Individual Details
Cordelia Frances Crewse
(6 Aug 1889 - 2 Aug 1933)
Posted at findagrave.com by Sherry Link. Cordelia was previously married - in the 1920 Butler Co., MO census there is a 7 year old child Maria Wilson born in Oklahoma & listed as Mounterville's step daughter. She remains in the home in the 1930 census - named Rachel M. Wilson.
State of Missouri Death Certificate - file # 25779
Cordelia Frances Ham, residing in Rombauer, Butler Co., MO, the wife of Mounterville S. Ham was b. Apr. 6, 1889 in Manes, Wright Co., MO to Grant Crewse, b. Astoria, Wright Co., MO and Rachel M. Blackwell, b. Joplin, MO. Cordelia died Aug. 2, 1933 at 5:50 pm.. J. L. Harwell, M.D. "I saw her about a year ago and she had pulmonary tuberculocis which I am sure was the cause of her death. It seems she had no physician see her recently." Maria Robinson, Rombauer, MO was the informant Cordelia's personal information. Burial in Rombauer Cemetery, Aug. 3, 1933. Undertaker: N. T. Phelps, Poplar Bluff, MO.
'The Daily Republican', Poplar Bluff, MO newspaper, Friday Evening, August 4, 1933 - Front page: DIES TEN WEEKS AFTER HUSBAND
Cordelia Frances Ham, 43, well known at Rombauer, died at 5:50p.m. Wednesday after a rather lengthy illness. Her husband died May 18th. Surviving are four children, Mrs. Mariah Robinson, Belmont Ham, Mildred and Georgia Ham, all of Rombauer. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Crewse; two brothers, William and John; and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Wilhite of Manes, Mo., and Mrs. Lansing Phillips of Winnipeg, Mo., also survive. Funeral services were held at the General Baptist church in Rombauer Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock with burial in Rombauer cemetery, the Rev. George Freeman in charge. Phelps service.
[Her eldest, Mariah b. 1913) was by Mr. Wilson (no further info on him); md Mounterville btwn 193 - 1921 Belmont was born; then Milred followed by Georgia Ham.)
State of Missouri Death Certificate - file # 25779
Cordelia Frances Ham, residing in Rombauer, Butler Co., MO, the wife of Mounterville S. Ham was b. Apr. 6, 1889 in Manes, Wright Co., MO to Grant Crewse, b. Astoria, Wright Co., MO and Rachel M. Blackwell, b. Joplin, MO. Cordelia died Aug. 2, 1933 at 5:50 pm.. J. L. Harwell, M.D. "I saw her about a year ago and she had pulmonary tuberculocis which I am sure was the cause of her death. It seems she had no physician see her recently." Maria Robinson, Rombauer, MO was the informant Cordelia's personal information. Burial in Rombauer Cemetery, Aug. 3, 1933. Undertaker: N. T. Phelps, Poplar Bluff, MO.
'The Daily Republican', Poplar Bluff, MO newspaper, Friday Evening, August 4, 1933 - Front page: DIES TEN WEEKS AFTER HUSBAND
Cordelia Frances Ham, 43, well known at Rombauer, died at 5:50p.m. Wednesday after a rather lengthy illness. Her husband died May 18th. Surviving are four children, Mrs. Mariah Robinson, Belmont Ham, Mildred and Georgia Ham, all of Rombauer. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Crewse; two brothers, William and John; and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Wilhite of Manes, Mo., and Mrs. Lansing Phillips of Winnipeg, Mo., also survive. Funeral services were held at the General Baptist church in Rombauer Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock with burial in Rombauer cemetery, the Rev. George Freeman in charge. Phelps service.
[Her eldest, Mariah b. 1913) was by Mr. Wilson (no further info on him); md Mounterville btwn 193 - 1921 Belmont was born; then Milred followed by Georgia Ham.)
Events
| Birth | 6 Aug 1889 | Manes, Wright Co., Missouri |  | ||
| Marriage | Bef 1917 | Samuel Arthur Wilson | |||
| Marriage | 26 Jun 1917 | Butler Co., Missouri - Mounterville Stephen Ham | | ||
| Death | 2 Aug 1933 | Butler Co., Missouri | | ||
| Burial | Rombauer Cemetery, Rombauer, Butler Co., Missouri | |
Families
| Spouse | Mounterville Stephen Ham (1893 - 1933) |
| Child | Adam Belmont Ham (1920 - 1998) |
| Child | Mildred Jewel Ham (1922 - 1992) |
| Child | Georgia Rose Ham (1927 - 2015) |
| Spouse | Samuel Arthur Wilson ( - ) |
| Father | John William Grant Crewse (1870 - 1957) |
| Mother | Rachel Melinda Blackwell (1870 - 1945) |
Endnotes
1. Betty Hanks and Terry McLean, Cemeteries of Butler Co. Missouri, Vol. III - Northeast (n.p: 1997, n.d), Page 79.
2. Missouri State Archives.
3. U. S. Gen Web Site.
4. Betty Hanks and Terry McLean, Cemeteries of Butler Co. Missouri, Vol. III - Northeast (n.p: 1997, n.d), Page 79.
5. Missouri State Archives.
6. Betty Hanks and Terry McLean, Cemeteries of Butler Co. Missouri, Vol. III - Northeast (n.p: 1997, n.d), Page 79.