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Perry Austin and Marion Arrie McCord Crocker; Parents of Lucy Anna Crocker Davis; spouse of William Henry Jefferson Davis; parents of Wm. Edgar "Sonny Boy" Davis James Alfred "Dowdy" Davis, Hazel Dean Davis

Ola Annie Crocker Hancock

spouse of
Hiram Edward Hancock
parents of
Dorothy Venita "Nita" Hancock
May Dell Hancock
Toyce Edward Hancock
Pansy Nell Hancock

Wm Arthur Crocker

spouse of
Viva Estell Hancock

parents of
Katherine Crocker
Wm. Arthur "Billy" Crocker Jr.
Perry Crocker
Robert Crocker
Joe Wesley Crocker

Nellie Ann Crocker Campbell

spouse of Lloyd Rayford Campbell
parents of
Jimmy Don Campbell
Danny Ray Campbell
Tommy Clay Campbell
Johnny Dewayne Campbell

Effie Ailene Crocker Hampton

spouse of
Horace Henry Hampton
parents of
Nancy Jo Hampton Nance

Clyde Alfred Crocker

died at age 4, Spinal Meningitis
September 13, 1923
Marietta, Texas

descendants of

James Alfred Crocker and Sally Ann Webb

James Alfred bn. Dec. 24, 1850 - Spartanburg Co. S. C.
died November 1888, LAFAYETTE Co. Mississippi,
Buried in Miles Crocker cemetary
Sally Ann Webb bn. abt. 1854, Spartanburg County S.C.
died: Winter 1888
Lafayette County Mississippi,
Buried Miles Crocker cemetary
[ daughter of John Webb]

James Alfred's Siblings:
Sisters:
Susan Cathrine Crocker [Mrs J. T. Mathias]
Julia Ann Crocker : [never married]:
Fannie Crocker [1st Mrs. W. D. Kestler]
Mary "Mollie" Crocker [2nd Mrs. W. D. Kestler]
Sally West Crocker [Mrs. Wm. Washington Hollowell]
Rhonda Crocker {1st Mrs. A. L. Lackey}
Ada "Addie" Crocker { Mrs. ? Martin}
Brother :
John Henry Crocker
{Eveline Marie Crocker's Grandfather}

James Alfred, Sally Ann and a daughter died of Tuberculosis in November of 1888 in his mother's "Aunt Bettie" Crocker's home on Crocker mountain in Lafayette county , seven miles north of Paris, District # 1, Mississippi. They are believed to be buried in the Crocker Family Cemetery on Crocker Mountain. Their six living orphan children of which Perry Austin Crocker was one, were reared by friends and neighbors in exchange for work to pay for their room, board and education.
The living Crocker Children were
Robert Alvis Crocker, Perry Austin, Ada Crocker, Atlas Crocker, James Arthur Crocker, William Almouth Crocker.
Perry Austin lived and worked for Jesse McCord family of LAFAYETTE County, Mississippi. He married Marion Arrie McCord, Jesse McCord's motherless half sister on August 27, 1901 in Lafayette County Ms. by T. H. Winter, MG. They first moved to Blevins area, Cass County, Texas in 1902 only to return to LAFAYETTE County Ms, for a few years, returning to Cass County during World War I, in 1917, to a farm near Merrietta, where they reared their children. They lived on the same farm until their deaths, Arrie McCord Crocker on June 21, 1964, and Austin followed her on June 19, 1965. They are buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, at Marietta, Cass County Texas.
Everyone who knew this couple respected and loved them. They were pillars of their community.
Their farm is presently owned by their granddaughter, Nancy Jo Hampton Nance , daughter of their daughter, Effie Ailene Crocker Hampton and spouse, Don L. Nance. source: Cousin Nancy Jo Hampton Nance, Environmental Coordinator, LoneStar Steel, Cass county.

son of Miles Crocker and Elizabeth Bernice "Betty" Bryant [William Tolleson Bryant] son of John Crocker and Clar(y)ie [also spelled Clora(ie)](Wofford??)

youngest son of Solomon Crocker and Susannah [Toleson??]
South Carolina Rangers Shrap- Shooter
A Hero of Cowpens;
Revolutionary War Patriot
son of Arthur and Maryan Crocker
Founding Families of South Carolina before Statehood
Donated by Nancy Jo Hampton Nance and other Crocker cousins.

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