O Crumpley (6/15/1907-3/17/2000)
married Kenneth Donald Mitchell (1907-1989)

2) Mildred Crumpley (5/12/1912-12/6/1999)
married Joseph Ellsworth Burgin (1907-1991)

3) James William Crumpley (5/23/1916-10/10/1972)
married Mabel Jones (6/23/1917-)