Descendants of John Crenshaw

Contributed by Diana Shipe
©2000

Generation Number 1

1.      JOHN CRENSHAW,-- the son of DABNEY CRENSHAW, a native of Virginia -- was born in 1814 in KY, and died in 1882 in Sumner County. TN. As a young man he moved to Sumner County, TN, where he married ELIZA ANN CRENSHAW on December 03, 1845. She was born in 1823 in Sumner County and died in March 1881 in Sumner County. John was a tenant farmer before purchasing a 200-acre farm with one of the oldest houses in Sumner County. The farm, purchased in 1850, was located about two miles northeast of Castalian Springs. John was a man of limited education but good business ability, and was a magistrate for many years. Both John and Eliza were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and were held in high esteem in the community.

The children of JOHN CRENSHAW and ELIZA CRENSHAW are:

    JOHN C. CRENSHAW, born about 1846 in Sumner County, TN.
  1. ORIANNA G. CRENSHAW, born May 28, 1848 in Sumner County; died January 09, 1933 in Gallatin, TN.
  2. JAMES M. CRENSHAW, born about 1849 in Sumner County.
  3. DABNEY CRENSHAW, born about 1850 in Sumner County.
  4. ELIZABETH (BETTIE) CRENSHAW, born about 1851 in Sumner County; married F. F. HARRIS.
  5. MARTHA (MATTIE) F. CRENSHAW, born about 1855 in Sumner County; married JOHN R. GREEN.
  6. THOMAS JOSEPH CRENSHAW, born February 26, 1862 in Sumner County.
  7. ANNA E. CRENSHAW, (twin) born about 1864 in Sumner County.
  8. ONIE CRENSHAW, (twin) born about 1864 in Sumner County.

Generation Number 2

2.1 1.      ORIANNA G.2 CRENSHAW (JOHN1) was born May 28, 1848 in Sumner County, TN and died January 09, 1933 at the home of her daughter in Gallatin, TN. She married DANIEL J. HARPER, the son of BENJAMIN S. HARPER and NANCY JANE TINSLEY of Sumner County, in Sumner County about 1873. Oria, as she was called, was a schoolteacher and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Daniel was born in 1832 in Sumner County and died in 1885 in Trousdale County, TN. Daniel is buried with his first wife (Priscilla A. Hale, daughter of Cyrus Hale) in the Hale-Harper Cemetery in Trousdale County. Orianna is buried in the Gallatin Cemetery.

The stepchildren of ORIANNA CRENSHAW (children of Daniel J. Harper and Priscilla A. Hale) are:

  1. BENETTA HARPER, born about 1858 in Sumner County.
  2. DANIEL C. HARPER, born 1865 in Sumner County; died on May 04, 1947 in Gallatin.

The children of ORIANNA G. CRENSHAW and DANIEL J. HARPER are:

  1. EUGENE ST. CLARE HARPER, born on December 27, 1874, Sumner County; died on August 31, 1913 in Nashville, TN.
  2. ADA L. HARPER, born about 1878; married W. G. CREWS of Gallatin.
  3. MARGARET HARPER, born about 1882.

2.2 1.      DABNEY CRENSHAW (JOHN1) was born about 1850 in Sumner County. He married SUSAN BROWNING in October of 1872.

The children of DABNEY CRENSHAW and SUSAN BROWNING include:

  1. MARY CRENSHAW, born about 1874 in Sumner County, TN.
  2. JOHN CRENSHAW, born about 1875 in Sumner County, TN.
  3. HARVEY CRENSHAW, born about 1887 in Sumner County.
  4. ALLISON CRENSHAW, born about 1879 in Sumner County.

Generation Number 3

3.2       EUGENE ST. CLARE4 HARPER (ORIANNA G.2 CRENSHAW, JOHN1) was born December 27, 1874 in Sumner County, TN and died on August 31, 1913 in Nashville, TN from injuries sustained in an accident. He married MINNIE MARGARET DICKENSON, daughter of EPHRAIM DICKENSON and BLANCHE WHITESIDE of Sumner County, on September 22, 1901. Gene, as he was called, was a carpenter prior to his marriage, and at the time of his death, he was a collection agent for a Nashville furniture store. Minnie was born March 13, 1874 in Sumner County and died June 26, 1968 in Portsmouth, Virginia. Both are buried in the Gallatin Cemetery. Together they had five children.

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