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I am looking for info on my great grandfather's family.

They all came from Johnston Co. according to the records I have.

The info I have is as follows:

John William Crumpler b4/1888 d5/5/1932(ggrandfather)

Robert W. Crumpler b2/9/1847 d3/22/1920 (John's father)

Tempie Eason Crumpler b1/10/1855 d5/25/1910 (John's mother)

James Oscar Crumpler b2/22/1891 d9/27/1962 (John's brother)

According to Robert's death certificate his parents were

Garrie (or Gerrie) Crumpler and Cecily Watson(not sure of this one).

I hope someone can help me with this line. I saw Gloria's web page where

she listed the descendants of Tyler Thomas Culbreth. I tie into those Crumplers,

and can expand on that line if anyone needs further info. That line goes back

to the Battens of Johnston County North Carolina. Thanks for any help anyone can

give me.

Cindy Stevens

Surnames: Crumpler

It looks like your Robert may be the son of Garry Crumpler, son of West Crumpler, grandson of West, great-grandson of Benjamin, ggreat-grandson of William. I don't have a lot of information on this line, so maybe someone else will respond back to this message with more information. Hope this helps.

i am the great great grandson of robert and tempie crumpler . roberts father was garry and his mother was alsey they are buried in a field on campground road outside of selma

Twenty-seven years on, here is what our family tree now shows, for Cindy, for Randy, and for anyone else descended from Robert and Tempie.

Robert's father was Garry Crumpler (1818-1888) of Johnston County, a son of West Crumpler and his wife Sally. Garry married Elsa "Alsey" Watson on 13 April 1846, and Robert was born the following February. The "Cecily Watson" on Robert's death certificate was almost certainly Alsey, misheard or misread, and it fits Randy's note that Garry and Alsey are buried in a field on Campground Road outside Selma.

Garry, Alsey and their children are here: https://lordoflucies.com/tng/getperson.php?tree=Walsh&personID=I602073758
Robert's own page: https://lordoflucies.com/tng/getperson.php?tree=Walsh&personID=I602074449

One puzzle remains. Robert's brother Wiley Washington Crumpler (listed as William in older trees) has 16 March 1847 on his gravestone, only five weeks after Robert's 9 February 1847. Both cannot be right. Robert's date agrees with all his censuses, while Wiley's own records give 1847, 1848 and 1849, so Wiley was probably born a year or two later than his stone says. If you have family records for either of them, please get in touch.

Garry and Alsey are buried in the Garry Crumpler family cemetery in Pine Level Township, where her stone reads "Alcy Watson Crumpler, Wife of Garry Crumpler". Robert and Tempie are in the R. W. Crumpler Cemetery nearby, with their sons John William and James Oscar.

Craig Walsh