William Crow Eskew

William — Zeph Brannen. Zeph (daughter of Francis Laidler Brannen and Henrietta) was born 2 Mar 1913, Georgia; died 30 Aug 2002, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

1. William Brannen Eskew was born 12 Jun 1936, Caldwell County, Kentucky; died 27 Jan 2015, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.
2. Mary Michael Eskew was born 23 Oct 1937, Crittenden County, Kentucky; died 12 Oct 1984, Los Angeles, California; was buried , Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles County, California.

Notes:

Uncle Oscar's nickname was "Hoss".

Monroe married Alice J. Crow 1 Nov 1899, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Alice (daughter of William Harvey Crow and Araminta I. Hughes) was born 11 Mar 1863, Crittenden County, Kentucky; died 11 Aug 1951, Crittenden County, Kentucky; was buried , Mapleview Cemetery, Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Andrew married Nancy Caroline VanHooser 7 Feb 1869, Caldwell County, Kentucky. Nancy (daughter of Sampson Samuel VanHooser and Mary Webb) was born 11 Jul 1844, Warren County, Tennessee; died 7 Apr 1911, Crittenden County, Kentucky; was buried , Hoods Cemetery, Shady Grove, Crittenden County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

William married Araminta I. Hughes 21 May 1856, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Araminta was born 18 Aug 1831, Crittenden County, Kentucky; died 28 May 1866, Crittenden County, Kentucky; was buried , Mt. Zion Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The date of death on her tombstone is 28 May 1860. However this leaves 7 years between William H. Crow's marriages with 4 children being born in those 7 years. Her death was probably in 1866, after the birth of Albert ca. 1865.

Notes:

Caldwell County, Kentucky History Book, page 262.

... Wiley Eskew 1813-1884, a brother of Charles G. Eskew, and his family moved to Caldwell County about 1867. His farm was located on the banks of the Tradewater River. Wiley and his wife Minerva VanHooser had several children, including Andrew J. Eskew and Dr. DeWitt Eskew. Dr. Eskew practiced at Shady Grove before moving to southeast Missouri in 1879.

Sources: Courthouse and census records, family records, and RICHARDSON ROWLAND AND HIS FAMILY by Richard C. Sheridan; also Goodspeed's HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

Submitted by: Susan Sheridan.

Wiley married Minerva Cansada VanHooser 8 Jul 1840, Wilson County, Tennessee. Minerva (daughter of Samuel Valentine VanHooser and Sarah Rowland) was born 1818, Wilson County, Tennessee; died Aft 1880, Caldwell County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The following article on Sampson S. VanHooser is in the CALDWELL COUNTY KENTUCKY HISTORY BOOK, page 386.

SAMPSON VANHOOSER
Sampson Samuel Van Hooser was born on February 4, 1805, in Virginia. He was the son of Isaac and Rebecca--Isaac born in 1753 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and Rebecca born about 1761 in Virginia. By 1826 Sampson S. was living in Warren County, Tennessee. He married Mary (Polly) Webb, who was born in 1812 in Warren County, Tennessee. They were the parents of eleven children: James Webb, who was born October 18, 1827, and married Melissa A. Cantrell; Isaac M., who was born about 1832; Didama, who was born February 10, 1834, and married Daniel Trammell; Elizabeth, who was born in 1836, and married Henry R. Stembridge; John, who was born November 21, 1837, and married Melvina Williams; Huston, who was born in 1840 and died January 5, 1863, in the Civil War; Andrew Jackson, who was born March 1, 1842, and married Martha Ann Riley; Nancy C., who was born in 1844 and married Andrew J. Eskew; Thomas Jefferson, who was born in 1846 and married A. E. Pippin; Sampson G., who was born in 1848 and married Marie W. Dodds; Robert W., who was born August 22, 1850 and married Margaret Jane Travis. Mary (Polly) died before 1855. All the children except James Webb, John and Huston lived in Caldwell and Crittenden Counties of Kentucky after the Civil War.
The 1860 Census of Warren County, Tennessee, listed Sampson S. VanHooser, age 55, farmer; Elizabeth Trammell, age 31, wife. They had one daughter, born in 1856. Elizabeth died before Sampson came to Kentucky in the late 1860's. The 1880 Census of Caldwell County, Kentucky, listed Sampson S. VanHooser, age 74, farmer; Rebecca Sarah Morphett, age 52, wife; Sarah Barbara, age 9, daughter. Sampson S. died in 1889 and was buried in Caldwell County, Kentucky. Rebecca Sarah died July 3, 1895. Sarah Barbara married A. S. Lucas, who preceded her in death. At the time of her death in 1957, she was living in Fredonia, Kentucky, with Billy Sherrill, a relative. She and her husband were buried in Livingston Cemetery in Caldwell County, Kentucky.
Source: Family and Census Record.
Submitted by: Geneva Van Hooser Smith

Sampson married Mary Webb Abt 1827, Warren County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of James Webb and Didama Webb) was born 1812, Warren County, Tennessee; died 1852, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Benjamin — Lucinda. was born 25 Feb 1804, Kentucky; died 15 Apr 1880; was buried , Mt. Zion Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]