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From Findagrave
Obituary
Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Crutcher was born in Paris, Monroe, Missouri, the daughter of Ambrose Crutcher and Mary Ann Holiday. She died in Runnels, Texas. Her father, Ambrose Crutcher, is buried at Paris, Monroe, Missouri. He was famous in Monroe County annals as the originator of the round, long, dark green watermelon, and the seeds for it were in great demand. In those days nobody would buy anything but a Crutcher melon. Elizabeth Crutcher was married to Daniel Webster Arnold on July 11, 1860 in Missouri.
They had seven children:
Charles Elliott Arnold, Mary Jane "Molly" Arnold Goats, Isaac Bryant Arnold, Samuel Edwin Arnold, Francis "Fannie" Arnold Wright, Elenor Arnold Tyson, and Daniel Ambrose Arnold.
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Obituary Ella Lee Crutcher (Shugart)
The Abilene Reporter-News
Abilene, Texas
November 28, 1965
MRS. SHUGART, NOLAN COUNTY PIONEER, DIES
SWEETWATER (R N S) - Mrs. Ella Lee (Crutcher) Shugart 80, a resident of Nolan County since 1888, died at Starr Nursing Home at Merkel at 10 a.m. Saturday after several months illness.
Funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Cate - Spencer Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. William F. Henning, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Sweetwater Cemetery.
She was born in Abilene, Oct. 15 1885, and moved to Nolan County with her family. Daughter, Mrs. Fritzie Wright, died here in 1913.
Survivors are a brother, Charles of seal Beach, Calif.: him and a sister, Mrs. Carl Williams of Sweetwater: and a number of nieces and nephews.
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Birth place from Sam Zeb Williams' birth certificate.
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Census first name "Leona", Marriage record to Royce Hickok name "Leona" Death record first name "Leone"
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California death index lists birth year as 1880, 1900 census lists birth year as 1881, age 18. All other census list her age as 28, 38, 48
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Note N381 Index
Genealogies of the Lewis and Kindred Families Edited by John Meriwether McAllister and Lura Boulton Tandy, list his name as "Obanon"
Genealogy of the Lewis Family in America From the Middle of the Seventeenth Century Down to the Present Time by Wm. Terrell Lewis, lists him as "Obanion".
All but one other references to his first name are "Owen". Additionally Owen was a name used in the Lewis line while Obanon or Obanion were not.
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Mineral County was carved out of Esmeralda County in 1911.
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Obituary Samuel William Crutcher
Amarillo Globe - Times
Amarillo Texas
May 12, 1967
SAM W. CRUTCHER
Sam William Crutcher, 61 of 3602 Lynette, was dead on arrival at 12:40 a.m. today at St. Anthony's Hospital after a heart attack.
Mr. Crutcher, a locomotive engineer for the Santa Fe Railway, had lived in Amarillo since 1927. He had been with the railroad for 23 years.
He was a member of the first Methodist Church of Sweetwater.
Survivors are his wife, Beatrice; his mother, Mrs. Tom Crutcher of Sweetwater; and a sister, Miss Mary Crutcher of Fort Worth.
Funeral services and burial will be announced by the Kate Spencer funeral home in Sweetwater. Arraignments here were by Blackburn-Shaw funeral directors.
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Obituary Thomas Elliott Crutcher
The Nolan County News
Tuesday, July 20, 1937
Tom E. Crutcher, Beloved Former Sheriff Nolan County, Dies at Home Monday Night
WAS PROMINENT HERE 45 YEARS; BURIAL SERVICE TODAY
Thomas Elliott Crutcher about 61, who for 43 years was prominent in civic affairs of Sweetwater and Nolan County, serving in several official capacities, died at 8:20 o'clock Monday evening at his home, 407 Locust Street.
His death followed a long illness resulting from a stroke of apoplexy he suffered 12 weeks ago.
Born, Aug. 20, 1876 in Monroe County, Missouri. Mr. Crutcher came to Texas and Nolan County in 1894 when a lad of 18 years and became associated in business with his father, the late S. W. Crutcher, who for many years was a widely known hardware merchant, serving frontier posts of this area.
When young man he joined the 1st Christian church in until failing health was an active member.
MARRIED 1903
He was married Aug. 16, 1903, to miss Lona Hopkins, daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. W. W. Hopkins, early settlers of Nolan County.
Acquiring his father's business, which he operated for several years, Mr. Crutcher established himself as an early civic leader. It was in 1904 that he was elected sheriff and filled the office of combined sheriff and tax collector until 1910. He was the youngest sheriff ever to serve this County. After the office was divided he served two more years as tax collector.
MANY OFFICES
he served as superintendent of the city water department and secretary of various other phases of public work. He also associated in the early days in the old Continental Bank, with the Gray Lumber Co., the Burton-Lingo Company and for the last 7 years was office manager to ex-sheriff Jess Lambert.
His lodge affiliations were numerous, he having been a Spanish-American War Veteran, a member of the Masonic Lodge, Elks, Woodman of the World, and nights of Pythias.
SURVIVORS SCATTERED
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Lona Crutcher, two children, Sam Crutcher, Sweetwater, and Mary Crutcher, member of the editorial staff of the Fort Worth Press.
His step-mother, Mrs. S. W. Crutcher, two half-sisters and brother, Mrs. Carl Williams and Mrs. Fred Shugart, Sweetwater, and C. W. Crutcher of Los Angeles, and a step-sister, Mrs. Mike Rogers of Sweetwater also survive.
Funeral services are to be held from the First Methodist church at 6 p.m., today with Dr. Gary Smith, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, officiating.
MAUZEY TO SPEAK
A. S. Mauzey, District Judge, is to pay a last tribute to Mr. Crutcher. Mrs. J. S. Schooler is to seeing "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere."
Burial is to be made in the City cemetery with the Masonic Lodge in charge of the graveside rites. In a body members of the Elks club are to be at the concluding services.
Pallbearers are to include his associates while in the sheriff's department, and are to be George Outlaw, Raymond Bishop, Marshall Morgan, J. A. Bland, Jess Lambert and Alvin Nemir.
Honorary pallbearers include members of the Sweetwater fire department, Police department, Masonic Lodge, Elks club, Spanish-American war Veterans, Woodman of the World, Knights of Pythias, and other lifelong friends.