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David E. Crowell (b. about 1806, North
Carolina, died after 1870 in Alabama) married Elizabeth
"Betty" Hodge (born Dec 30, 1816, died Apr 30, 1910).
"Betty" was the daughter of George Hodge (son of Joseph
Hodge) and Elizabeth Loftin Parker ( daughter of Howell Parker,
sr., a Revolutionary war soldier born 5 Mar 1757, Southhampton,
Virginia, died 17 Jul 1831 Montgomery Co., NC). George and
Elizabeth were married 27 May 1805 in Rowan Co., NC.
According to a newspaper clipping, entitled, "A Pioneer
Woman Dies Near Pleasant Site", Betty Hodge Crowell first
came with her parents to "settle near the headwaters of Rock
creek. Her father and others in the colony cutting the road
through the forest from Russellville to the lands on which they
settled when panthers, bears, and wild beasts were the kings of
the domain. But with them in their oxen wagons, they carried
God’s precious word and by its teachings they
lived…" David and Betty Crowell were devout members of
the Missionary Baptist church and had nearly one hundred
descendants at the time of Betty’s death.
Betty had several brothers and sisters that lived in the area.
Three brothers that lived in the area are believed to be: Thomas
Hodge (born about 1822) married Nancy ____, they had atleast five
children (Sarah, Martha, Rebecca, William, and Elisa); William
Hodge (born about 1824), married Mary A. ____, they had five
known children (Martha E., George H., Arthur A., Robert P., and
Mary); and James P. Hodge. It is not known what her sister’s
names were.
David E. Crowell was the son of William Crowell (born about 1777,
died about 1853 in North Carolina) and Elizabeth Kimball (
daughter of Buckner Kimball and Martha "Pattie"
Harris). David had four brothers that lived in the area: Harris,
Colson "Calley", Green and Dock Frank Crowell. Colson
was a Confederate soldier and former POW, held at Camp Chase,
Ohio. Their grandfather, George Crowell (1747-1837), was a
Revolutionary war veteran, who married Jemima Sherrin of Stanly
County, North Carolina.
George Crowell’s father, Peter Crowell (1714-1763) was an
immigrant from the Palatines of Germany, who came to America in
1740, aboard the ship, the "Loyal Judith". The ship
landed in Philadelphia, Penn., but the family migrated down to
North Carolina. The original spelling of the Crowell name was
"Grauel" or "Krauel". The spelling was
anglicized, but the correct pronunciation, has been retained to
this day. One well known descendant of George and Jemima Crowell
is Country music artist, Rodney Crowell. He is their ggggg
grandson.
David E. Crowell is recorded as having a church "meeting
house" at his home near Rock Creek. Apparently they also
maintained their membership at the Missionary Baptist Church at
Pleasant Site. The family made its living by farming, both cotton
and corn. Often times loans had to be taken out, in order to put
in a crop. The Crowell’s like the majority of Southerners
were a far cry from the stereotypical antebellum planter with a
plantation of slaves. Instead they worked the land by hard toil
and with the help of their six children: John Alexander; George
T.; Elizabeth; Nancy Camoline; and James F. Crowell. The
following is a brief outline of their immediate descendants, a
listing down to recent generations is not possible due to the
sheer size of this big family.
John Alexander Crowell, the eldest of David and Betty Crowell was
born 25 Sep 1838; died 24 Mar 1884; served in the Home Guard
during the Civil War; married 17 Feb 1864 Franklin Co., Al to
Matilda Caroline Tackett, they had seven children: John Wesley
Crowell, born 17 Mar 1865, died 1942; married 1901 to Judy
Elender Welsh, born 1884, died 1964; David Pinkney Crowell, born
13 Aug 1867, died 1868; James Franklin Crowell, b. 29 Sep 1869,
died about 1943, married 1894 to Mrs. Martha C. (Hamilton) Gist.,
they had two children; Nancv Leona Jane Crowell, born 1874,
married to Joseph Martin Calvert; Mary Susan Elizabeth Crowell,
born 1879, Russellville, died 1968, married 1905 to James Barton
Stringer; Julia Anthem Crowell, born 1881, married 1902, to Lloyd
Jasper Jackson Dobbins; Ellen Minerva Crowell, born 1883; died
1960; married 1902 to David Leander "Lee" McMickin.
George T. Crowell, the second eldest child of David and Betty
Crowell, was born about 1839 in North Carolina, nothing more is
known about him; John Crowell, the third eldest, born about 1841,
died during the Civil War and never married.
Elizabeth Crowell, the eldest daughter of David and Betty Hodge
Crowell, was born about 1844 in Alabama, married John George.
They later moved to Lee County, Mississippi. Both are buried in
unmarked graves at Euclatubba Baptist Church cemetery. Elizabeth
and John had ten children. One of their children, Cammie
Rachaeline George and her husband, Alfred C. James, resided in a
log cabin in the Pleasant Site-Pogo vicinity of Franklin County.
They later moved to Mississippi about 1905.
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Damaged photo showing: standing (left to right) Johnny George, with wife, Ellen; seated: Elizabeth Crowell George, Arthur George, and John George.
Nancy Cameline Crowell, the youngest daughter of David E.
Crowell, born 6 Apr 1850 in Alabama, died 31 May 1912 married
Abram B. George (brother of John), both buried at Winchester cemetery (Lower Pleasant
Site), Franklin Co., AL. Thirteen children
by this marriage. Abram had seven children to a previous marriage
as well.
The youngest child of David E. and Betty Hodge Crowell was, James
F Crowell who was born August of 1849, at Rock Creek, Colbert
County, Alabama. He married 1870 to Nancy Ann Todd. They had
three known children: Mattie Crowell, born, 1883; and Sarah J.
Crowell, born, 1886; and Eddie D. Crowell, born 1888.
Information on this family comes from various sources, some of
those are: Kate Crowell Reese, Joe Clark James, and Judith Jo
Wakeman. Every other year the descendants of Peter Crowell, the
immigrant patriarch of the family, meet for a family reunion near
Shelbyville, Tennessee. Judith Wakeman has compiled several books
on this very large Southern Pioneer family.
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