Nancy Lucinda Croxton

Brief Life History of Nancy Lucinda

When Nancy Lucinda Croxton was born in 1842, in Lowndes, Alabama, United States, her father, William Croxton, was 41 and her mother, Elizabeth Cowles, was 30. She married Private Oliver Buchanan Cauthen on 22 March 1868, in Crenshaw, Marengo, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons. She lived in Election Precinct 1 Surles and Coleman, Crenshaw, Alabama, United States in 1910. She died on 10 April 1919, in Crenshaw, Alabama, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Rocky Mount Cemetery, Highland Home, Crenshaw, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Private Oliver Buchanan Cauthen
1837–1884
Nancy Lucinda Croxton
1842–1919
Marriage: 22 March 1868
Moses A. Cauthen
1869–1871
Luke Cauthen
1871–
Mack Cauthen
1873–
Gordon Everett Cauthen
1873–1932
James McDonald Mack Cauthen
1876–1958
Luther Cauthen
1880–1959

Sources (12)

  • Nancy L Cauthers, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Nancy L. Croxton - Individual or family possessions: birth: 1842; Lowndes, Alabama, United States
  • Nancy L Crofton, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"

World Events (7)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

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

1866

Historical Boundaries: 1866: Crenshaw, Alabama, United States

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the places in Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Norfolk, and Staffordshire named Croxton, from the Old Norse personal name Krókr (see Crook 3) or an Old English word crōc ‘nook’ + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.

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

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