Charles C. Crowe was born on 9 Aug 1867 in Indiana. He is
the son of John and Susan (Gray) Crow. The family moved to Scott
Township in Jackson, Linn County, Kansas between 1869 and
1870[1], and
Charles remained there until 1891[2][3][4],
when he married Ida May Gray in Bates County, Missouri, at the age
of 24.[5]
It is believed that the couple marred in Missouri because the laws
in Kansas did not allow first cousins to marry. Ida's father
and Charles' mother were siblings.
In 1900, he worked as a sewing machine agent Troy Township in
Cannelton, Perry County, Indiana[6]. In
1910, he was working as a machinist in his own shop in Rockport,
Spencer County, Indiana[7]. By
1930, Charles was working as a laborer in a garage and living at
125 W. 3rd Street in Mount Vernon, Posey County,
Indiana.[8]
Charles and Ida had 7 children between 1893 and
1908: Mabel
L., Olive
L., Owen
Charles, Harold
John, Albert
L., Mary Ellen
("Helen"), and James Maurice
("Bill").
Rumor has it (from a grandaunt and a granduncle, Charles'
grandchildren -- of course, I still need to confirm that with
documentation, if any exists) that Charles and Ida's oldest
daughter Mabel had "run off" and gotten married, and when Ida
passed away, Charles decided he needed a housekeeper. He
retrieved Mabel, had the marriage annulled, and brought her back.
She lived with him until he died.
Charles was a member of the International Order of Odd
Fellows, and was a guest at the I.O.O.F. home from December 1942
until he died. He died on 1 Dec 1945 at the age of 78
in Gosport, Owen County, Indiana.[9] He
was buried on 4 Dec 1945 in Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana
at Bellefontaine Cemetery, section A
row 15 grave 9.