Nancy Herring was my 3rd great grandAunt. She was born in 1806 in Albemarle Co. Virginia, a daughter of Benjamin Herring and Nancy Hill.
Marriage record from the Albemarle Co. records
Nancy Herring married Isaac D. Crosthwait 1 Jan 1827; minister, John Goss; bondsman, Thomas Tatrum; witness, Ira Garrett; daughter of Benjamin Herring, who gives his consent; witness, Stephen M. Faris and John Elliott.
Isaac D. Crosthwait was born about 1807 or before in Virginia. He was a son of Isaac T. Crosthwait. Isaac was married previously, Sept 22, 1823 in Albemarle Co., Virginia, to Mary T. Rippeto, Albemarle Co. Virginia. Mary Rippeto died before 1827.
Isaac and Nancy had three children:
- Mary Jane Crosthwait b: about 1829, Albemarle Co., Virginia, d: Dec. 3, 1875, Callaway Co, Missouri.
- married May 18, 1859 in Callaway Co., Missouri, J. Fritz Spanhorst b: April 1829 or 1820, Germany.
- Children:
- Lucy Emma Spanhorst, b: May 30, 1863, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Aug. 2, 1864, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Callaway Death Notices
Died with the flux on the 2th day of August, Lucy Emma, infant daughter of Frederick and Mary J. Sapnhorst, aged 1 year, 2 months, 3 days.
- Rosa Spanhorst, b: abt. 1866, Callaway Co. Missouri
- married April 9, 1888, in Callaway Co., Missouri, James Richard Penn, b: abt 1863 in Missouri.
- Isaac P. Crosthwait b: about 1832 Albemarle Co., Virginia. d: Mar 27, 1873 Callaway Co, Missouri. Isaac's occupation was a bootmaker per 1850 and 1860 census living in Fulton
obit - Costhwait - In this city, on Thusday morning, March 27, 1873, Isaac Costhwait. The Telegraph and The Missouri Telegraph
- married Jan 27, 1853, my 1st cousin 3 times removed, Sarah Jane Herring, his second cousin b: 1834 Albemarle Co., Virginia. d: Mar. 13, 1897, Callaway Co, Missouri. Sarah Herring Crosthwait's second husband was Capt. Samuel Blount, married Jul. 13, 1880, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Children:
- Annie Crosthwait, b: Oct. 1857 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Mar. 15, 1909, St. Louis, Missouri, buried, Oak Grove Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.
- married Jan. 7, 1875 in Callaway Co., Missouri, Charles F. Davenport, b: May 1855, Kentucky, d: Nov. 16, 1925, St. Louis Missouri, buried, Oak Grove Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.
- Children:
- William Davenport, b: Dec. 1877, St. Louis, Missouri, d: Oct. 15, 1940, St. Louis, Missouri, buried Oak Grove Cemetery, St. Louis Missouri.
- Married, Catherine unknown, b: abt. 1880, d: after 1940.
They lived at 1423 Deer St., St Louis, he was a painter and decorator at Lytle Decorating Company.
- Bessie Davenport, b: Feb. 1880, St. Louis, Missouri, d: after May 1952.
- Married 1st, abt. 1908, St. Louis, Missouri, Chester J. Curzon, b: Aug. 12, 1880, Illinois, d: Aug. 9, 1911, St. Louis, Missouri, buried in Effingham, Illinois.
He was a writer/clerk with the Globe Democrat newspaper.
- Married 2nd, bet. 1912 and 1920, James G. Lane, b: Oct. 31, 1881, St. Louis, Missouri, d: May 2, 1952, St. Lousi Missouri, buried Oak Grove Cemetery, St. Louis Missouri.
He was an inspector for the City Water Department in St. Louis.
- Charles Davenport, b: Feb. 5, 1883, St. Louis, Missouri, d: Jun. 28, 1936, Springfield, Greene Co., Missouri. He died in a prison hospital, I do not know why he was there.
- James Davenport, b: Dec. 1895, St. Louis, Missouri.
- Lucy Crosthwait, b: 1836, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: between 1900 and 1910, probably Callaway Co., Missouri.
- married George Magorian, b: abt 1826, Ireland, d: between 1880 and 1900, probably Callaway Co., Missouri.
- In 1880, this family was living in Fulton, his occupation was a carpenter. Also living with this family was her mother, Nancy Crosthwait, and her niece, Rosa Spamhorst age 8.
- Children:
- Edwin Magorian, b: abt 1854, Callaway Co., Missouri. Lived in Kansas and possibly Nebraska.
- Mollie Magorian, b: abt 1857 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: after 1910, probably in Denver, Colorado. Never married.
- Hugh Magorian, b: abt 1858 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: after 1910, probably in Denver, Colorado. Never married.
- Lucy Magorian, b: abt 1860 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Sept. 24, 1878, Callaway Co., Missouri
- Callaway Weekly Gazette death notices
MAGORIAN - Died on September 24th of heart disease, Miss Lucy Magorian, daughter of Mr. George Magorian, of this city. She was in her 18th year. Sept 27, 1878.
Callaway Death Notices, Sept 27, 1878
Sudden Death - It is our painful duty this week to chronicle the sudden death of Miss Lucy E. Magorian, who died at her father's residence in this city, on Tuesday. -- She was in her nineteenth year --. She was buried in the new cemetery. -- Her oldest brother, Edwin, is in Kansas and her only sister, Miss Mollie, was in Macon City.
- George Magorian, b: Oct. 4, 1863 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Dec. 31, 1915, Callaway Co., Missouri. Buried, Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- married abt. 1897, Myrtle E. Wheatley, b: abt 1876, Illinois, d: after 1930, probably in Dwight, Livingston Co., Illinois.
- Children:
- Ralph Magorian, b: abt 1898, Callaway Co., Missouri. In 1920 he was living with his mother and grandmother Wheatley in Dwight, Livingston Co., Illinois. In 1930, living in same place with his mother and aunt.
Isaac D. Crosthwait died before 1840, there is a paper in John B. Herring's probate packet listing John B. as admin. of Isaac's estate. Since John B. died in 1841, Isaac had to have died at least a year before that.
Nancy Herring Crosthwait was named attorney for her sister and brother in law, Sarah Elizabeth Herring and William Jordan Payne in 1842 to represent their interests in the final settlement of Benjamin Herring's probate packet. See example of letters here, look for the last two scans on the page.
Nancy Herring Crosthwait died Oct 4, 1882 in Callaway Co. Missouri
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