William Benedict Crouch
1856–1936
✦ direct ancestor — Owen's 2×-great-grandfather · Crouch line
Life
- Born
- 10 Jul 1856 · Arkadelphia, Clark Co., Arkansas
- Died
- 11 Mar 1936 · Nacogdoches, Texas
Parents
Marriage & children
Helen Crouch (1881–1978)
Paul M. Crouch (1885–1964)
Timeline
- 1860ResidenceArkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas, United States — Age in 1860: 4
- 1870ResidenceArkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas, United States — Age in 1870: 13
- 1880ResidenceTexarkana, Miller, Arkansas, United States — Age: 23; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Son-in-law
- 24 May 1880MarriedHarriet 'Hallie' Edwards — Miller, Arkansas, United States
- 1900ResidenceTexarkana, Miller, Arkansas — Age: 43; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
- 1910ResidenceTexarkana Ward 3, Miller, Arkansas — Age in 1910: 53; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
- 1920ResidenceTexarkana, Miller, Arkansas — Age: 63; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
- 1930ResidenceNacogdoches, Nacogdoches, Texas — Age: 73; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
- —ResidenceTexarkana, Miller, Arkansas
- —ResidenceArkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas
Records behind this page
1860 United States Federal Census
Year: 1860; Census Place: Arkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas; Roll: M653_39; Page: 75; Image: 75; Family History Library Film: 803039
1870 United States Federal Census
Year: 1870; Census Place: Arkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas; Roll: M593_49; Page: 202B; Image: 402; Family History Library Film: 545548
1900 United States Federal Census
Year: 1900; Census Place: Texarkana, Miller, Arkansas; Roll: 68; Page: 27B; Enumeration District: 0122; FHL microfilm: 1240068
Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census
Year: 1880; Census Place: Texarkana, Miller, Arkansas; Roll: 51; Family History Film: 1254051; Page: 112C; Enumeration District: 194; Image: 0227
Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census
Year: 1910; Census Place: Texarkana Ward 3, Miller, Arkansas; Roll: T624_57; Page: 21A; Enumeration District: 0070; FHL microfilm: 1374070
Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Texarkana, Miller, Arkansas; Roll: T625_72; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 70; Image: 215
Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, Texas; Roll: 2379; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 2; Image: 42.0; FHL microfilm: 2342113
Ancestry.com, Arkansas, Birth Certificates, 1914-1917 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2019)
Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Birth Certificates
Ancestry.com, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013)
Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA
Texas death certificate of William Benedict Crouch, Nacogdoches 1936 Jan-Mar image 70/106, cert 16566
read the transcript
Read on the image 4 Aug 2026 (register L3): b. July 10 1856; widowed; d. March 11 1936, Nacogdoches; buried Oak Grove Cemetery. Father 'William Crouch' (no initial; 'Don't Know' birthplace); MOTHER'S FIELDS BLANK (informant C. Williams, not family). Birthplace conflict: 'Little Rock, Ark' vs the tree's Arkadelphia. Absent from the Ancestry name index; found by browse. sources/txdc-1936-crouch-william-benedict-img70-*.
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
FamilySearch; Salt Lake City, Utah; Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Research notes
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Research note · 4 Aug 2026
AUDITED 4 Aug 2026 - HIS DEATH CERTIFICATE FOUND BY BROWSE AND READ ON THE IMAGE (register L3; absent from the Ancestry name index - Nacogdoches 1936 Jan-Mar image 70/106, cert 16566): William Benedict Crouch, 820 Mound St, Nacogdoches; widowed; b. July 10 1856 (exact match); d. March 11 1936 (exact match), influenza with hypertension/myocarditis; buried OAK GROVE Cemetery (corroborated by Find A Grave 67752470, with wife [109] Hallie d. 26 Dec 1935 at 67752062 - explaining 'widowed' - and daughter [48] at 67752540). FATHER stated: 'William Crouch' (no middle initial; birthplace 'Don't Know') - supports the [110] link, weight limited: informant 'C. Williams', apparently not family. CONFLICT recorded, not resolved: cert birthplace 'Little Rock, Ark' vs this tree's Arkadelphia, Clark Co. FINISHED NEGATIVE: the mother's maiden-name and birthplace fields are BLANK - this record can never source [111] Josephine Allen. Evidence: sources/txdc-1936-crouch-william-benedict-img70-*.
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