SIDNEY & PARTHENIA HAD A SON NAMED CRAWFORD. CRAWFORD WAS AN INVALID FROM BIRTH. HE WAS UNABLE TO MOVE & COULD USE HIS HANDS A LITTLE. AFTER THE DEATHS OF HIS PARENTS HIS AUNT ,NANCY FELKEY NICHOLAS,WAS NAMED HIS GUARDIAN. THE DEATH CERTIFICATE FOR SIDNEY SHOWS THAT HE DIED FROM RHEUMATISM ON 20 APR 1869. HOWEVER THE GUARDIANS DECLARATION FOR CRAWFORD SHOWS THAT HIS FATHER,SIDNEY, DIED FROM A CONTRACTED DISEASE WHILE IN THE LINE OF DUTY. IT ALSO SHOWS HE DIED IN MEMPHIS TN. ON 9 JUN 1869. HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE RIGHT LEG ABOVE THE KNEE DURING A BATTLE AT CHICKASAW BLUFF,AR. HE WAS IN CO. F,96TH OVI.
SIDNEY & PARTHENIA HAD A SON NAMED CRAWFORD. CRAWFORD WAS AN INVALID FROM BIRTH. HE WAS UNABLE TO MOVE & COULD USE HIS HANDS A LITTLE. AFTER THE DEATHS OF HIS PARENTS HIS AUNT ,NANCY FELKEY NICHOLAS,WAS NAMED HIS GUARDIAN. THE DEATH CERTIFICATE FOR SIDNEY SHOWS THAT HE DIED FROM RHEUMATISM ON 20 APR 1869. HOWEVER THE GUARDIANS DECLARATION FOR CRAWFORD SHOWS THAT HIS FATHER,SIDNEY, DIED FROM A CONTRACTED DISEASE WHILE IN THE LINE OF DUTY. IT ALSO SHOWS HE DIED IN MEMPHIS TN. ON 9 JUN 1869. HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE RIGHT LEG ABOVE THE KNEE DURING A BATTLE AT CHICKASAW BLUFF,AR. HE WAS IN CO. F,96TH OVI.
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