Charles Clark Crouch
1871 - 1950 (79 years)-
Name Charles Clark Crouch Birth 18 Jan 1871 Vermilion County, Illinois 
[1, 2] Gender Male Occupation farmer [3] Census 1900 Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois Census 1910 Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois Census 1920 Moores Prairie, Jefferson County, Illinois Census 1930 Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois Census 1940 Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois Death 13 Oct 1950 Webber Township, Jefferson County, Illinois [1, 2, 3] Burial Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois [1, 2, 3] Person ID I754 Hedges Last Modified 27 Sep 2023
Father Peter Thompson "Thomps" Crouch, b. 15 Mar 1848, Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois d. 8 Feb 1914, Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois (Age 65 years) Mother Harriet Levisa "Hattie" Hannah, b. 23 Dec 1851, Morrow County, Ohio d. 10 Mar 1934, Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois (Age 82 years) Marriage 8 Sep 1869 Vermilion County, Illinois [4, 5] Family ID F208 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Sarah Emeline Craft, b. 3 Sep 1867, Indiana d. 14 Jun 1910 (Age 42 years) Marriage 13 Aug 1896 Fountain County, Indiana [6] Children 1. Infant Crouch, b. Abt 1899 d. Abt 1899 (Age 0 years) + 2. Wintress Easome Crouch, b. 12 Jan 1901, Vermilion County, Illinois d. 28 Jan 1993, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois (Age 92 years)+ 3. John Thompson Crouch, b. 16 Dec 1903, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois d. 16 May 1992 (Age 88 years)4. Infant Crouch, b. Abt 1906 d. Abt 1906 (Age 0 years) 5. Arthur Glenn Crouch, b. 23 Aug 1908, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois d. 16 Jul 1973, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois (Age 64 years)Family ID F473 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 18 Feb 2018
Family 2 Susie Blanche Orrick, b. 8 Dec 1891, Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois d. 13 Oct 1938, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois (Age 46 years) Children + 1. Hattie Lourena Crouch, b. 20 Apr 1916, Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois d. 6 Sep 2001, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois (Age 85 years)+ 2. Ada Ilean Crouch, b. 23 Jul 1917, Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois d. 12 Jul 1996, Genoa, DeKalb County, Illinois (Age 78 years)3. Amy Elfreda Crouch, b. 26 Mar 1920, Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois d. 8 Aug 2006, DeKalb, DeKalb County, Illinois (Age 86 years)4. Mary Magdalene Crouch, b. 20 Aug 1921, Jefferson County, Illinois d. 27 Apr 2016, Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina (Age 94 years)5. Melville Atwood Crouch, b. 16 Mar 1923, Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois d. 15 Nov 2003, Aurora, Kane County, Illinois (Age 80 years)6. Charles Clark Crouch, b. 15 Nov 1924, Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois d. 29 Mar 2007, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois (Age 82 years)7. Jeremiah Thomas "Tom" Crouch, b. 7 Jan 1928, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois d. 30 Oct 2014, DeKalb, DeKalb County, Illinois (Age 86 years)+ 8. Kenneth Herbert Crouch, b. 17 Feb 1929, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois d. 15 Feb 1957, DeKalb County, Illinois (Age 27 years)9. Susie Ellen Crouch, b. 20 Nov 1930, Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois d. 31 Mar 1931, Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois (Age 0 years)Family ID F474 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2021
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Birth - 18 Jan 1871 - Vermilion County, Illinois 
Marriage - 13 Aug 1896 - Fountain County, Indiana 
Census - 1900 - Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Census - 1910 - Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois 
Census - 1920 - Moores Prairie, Jefferson County, Illinois Census - 1930 - Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois Census - 1940 - Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois 
Death - 13 Oct 1950 - Webber Township, Jefferson County, Illinois 
Burial - - Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Plotner, Crouch and Martin Families
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Notes - MHR note: Berry Ems told Blanche (Hedges) Brown that Charles Clark Crouch was married three times. He had four step children and seventeen children of his own. He left each of his children about $10,000.
Charles had sixteen living children at the time of his death.
[1] - Funeral Monday For C.C. Crouch
Funeral services for Charles C. Crough, 79, who died at 12:30 p.m. yesterday at his home in Webber township, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Oakdale church. The Rev. Bird Green and the Rev. martin will conduct the service and burial will be in Oakdale cemetery.
Mr. Crouch was the father of 21 children and selected as the “Father of the Day” by the Father’s Day Committee Chairman in a context sponsored by the King City Retailers in June.
Mr. Crouch was in failing health at the time of the contest and was unable to make the trip to Mt. Vernon to receive the many gifts which were given him by the King City Retailers.
Sixteen of his children survive. They are: John at home, Glen of Bluford, Melvin of Sikeston, Mo., Charles of Chicago, Thomas of DeKalb, Kenneth of Cincinnati, O., William of Morton, Ill., Mrs. Ross Shields, Mrs. Hattie Rapp, Mrs. Eleanor Gregory of Bluford, Mrs. Ada Jackson of Belle Rive, Mrs. Elfreida of DeKalb, Mrs. Mary Bordon of Mt. Vernon, Mrs. Dorothy Finn of Malta, Ill., Mrs. Ruth Ann Phelps and Miss Marcella Crouch of Mt. Vernon. Twenty-one grandchildren also survive.
Mr. Crouch was a lifetime farmer and resided in Jefferson county for 50 years. He was first married in 1896 to Sarah Craft Martin in Covington, Ind., and in 1915 he married Blanche Orrick, who preceded him in death October 13, 1938.
The body will lie in state at Comb’s Chapel in Wayne City.
Mt. Vernon Register-News, Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Saturday, 14 October 1950.
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- MHR note: Berry Ems told Blanche (Hedges) Brown that Charles Clark Crouch was married three times. He had four step children and seventeen children of his own. He left each of his children about $10,000.
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