Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Son of John Barry Critz and Orene Petty. Graduate of MSU, four term county supervisor, and retired as City Street Supervisor. (Wynema McGrew, pp. 116-117).

Guy married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Fred married later in life because he lived at home with his divorced mother and sisters who had children but no husbands. He helped take care of everyone. Wheeler and his family always lived within walking distance of his mother. He and his wife farmed and raised chickens. Even on that meager income, they put money aside to ensure a college education for their daughters. Wheeler had Alzheimer's disease, and was in a nursing home for the last six years of his life. His wife Pauline visited him faithfully every day.

Fred married Stella Pauline Watts on 3 Jan 1932 in Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi. Stella was born on 22 Feb 1910 in Seminary, Covington County, Mississippi; died on 12 Mar 1998 in Covington County, Mississippi; was buried on 15 Mar 1998 in Mount Horeb Cemetery, Seminary, Covington County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The daughter of William France Watts and Nancy Elizabeth Miller.

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When he registered for the draft during the first World War, he was farming for S. B. Hathorn in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, and his nearest relative was his wife, Mrs. Anna Jane McGrew of Seminary, Mississippi. He was described as short and slender, with brown eyes and dark hair, and missing his right eye.

At the time of the 1930 Federal census, he was listed as a boarder, age 57 and widowed, in the home of E. L. and Ida COUTLER in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana. His occupation was shown as "farmer."

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Census Listings:

1910 Census
Mississippi, Covington County, Twp 7, Beat 1
Enumerated 25 Apr 1910
SD 6 ED 2 Sheet 6B
106-107
McGrew, W H Head M W 37 M 18 Miss Miss Miss Farm Operator
McGrew, Anna Wf F W 41 M 18 Miss Miss Miss
McGrew, Willie Dtr F W 17 S Miss Miss Miss
McGrew, Bennie Son M W 14 S Miss Miss Miss
McGrew, Ida Dtr F W 14 S Miss Miss Miss
McGrew, Leo Dtr F W 11 S Miss Miss Miss
McGrew, Linnie Dtr F W 10 S Miss Miss Miss
McGrew, Wheeler Son m W 7 S Miss Miss Miss
McGrew, Myrtle Dtr F W 2 S Miss Miss Miss

Wood married Annie Jane Lott in 1891. Annie (daughter of William Alexander Lott and Martha Edmondson) was born on 4 Nov 1869 in Covington County, Mississippi; died on 3 May 1948 in Seminary, Covington County, Mississippi; was buried in Seminary Cemetery, Seminary, Covington County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Wynema McGrew notes that their marriage was arranged by her parents, worried their daughter would remain a spinster. Wood and Annie were third cousins. The marriage was stormy, even though it lasted more than 30 years and produced seven children. They ultimately divorced around 1926.