Caroline Minter Crockett1

b. October 1858, d. 16 March 1946
BirthOct 1858 Caroline Minter Crockett was born in Oct 1858.1 
  She was the daughter of Allen Taylor Crockett and Caroline Minter.1 
Marriage1884 Caroline married Gardner A. Blessing, son of William T. Blessing and Margaret Jane Buchanan Gardner, in 1884.1 
Cens-19002 Jun 1900  Gardner and Caroline lived in Wythe County, Virginia however at the time of the 1900 census enumeration Caroline and the couple's two children were recorded in the home of her brother William Crockett.2 
Cens-191013 May 1910  Ten years later Gardner and Caroline were recorded in their own household with children Margarett (16) and Allen (14). Caroline's entry stated she was the mother of 3 children, but only two were living suggesting a child had been born after 1900 who died young. Gardner worked as a laborer for the railroad.3 
Widowed  Gardner died in the years between the 1910 and 1920 census enumerations. 
Cens-Sum21 Jan 1920  Caroline then made her home with her daughter and son-in-law, Margaret and Frank Medaris who lived in Harlan Co., Kentucky and then Perry Co. in Kentucky. Frank worked in the coal industry.4,5 
Death16 Mar 1946 Caroline died on 16 Mar 1946 in Boyle County, Kentucky, at age 87.6 

Family

Gardner A. Blessing b. 22 Jun 1854, d. aft 15 Apr 1910
Children
Last Edited30 Aug 2013

Citations

  1. [S2945] Robert Gardner research, 2881 Pruneridge Ave., Santa Clara, California, 95051, email to: e-mail address ; Mr. Gardner cites correspondence with Mary Miles Campbell (1948, Wytheville, VA), and Margaret Medaris (dau of Gardner Blessing), as well as notes from the Redmond Cole files for selected data on the William T. Blessing family.
  2. [S1857] Wm C. Crockett household, 1900 U.S. cens., Wythe Co., VA, pop. sched., Fort Chiswell District, ED 135, sheet 2A (p. 57 stamped), dwelling 23, family 23, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2012. Household includes: Wm C. Crockett, 43, b. Dec. 1856, farmer; Mary S., sister, 58, b. Dec. 1841; Ann H., sister, 49, b. Aug. 1850; Caroline Blessing, sister, 41, b. Oct. 1858, married, marr 16 yrs, mother of 2 children, both living; Caroline M. Crockett, mother, 81, b. Nov. 1818, wid, mother of 13 children, 9 are living; Margaret Blessing, niece, 7, b. Dec. 1892; Allen C. Blessing, nephew, 5, b. Nov. 1894; Lou Waddle, servant, 40, wid; all b. VA, all parents b. VA.
  3. [S2314] Gardner A. Blessing household, 1910 U.S. cens., Wythe Co., VA, pop. sched., Wytheville, ED 149, sheet 29A (p. 215 stamped), dwelling 611, family 611, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2012. Household includes: Gardner A. Blessing, 55, marr 26 yrs, laborer on RR; Caroline M., wife, 51, both marr 26 yrs, mother 3 children, 2 living; Margarett G., dau, 16; Allen C., son, 14; all b. VA.
  4. [S2990] Frank Medaris household, 1920 U.S. cens., Harlan Co., Kentucky, pop. sched., District 90, ED 90, sheet 12A (p. 165 stamped), dwelling 214, family 218, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2012. Household includes: Frank Medaris, 26, b. TN, parents b. TN, time keeper in coal company office; Margaret, wife, 26, b. VA; Frank C., son, 1/6/12, b. KY; Caroline Blessing, mother-in-law, 58, wid, b. VA.
  5. [S1220] Frank Medaris household, 1930 U.S. cens., Perry Co., Kentucky, pop. sched., Hazard district, ED 97-12, sheet unknown cd4, dwelling 244, family 252, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2012. Household includes: Frank Medaris, 36, marr at 24, rents home for $40 mos, is not a farm, owns a radio, b. TN, employed by GMH Coal Co.; Margaret, wife, 35, marr at 22, b. VA; Frank C., son, 11, b. KY; Kenneth, son, 10, b. KY; Virginia C., dau, 5 5/12, b. KY; Bell, mother, 70, wid, marr at 18, b. TN; Caroline Blessing, mother-in-law, 69, marr at 23, b. VA.
  6. [S2945] Robert Gardner research, 2881 Pruneridge Ave., Santa Clara, California, 95051, email to: e-mail address ; Mr. Gardner cites the Kentucky death index.