Susan Elizabeth Crews

Brief Life History of Susan Elizabeth

When Susan Elizabeth Crews was born on 7 November 1861, in Early Branch, Hampton, South Carolina, United States, her father, Jeremiah Benjamin Crews, was 24 and her mother, Ann Elizabeth Owens, was 27. She married William Clark Davis on 22 December 1892, in Early Branch, Hampton, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Hampton, South Carolina, United States in 1910 and Coosawhatchie, Jasper, South Carolina, United States in 1920. She died on 7 June 1925, in Ridgeland, Jasper, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Ridgeland, Jasper, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Clark Davis
1865–1949
Susan Elizabeth Crews
1861–1925
Marriage: 22 December 1892
Edith Isabell Davis
1893–1956
English Elizabeth Davis
1895–1972
Beatrice Jessie Davis
1897–1900
James Glen Davis
1898–1971
Birdie Davis
1902–1930
Willie Davis
1902–1992
Elliott Causey Davis
1904–1905

Sources (16)

  • Sussie Davis in household of Wm C Davis, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Susie Crews, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1973"
  • Francis Davis in entry for William C. Davis, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1871 · KKK Supression

In March of 1871, in an attempt to supress the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina, President Grant sends troops in. Later that year in October, the KKK are told to disarm and break up. They do not do this and later many are arrested by the US marshals.

1878 · Liberian Exodus

April 21, 1878, around 206 African Americans boarde the ship Azor for Liberia.The cause for this is with the rise of political power, it makes life even harder for the African Americans.

Name Meaning

English (Devon and Cornwall): variant of Cruse .

Americanized form of German and Danish Kruse or Dutch Kroes .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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