Missouri Township, Brown County - Crummy and Rash Farms
Sometime around 1852, Bernard and Mary Crummy arrive in Mount Sterling, Brown County, Illinois come from Scott County, Kentucky, near Lexington. The next year, Joseph and Barbary Resch arrive from Zanesville, Ohio. They came to Brown County for opportunity, good land at good prices.
In August, 1854, Bernard purchased 120 acres for $500 in Section 4 of the Missouri Township. This land lays 1/2 mile east of Camden Road located about 7 miles due north of Mount Sterling. The 120 acres is described as follows: West 1/2 of SE quarter,
NE 1/4 of SE quarter.
Just as the
Crummys continue to purchase land, their family continued to grow as Ellen
(1855), Franklin (1856) and Sarah (1858) are born in Illinois. In 1860,
Bernard and Mary now have eleven children ranging from age 2 to 23. On the
1860 census, all eleven children are detailed.
Mount Sterling in 1854 is a growing farm town with a strong Irish and German population. The Crummy's are catholic and they are probably members of St Patrick's Church. The church was a focal point for community gathering as it is today, though Sunday services and meetings tended to take up much more of the day. At one of these gatherings, Margaret Crummy met David Rash, who was of German ancestry. David came to America with his family in 1833, at age 1.
Catherine Crummy marries Michael Williams April 2nd, 1861, and Margaret Crummy marries David Rash 7 months later on November 26th, 1861. Both were probably married in Saint Patrick's Church. Catherine and her husband leave for Baton Rouge, Louisiana where Michael enlists with the Confederate Army. The 1860 census details Margaret as domestic help for A. F. Provost on Camden Road just north of town. Margaret and David farm 240 acres on Dutch Ridge, located 4 miles northeast of Mount Sterling.
Daniel Crummy enlists with the Arkansas Calvary Volunteers and is assigned to Company A of the Second Regiment just after the unit is organized in July, 1862. At age 22, he serves as a private and sees action with the regiment in northwestern Arkansas and southwest Missouri in duty as scouting and fighting guerilla confederate forces. At the war's end, he is mustered out as the regiment is dissolved at Memphis, Tennessee in August 1865. Returning to Mount Sterling, he purchases 40 acres from Lawrence Costello for $45 on March 13, 1866. This purchase was a late entry in the deed recorded by the County Clerk. Costello had received the land from the government in 1855. This land is in section 4 of Missouri Township and is described as follows: SW 1/4 of SW quarter. Daniel marries, probably between 1866 and 1870 to Elizabeth Lyttleton.
In 1867, Bernard purchases another 80 acres from Arthur and Sarah Hungerford in section 4 of Missouri Township for $225. He borrows the full amount, half at no interest, half at 6%. Land is described as follows: NW 1/4 of SW quarter and SE 1/4 of SW quarter. On February 2, 1870, Daniel and Elizabeth Crummy sell their 40 acres to Bernard for $250. Bernard’s property now consists of 240 acres and could be described as: W 1/2 of SW quarter; SE 1/4 of SW quarter; W 1/2 of SE quarter and NE 1/4 of SE quarter.
The Crummy's farm this acreage through the end of the century. Sometime around 1873, Bernard and Mary Crummy migrate east in Illinois to Gibson City, Ford County (around Bloomington-Normal). Some family members come along, Daniel, Sarah and Nellie (Ellen). They enter into the hotel and boarding house business for railway workers. Bernard Crummy's granddaughter, Sister Ceslaus Connor (daughter of Michael and Bridget (Crummy) Connor), remembered Bernard as a tall man with sandy hair and a long red beard. She described her grandmother, Mary Crummy, as a short beautiful woman, always dignified. She said she spent many childhood days with them in Gibson City.
Remaining behind in Mount Sterling are Margaret, Bridget, Anna, Elizabeth and Bernard Jr. Catherine is in Baton Rouge, Franklin dies as a young man after he fell into a well (after 1870). His final resting place is unknown. He is the first Crummy death in America, he may have been buried on the farm or around Gibson City.
Bernard Jr. remains behind and works the acreage in Brown County. Sometime in the late 1870s, Bernard Jr. gains ownership of the farm. He is detailed in the 1880 census living with Joseph Portwood, age is 29 and single.
Bernard Sr. dies around 1892-96, as remembered by Sister Ceslaus, she was in the Novitiate at the time of his death. Mary lives on a few years. Their final resting place is in Gibson City in the Catholic Cemetery (site unfound). Daniel passes on December 5, 1899 and has a veterans memorial on his gravesite. (Lot 197 of Gibson City Cemetery).
Four Generation Photo - Ester (Kestel) Wagner, Mary Ellen (Rash) Kestel, Margaret (Crummy) Rash and Mary (O'Callahan) Crummy c.1900
Bernard Crummy Jr. and his family sold the farm in Mount Sterling and moved to Argyle, Minnesota in 1903. There is a strong contingent of Crummy's up there now, including his grandson Bernard.
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Bernard Crummy and his wife, Mary, were the immigrant generation of the family. Bernard was born at Belfast (not in County Armargh), County Armagh, in Northern Ireland, in 1820?. In 1837?, he married Mary O'Callahan. She was born in 1822?, at Newry, in County Down, also in Northern Ireland. Bernard and Mary Crummy in (1844 to 1848) fled Ireland and the Great Famine? (I have the LDS FHL tape for 1844 passenger list on order for review.) Along with them, Catherine (Kitty) (b. 1837,8), age , Daniel (b. 1839), age, Margaret (b. 1842) age , and Mary (b. 1844) also made the rigorous trip across the Atlantic, probably from Liverpool to the Port of New Orleans. Actual date of departure is difficult to determine. (The 1860 census states that the four oldest are born in Ireland, and Ann Crummy is born in Illinois.)
From there, they made their way to Lexington, Kentucky (probably up the Mississippi by riverboat). They settled near Lexington, Kentucky, because they had relatives, the Lennahan family, already living there. Source data for Bernard Crummy Jr. points to a Lexington Kentucky birth in 1850. (This would negate 1860 census data for Ann and Bridget Crummy placing their birthplace in Illinois.) (research). In Kentucky, the family owned and operated a farm or plantation. While in Kentucky, Ann (b 1846), Bridget (b 1848), Barney (b 1850) and Elizabeth (b 1852) entered this world.
Sometime between 1850 and 1854, the Crummy's move to Mount Sterling, Brown County, Illinois. In late August of 1854, Barney purchased 120 acres for $500 in Section 4 of the Missouri Township. Located about 8 miles north of Mount Sterling, the farm lays 1/2 mile east of Camden Road. (To drive to the property, start north from Mount Sterling on Camden Road to Scott's Mill Road (about 5 miles) then to the east along Scott's Mill for 1.9 miles and then due north for 1.3 miles. This lane to the left leads into the property. According to the 1871 plat map, the house was located 1/4 mile in on this lane. This lane also continued due west until crossing the fork in the Little Missouri Creek. The road then split, the west branch back to Camden road, the south branch down to Scott's Mill Road.) The initial land purchase was on August 29, 1954 from Edward and Mary Fox of Brown County. They had owned the property since 1837 (17 years) and had purchased it from the original owner, Clarkson, who had received in in 1836 (review the original land award book in courthouse). The purchase is in Bernard’s name only. The 120 acres is described as follows:
West 1/2 of SE quarter
NE 1/4 of SE quarter
Just as the Crummys continue to purchase land, their family continues to grow as Ellen (b 1855), Franklin (b 1856) and Sarah (b 1858) are born in Illinois. In 1860, Bernard and Mary now have eleven children ranging from age 2 to 23. Only Daniel is not listed as living with them on the 1860 census.
Catherine Crummy marries Michael Williams April 2nd, 1861 and Margaret Crummy marries David Rash 7 months later on November 26th, 1861. Both were probably married in Saint Patrick's Church. Catherine and her husband leave for Baton Rouge, Louisiana where Michael enlists with the Confederate Army. The 1860 census details Margaret as domestic help for A. F. Provost on Camden Road just north of town.
Daniel Crummy enlists with the Arkansas Calvary Volunteers and is assigned to Company A of the Second Regiment just after the unit is organized in July, 1862. At age 22, he serves as a private and sees action with the regiment in northwester Arkansas and southwest Missouri in duty as scouting and fighting guerilla confederate forces. At the war's end, he is mustered out as the regiment is dissolved at Memphis, Tennessee in August 1865. Returning to Mount Sterling, he purchases 40 acres from Lawrence Costello for $45 on March 13, 1866. This purchase was a late entry in the deed recorded by the County Clerk. Costello had received the land from the government in 1855. This land is in section 4 of Missouri Township and is described as follows:
SW 1/4 of SW quarter
In 1867, Bernard purchases another 80 acres from Arthur and Sarah Hungerford in section 4 of Missouri Township for $225. He borrows the full amount, half at no interest, half at 6%. Land is described as follows:
NW 1/4 of SW quarter
SE 1/4 of SW quarter
On February 2, 1870, Daniel and Elizabeth Crummy sell their 40 acres to Bernard for $250. Bernard’s property now consists of 240 acres and could be described as:
W 1/2 of SW quarter
SE 1/4 of SW quarter
W 1/2 of SE quarter
NE 1/4 of SE quarter
The above section diagram matches the 1871 and the 1903 plat maps for Missouri Township for Bernard's holdings.
The Crummy's farm this acreage through the end of the century. Sometime between 1870 to 1880, Bernard and Mary Crummy migrate east in Illinois to Gibson City, Ford County. Some family members come along, Daniel, Franklin, Sarah and Nellie (Ellen). They enter into the hotel/boarding house business for railway workers. Bernard Crummy's granddaughter, Sister Ceslaus Connor (daughter of Michael and Bridget (Crummy) Connor), remembered Bernard as a tall man with sandy hair and a long red beard. She described her grandmother, Mary Crummy, as a short beautiful woman, always dignified. She said she spent many childhood days with them in Gibson City.
Daniel's Fate: From an article in the Gibson Paper November 18th, 1880: is saturday nov 13th?
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Fatal Accident A
terrible accident occurred near Guthrie on Saturday last, by which
Daniel Crummy, one of our most esteemed citizens, lost his life.
Mr. Crummy was a well-digger by occupation and had dug a well for Mr.
Brashfield, near Guthrie, some eighty feet deep, and was engaged in
walling it up. About twenty five feet from the bottom, the well
had partly caved in, and here a platform had been erected and ground was
being lowered from the top to fill the cavity. Mr. Jas. Baily was
at the top lowering the material, and while letting the bucket down, the
rope suddenly parted about fifteen feet from the top, and the heavy
bucket fell a sheer descent of thirty-five feet, striking Mr. Crummy on
the head and killing him instantly. The unfortunate man was on his
knees at work, and apparently slightly raised his head to see what was
wrong above, when the iron bound bottom of the bucket struck the side of
his head just back of the temple, crushing the skull and breaking his
neck. His death was instantaneous. |
Remaining behind in Mount Sterling are Margaret, Bridget, Anna, Elizabeth and Bernard Jr. Catherine is in Baton Rouge, Daniel dies at a young age after he fell into a well. His final resting place is unknown, he died before Saint Mary's Cemetery opened, he may have been buried on the farm.
Bernard Jr. remains behind and works the acreage in Brown County? (No Crummy's are listed in the 1880 census, still looking at this point) Located Bernard Jr in 1880 census living with Joseph Portwood, age is 29 and single. listed as a farmer.
Bernard Sr. dies around 1892-96, as remembered by Sister Ceslaus, she was in the Novitiate at the time of his death. Mary lives on a few years. Their final resting place is in Gibson City in the Catholic Cemetery. Danial passes on December 5, 1899 and has a veterans memorial on his gravesite. (Lot 197 of Gibson City Cemetery)
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BREAK FOR STORY
Bernard Crummy and his wife, Mary, were the immigrant generation of the family. Bernard was born at Belfast, County Armargh, in Northern Ireland, in 1820. In 1845, he married Mary O'Callahan. She had been born in 1822, at Newry, in County Down, also in Northern Ireland. She was the sister of the Right Reverend Monsignor O'Callahan, D.D. of Belfast.
Bernard and Mary's first two children were born in Ireland - Margaret, in 1846 and Catherine, in 1848. In 1849, the little family of four sailed for America. They settled near Lexington, Kentucky, because they had relatives, the Lennahan family, already living there.
In Kentucky, the family owned and operated a farm or plantation. They kept Negro slaves. Other children were born in America. They were Bridget, ANn, Dan, Sarah, Lizzie, Nellie, Frank and Bernard II. When the CIvil War broke out, Bernard freed his slaves and the family moved his family north into Illinois. (The Lenahans moved to Chicago about the same time) The Crummy's settled in Missouri township, Brown County and stayed there until the war ended. Two daughters, Magaret and Bridget were married and remained to raise families.
After the Civil War, Bernard, Mary and some of the family moved to Gibson City, Illinois, where they operated a hotel and boarding house for railroad workers. Two more daughters, Sarah and Nellie, married while living there.
Bernard Crummy's granddaughter, Sister Ceslaus, remembered Bernard as a tall man with sandy hair and a long red beard. She described her grandmother, Mary Crummy, as a short beautiful woman, always dignified. She said she spent many childhood days with them in Gibson City. Both Bernard and Mary are buried in the Catholic Cemetery there.
These facts are based on the HWD and the 1860 Brown County Census.
I've reviewed some of the Irish to America series which covers Irish immigration from 1846. Going to have to probably review the passenger lists and/or the Quarterly arrival lists for New Orleans.
Passenger lists are important primary sources of arrival data for the vast majority of immigrants to the United States in the nineteenth century. The information collected here was transcribed from the National Archives Microfilm Series M259 (Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, LA, 1820-1902). Of the 93 rolls included in that series, rolls 1 through 33 have been included on this Family Archive. Indexed and easy to search, this Family Archive includes extensive arrival information on approximately 258,000 individuals who arrived in New Orleans between 1820 and 1850.
Partly in an effort to alleviate overcrowding of passenger ships, Congress enacted legislation (3 Stat. 489) on March 2, 1819 to regulate the transport of passengers in ships arriving from foreign ports. As a provision of this act, masters of such ships were required to submit a list of all passengers to the collector of customs in the district in which the ship arrived. The legislation also provided that the collector of customs submit quarterly passenger list reports to the Secretary of State, who was, in turn, required to submit the information to Congress. The information was then published in the form of Congressional documents. These passenger lists are important primary sources of arrival data for the vast majority of immigrants to the United States in the nineteenth century.
0200152 M259-23 Sept. 4, 1843--Dec. 31, 1844 0200153 M259-24 Jan. 1--Dec. 30, 1845
M259-25 Jan. 1--Nov. 30, 1846 0200154 Jan. 1--Apr. 16, 1846 0200155 Apr. 16--Nov. 30, 1846
0200156 M259-26 Dec. 4, 1846--June 14, 1847 (FHL note: Jan. 2 thru Mar. 31, 1847 is missing) 0200157
M259-27 June 16--Dec. 31, 1847
M259-28 Jan. 1--Oct. 31, 1848 0200158 Jan. 1--Mar. 16, 1848 0200159 Mar. 16--Oct. 31, 1848
0200160 M259-29 Nov. 6, 1848--Feb. 6, 1849
0200161 M259-30 Feb. 7--May 29, 1849 0200162 M259-31 June 3--Dec. 31, 1849 M259-32 Jan. 1--Oct. 31, 1850 0200163 Jan. 1--Apr. 15, 1850 0200164 Apr. 15--Oct. 31, 1850 0200165 M259-33 Nov. 1, 1850--Mar. 21, 1851 M259-34 Mar. 22--Dec. 15, 1851 0200166 Mar. 22--May 21, 1851 0200167 May 22--Dec. 15, 1851 M259-35 Dec. 16, 1851--Apr. 30, 1852 0200168 Dec. 16, 1851--Feb. 3, 1852 0200169 Feb. 4--Apr. 30, 1852 M259-36 May 1--Oct. 30, 1852 0200170 May 1--June 23, 1852 0200171 June 24--Oct. 30, 1852 M259-37 Nov. 1, 1852--Apr. 25, 1853 0200172 Nov. 1, 1852--Feb. 17, 1853 0200173 Feb. 18--Apr. 25, 1853 M259-38 Apr. 26--Nov. 30, 1853 0200174 Apr. 26--Jul. 29, 1853 0200175 Sep. 9--Nov. 30, 1853 M259-39 Dec. 1, 1853--Apr. 29, 1854
FHL
4 Sep 1843 - 31 Dec 1844 0200152 1 Jan 1845 - 30 Dec 1845 0200153 1 Jan 1846 - 16 Apr 1846 0200154
16 Apr 1846 - 30 Nov 1846 0200155 4 Dec 1846 - 14 Jun 1847 0200156 January 2 thru March 31, 1847 is missing.
16 Jun 1847 - 31 Dec 1847 0200157 1 Jan 1848 - 16 Mar 1848 0200158 16 Mar 1848 - 31 Oct 1848 0200159
6 Nov 1848 - 6 Feb 1849 0200160 7 Feb 1849 - 29 May 1849 0200161 3 Jun 1849 - 31 Dec 1849 0200162 1 Jan 1850 - 15 Apr 1850 0200163 15 Apr 1850 - 31 Oct 1850 0200164 1 Nov 1850 - 21 Mar 1851 0200165 22 Mar 1851 - 21 May 1851 0200166 22 May 1851 - 15 Dec 1851 0200167 16 Dec 1851 - 3 Feb 1852 0200168 4 Feb 1852 - 30 Apr 1852 0200169 1 May 1852 - 23 Jun 1852 0200170 24 Jun 1852 - 30 Oct 1852 0200171 1 Nov 1852 - 17 Feb 1853 0200172 18 Feb 1853 - 25 Apr 1853 0200173 26 Apr 1853 - 29 Jul 1853 0200174
Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, 1820-1902. M259
Quarterly Abstracts of Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, 1820-1875. M272
Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Atlantic and Gulf Ports (Excluding New York), 1820-1874. (Includes New Orleans, 1820-1850). M334
Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans Before 1900. (Covers 1853-1899) T527
Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, 1900-1952. T618
Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts..., 1820-1873. (Excludes New Orleans) M575
Citizens & Aliens Manifests of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, 1903-1945. T905
Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, 1910-1945. T939
Buried in St Mary's Cemetery Margaret (Crummy) Rash 1842-1916 Mary (Crummy) Fox 1844-1880 Anna (Crummy) Flynn 1846-1920 Bridget (Crummy) Connor 1848-1929 Elizabeth Crummy 1849-1925 Edward Crummy 1873-1945 (Offspring of Daniel?) Nellis Crummy 1878-1953 (Offspring of Daniel?)
Visit to Mount Sterling Courthouse.
Subject: Crummy Land Purchases
Started with plat map of 1903, traced initial purchases of Bernard, Daniel and Bernard Jr. Bernards initial purchase in 1854 was followed by additional purchases by himself and Daniel adjacent to original purchase in northern Missouri Twp, Section 4. Bernard Crummy Jr purchased an additional 40 acres at auction around 1881 in Section 3. Total acerage amount to 240 acres.
Bernard Jr sells the entire estate in 1903 and leaves the state for Minn.
Located a thumbnail picture of Bernard Jr and his family in the back of the 1903 plat book located in the courthouse. Plan on a hi res scan next time.
Lots of transaction conducted in the 1870s, looks like Bernard aamy have actually sold the farm. Transaction details him and Mary living in Gibson Village of Ford County. Review notes of Frances Crummy.
Rough notes
1. Initial land purchase in Brown County, 120 acres for $500 on August 29, 1954 from Edward and Mary Fox of Brown County. They had owned the property since 1837 (17 years) and had purchased it from the original owner, Clarkson, who had received in in 1836 (review the original land award book in courthouse). The purchase is in Bernard’s name only. The 120 acres is 110 miles north of Mount Sterling in Missouri Township and described as follows:
West 1/2 of SE quarter
NE 1/4 of SE quarter
2. In 1860, Bernard borrowed $109 at 2% interest from Elias Crane using his land as collateral. He paid the loan off in January, 1864.
3. On March 13, 1866, Daniel Crummy (after the war) purchases 40 acres from Lawrence Costello for $45. This purchase was a late entry in the deed recorded by the County Clerk. Costello had received the land from the government in 1855. This land is in Section 4 section 4 of Missouri Township and is decribed as follows:
SW 1/4 of SW quarter
(To drive to the property, start north from Mount Sterling on Camden Road to Scott's Mill Road (about 5 miles) then to the east along Scott's Mill for 1.9 miles and then due north for 1.3 miles. This lane to the left leads into the property. According to the 1871 plat map, the house was located 1/4 mile in on this lane. This lane also continued due west until crossing the fork in the Little Missouri Creek. The road then split, the west branch back to Camden road, the south branch down to Scott's Mill Road.) The purchase was on August 29, 1854 from Edward and Mary Fox of Brown County. They had owned the property since 1837 (17 years) and had purchased it from the original owner, Clarkson, who had received in in 1836. The land was originally distributed by the federal government for military service as part of the Military Tract in Illinois. The purchase is in Bernard’s name only.