Processed by Mailee Cook/Sara Skindelien, February 2008
Biographical Background:
The Crabtree ancestors of Charlotte Crabtree Fisher can be traced back to 1683 in Yorkshire County, England. Her great-great-great grandfather William Crabtree settled near Baltimore, Maryland with his family in 1705. The Crabtree family were early settlers in Kentucky and Virginia and a number of them fought in the Revolutionary War and Civil War.
Charlotte Crabtree Fisher, who also went by the names of Lottie and Charlotta, was born on September 13, 1902 in Wilmette Creek, Illinois to Abijah Crabtree and Mary Ellen Swift Crabtree. She married Harry C. Fisher in Evanston, Illinois on May 28, 1916 and had a son Stanley Dean Fisher in 1920. She died at the age of 92 on February 20, 1991 in Glencoe, Illinois.
Provenance:
This collection was donated to USU Special Collections on May 24, 2000 as part of the Leonard J. Arrington Collection (LJAHA #1). Although Charlotte Crabtree Fisher collected and organized the Crabtree family papers, it remains unclear how this material came into Arrington’s possession.
Scope and Content:
This collection consists of the Crabtree family history materials in the form of correspondence, family photos, family pedigrees, census records and newspaper clippings. Box 1 is arranged chronologically and contains pedigree charts and family photos. It also contains the correspondence and miscellaneous notes that Crabtree descendant Charlotte Fisher collected in her attempt to construct a Crabtree family tree. Box 2 contains various other family materials which are arranged alphabetically.
Researcher’s Note: See also Leonard J. Arrington Papers LJAHA 1, Series IX: 28, Fd 5 “The Crabtree Family of Wayne County, West Virginia” and William Crabtree of Crow Creek, by Eliza B. Woodall, Special Collections 929.2 C84
Inventory:
Box 1.Crabtree family papers Fd 1 William Crabtree, 1777
Fd 2 William Crabtree
Fd 3 James Crabtree, 1848
Fd 4 John Crabtree
Fd 5 Moses Crabtree
Fd 6 Enoch Crabtree
Fd 7 George Crabtree
Fd 8 Abraham Crabtree
Fd 9 James and Elizabeth Crabtree
Fd 10 Thomas Crabtree
Fd 11 William Crabtree III
Fd 12 Isaac Crabtree
Fd 13 Colston Crabtree
Fd 14 Jack Crabtree, 1977
Fd 15 Miscellaneous Crabtree family pedigrees
Fd 16 Crabtree family photographs
Fd 17 Crabtree marriage bonds from Ohio County, Ky
Fd 18 Daviess County, Kentucky marriage 1817-1971
Fd 19 Daviess County, Kentucky marriages 1820-1970
Fd 20 Daivess County, Kentucky deeds, 1821-1877
Fd 21 Hampshire County, Va marriage bonds 1824-1828
Fd 22 1820 Ohio Census
Fd 23 1830 and 1880 Tennessee Census
Fd 24 Index of Crabtree wills 1847 to 1950
Fd 25 1880 Arkansas census
Fd 26 1880 Kentucky Census
Fd 27 Daviess County, Kentucky marriage records 1881-1887
Fd 28 Daviess County, Kentucky criminal orders
Fd 29 Crawford County, Arkansas marriage records
Fd 30 Notebook log of grave sites
Fd 31 Historical collection of Harrison County, Ohio
Fd 32 Miscellaneous correspondence to Lois May Johnston, 1942
Fd 33 Correspondence from Edith Caughon to Charlotte Fisher, 1954 to 1964. Includes photographs.
Fd 34 Correspondence from Nina Wright to Charlotte Fisher 1965 to 1968. Includes photographs.
Fd 35 Correspondence from Harley Haton to Charlotte Fisher, 1969.
Fd 36 Correspondence from Mike Edgeworth to Ruth, 1972
Fd 37 Index to unknown church records
Fd 38 Miscellaneous Crabtree notes
Fd 39 Newspaper clippings about various Crabtree family members
Fd 40 Notebook of census records for Crabtrees and Cahills
Box 2. Other families related to Crabtrees Fd 1 Cahill family manuscript
Fd 2 DeMoss family
Fd 3 DeMoss family (continued)
Fd 4 DeMoss family (continued)
Fd 5 DeMoss family and the Huguenot Society
Fd 6 Hendrix family
Fd 7 Nicholls family
Fd 8 Pike family
Fd 9 Robinette family
Fd 10 Sparks family
Fd 11 Ward family
Fd 12 Whitt family
Fd 13 Miscellaneous notes
Fd 14 List of books for genealogists
Fd 15 Notes on Colonel Richard Johnson grave site.
Fd 16 Correspondence on Fogelson family
Fd 17 Notes on Virginia pioneers
Fd 18 History of Vermont, Illinois
Fd 19 American Revolution roster
Fd 20 Roster of American Revolution soldiers buried in Indiana
Fd 21 Address at the grave of Joseph Scott, Revolutionary War veteran, October 22, 1965
