John Webster Crocker

1848 - 1936  (88 years)

• Name	John Webster Crocker  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	20 Jan 1848	Attica, Seneca County, Ohio   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	11 Feb 1936	Saginaw County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Buried	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [2]
  Notes	Drove a carriage for lumberman W.R. Burt of Saginaw, Michigan. Cass City Chronicle February 14, 1936 Page 1 Former Cass City Resident Dead John Crocker, who had been a resident in the vicinity of Cass City for 37 years, died at his home in Saginaw on Tuesday, February 11, at the age of 87 years. Funeral services were conducted in the Cass City Evangelical church by Rev. G.A. Spitler Thursday afternoon and burial was made in Elkland cemetery. Mr. Crocker was born in the state of Ohio. He made his home in Saginaw before coming to Cass City and ten years ago returned to Saginaw where her has since resided. Fifty seven years ago he was united in marriage with Miss Mary BENKELMAN who survives him. Mr. Crocker had been in good health up to the time of his 87th birthday on January 20. Besides the widow, one daugther and five sons are left to mourn his departure. They are Mrs. Julia GIBBS, Fred, Henry and George, all of Saginaw, and Louis and Ben of Cass City. He also leaves fourteen grandchildren. Mr. Crocker was a member of the Cass City Evangelical church during his residence here while in Saginaw he was an attendant of a Methodist church as long as his health and age permitted. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)
  Person ID	I12670	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Maria "Mary" Dorothea Benkelman,   b. 23 Feb 1857, Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany ,   d. 23 Mar 1952, Saginaw County, Michigan  (Age 95 years)
  Married	10 Mar 1879	Saginaw County, Michigan   [1, 3]
  Children	1. Julia D. Crocker,   b. 23 Dec 1878, Saginaw County, Michigan ,   d. 26 May 1965, Saginaw County, Michigan  (Age 86 years)   2. John Frederick Crocker,   b. 23 Apr 1880, Saginaw County, Michigan ,   d. 30 Nov 1947, Saginaw County, Michigan  (Age 67 years)   3. Henry Koch Crocker,   b. 17 Nov 1883, Saginaw County, Michigan ,   d. 30 May 1958, Saginaw County, Michigan  (Age 74 years)   4. Louis F. Crocker,   b. 21 Jul 1888, Saginaw County, Michigan ,   d. 3 Feb 1966, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 77 years)   5. George B. Crocker,   b. 23 Oct 1893, Buena Vista Township, Saginaw County, Michigan ,   d. 17 Jan 1988, Saginaw County, Michigan  (Age 94 years)   6. Benniett "Ben" Hezekiah Crocker,   b. 29 Apr 1900, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 22 Apr 1993, New Port Richey, Pasco County, Florida  (Age 92 years)
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2013
  Family ID	F5212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Jan 1848 - Attica, Seneca County, Ohio Married - 10 Mar 1879 - Saginaw County, Michigan Died - 11 Feb 1936 - Saginaw County, Michigan Buried - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, February 14, 1936 (Reliability: 3). [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 162 (Reliability: 3).