Brief Life History of Fannie James
When Fannie James Crouch was born on 13 September 1888, in Pickett, Tennessee, United States, her father, John Wesley Crouch, was 34 and her mother, Melissa Adeline Gilreath, was 32. She married Fred Lesh on 25 March 1909, in Pulaski, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Town Creek, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years and Bolivia, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States in 1940. She died on 7 February 1965, in Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Bolivia, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States.
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Sources (59)
- Fannie J Leah in household of Fred Leah, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Fannie J. Crouch - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Fannie James Crouch
- Fannie Crouch, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
Spouse and Children
1883–1963 Male
1888–1965 Female
Children (9)
1911–1917 Male
1914–1997 Female
1917–2008 Female
1918–1918 Female
1918–2000 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1853–1935 Male
1855–1903 Female
Siblings (12)
1872–1939 Female
1873–1933 Female
1876–1955 Male
1880–1933 Female
1881–1947 Male
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 2
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
Age 9
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Age 21
Name Meaning
English (southeastern): from Middle English crouch(e), cruch(e) ‘cross’ (Old English crūc, ultimately from Latin crux, crucem; the Old English crūc was replaced in Middle English by the word cross, from Old Norse kross), applied as a topographic name for someone who lived by a cross.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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