Jamie Lake Crenshaw1
b. 7 December 1900, d. 3 May 1980
Birth | 7 Dec 1900 | Jamie Lake Crenshaw was born on 7 Dec 1900 in Washington County, Virginia.5 |
Childhood | | Jamie grew up near Shortsville, in the Saltville district of Washington County. She was the youngest child in a family of 10 children, all of whom lived to adulthood.6 |
Education | | Jamie attended William King High School, Virginia Intermont Jr. College and the University of Virginia.6 |
Cens-1920 | 1920 | Prior to her marriage, Jamie lived at home and was employed as a high school teacher.7 |
Marriage | 21 Oct 1922 | She married Hobart McKinley Maiden, son of Albert Graham Maiden and Virginia Susan Ayers, on 21 Oct 1922.1 |
| | Jamie and Hobart were second cousins once removed (descended from John Maiden and Susanna Landis) as well as third cousins (descended from Richard Butt and Margaret Black). |
Cens-1930 | 21 Apr 1930 | The couple lived in Saltville, Smyth County, Virginia, in 1930 where they rented a home for $10 a month. Hobart was employed as a confectionary salesman.8 |
Residence | | They also resided briefly at Glade Spring and Meadowview before settling on a farm near Meadowview.6 |
| | Jamie returned to teaching about 1940 and taught until 1963. From 1963 through 1966 she taught children of missionaries in Nigeria, Africa. She was also a member of the Mountain View Baptist Church and served in several positions in the church community.6 |
Widowed | 8 Nov 1948 | Jamie was widowed when Hobart died at age 51 in 1948. |
Death | 3 May 1980 | Jamie died on 3 May 1980 in Washington County, Virginia, at age 79.5 |
Burial | | She was buried at Mountain View Baptist Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.5 |
Citations
- [S1859] Sarah Finch Maiden Rollins, The Maiden Family of Virginia and Allied Families 1623-1991, p. 637-645. Mrs. Rollins cites Dr. Joanna (Maiden) Owens who is the daughter of Jamie Lake (Crenshaw) Maiden.
- [S237] James C. Crenshaw household, 1910 U.S. cens., Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Saltville district, ED 115, sheet 5B, dwelling 71, family 71, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Oct. 2006, image 10 of 37. Enumeration includes: James C. Crenshaw, 55, marr #1, marr 30 yrs, farmer, owns farm, no mortgage; Mary E., wife, 50, marr #1, marr 3 [sic] yrs, mother 10 children, all living; Ada W., dau, 25, teacher in free school; John B., son, 22, bookkeeper at hardware store; Elbert W., son, 20, clerk at wholesale house; Mary E., dau; Grace V., dau, 12; Jamie L., dau, 9; all b. VA; all parents b. VA; resid on Chestnut Ridge Rd.
- [S1859] Sarah Finch Maiden Rollins, The Maiden Family of Virginia and Allied Families 1623-1991, p. 637-645. Mrs. Rollins cites Dr. Joanna (Maiden) Owens for her information on the descendants of Eliza (Maiden) Butt Caldwell (with the exception of son Addison).
- [S1584] Peggy Lester, "Descendants of George Sanders Crenshaw and Margaret Wilson Buchanan", report dated 10 Oct. 2006. Peggy is the great niece of James Campbell Crenshaw and Mary E.V. (Thompson) Crenshaw.
- [S2130] "Additional Tombstone Records for Mountain View Baptist Church Cemetery (not included in High On A Windy Hill Vol I & II)", compiled by Dr. Joanna Owens, Sept. 2000, Washington Co., Virginia.
- [S23] Joanna (Maiden) Owens, "Hobart McKinley and Jamie (Crenshaw) Maiden" in Families of Washington Co. and Bristol, VA, p. 230-1. Joanna is the daughter of Hobart and Jamie Maiden.
- [S238] James C. Crenshaw household, 1920 U.S. cens., Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Saltville district, ED 168, sheet 4A (p. 333 stamped), dwelling 51, family 52, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Oct. 2006, image 7 of 25. Enumeration includes: James C. Crenshaw, 65, farmer, owns farm; Mary E., wife, 60, house work; George W., son, 39, machinist at shipyard; Batte E., son, 39, machinist, pipe fitter; Elbert W., son, 32, shoe drummer; Mary E., dau, 28, teaching high school; Grace V., dau, 22, teaching high school; Jamie, dau, 19, teaching high school; all b. VA; all parents b. VA; all children single; resid on Crenshaw & Foster Rd.
- [S693] Hobart M. Maiden household, 1930 U.S. cens., Smyth Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Saltville, ED 87-8, sheet 18B, dwelling 326, family 338, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2006, image 36 of 49. Enumeration includes: Hobart M. Maiden, 33, marr at 25, b. VA, father b. VA, mother b. KY, rents home for $10 mos, is not a farm, confectionary salesman; Jamie L., wife, 29, marr at 21, b. VA, parents b. VA; Jo__a [Joanna] C., dau,10/12, b. VA, parents b. VA; resid Main St.