James William "Jim" Crookshanks
1881 - 1956 (75 years)-
Name James William "Jim" Crookshanks Nickname Jim Birth 29 May 1881 Cornstalk, Greenbrier Co., WV 
[1, 2] Gender Male Death 3 Dec 1956 Cornstalk, Greenbrier Co., WV [1] Cause: D.O.A. Burial 5 Dec 1956 Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV [1] Person ID I19169 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 26 Apr 2025
Father Wallace Crookshanks, b. 1845, Greenbrier Co., VA d. 5 Aug 1914, Cornstalk, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 69 years) Mother Isabella J. Hayslett, b. 6 Jun 1860, Rockbridge Co., VA d. 14 Mar 1929, Cornstalk, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 68 years) Marriage 23 Sep 1880 Greenbrier Co., WV Family ID F8140 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sarah Margaret "Maggie" Martin, b. 17 Mar 1883, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 23 Nov 1967, Clifton Forge, VA (Age 84 years) Marriage 18 Aug 1909 Greenbrier Co., WV [3] Children 1. Lovie Belle Crookshanks, b. 9 Jun 1910, Trout, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 5 Nov 1992, Low Moor, Alleghany Co., VA (Age 82 years)2. Mamie Mae Crookshanks, b. 30 Mar 1912, Wolf Creek, Monroe Co., WV d. 1995, Rainelle Cemetery, Rainelle, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 82 years)3. Oakley James Crookshanks, b. 20 Jun 1915, Cornstalk, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 5 Oct 2001, Durham, Durham Co., NC (Age 86 years)4. Elmer Eugene Crookshanks, b. 11 Oct 1918, Williamsburg, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 12 Jun 1994, Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 75 years)Family ID F17850 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Apr 2025
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Marriage - 18 Aug 1909 - Greenbrier Co., WV 
Burial - 5 Dec 1956 - Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Covington Virginian, Covington, VA, Wednesday, 5 Dec 1956, p. 16, col. 4
https://www.newspapers.com/article/covington-virginian-james-crookshanks-ob/171179028/
Obituaries
James Crookshanks
Funeral for James W. Crookshanks, 75, who died Monday morning at his home in Cornstalk, W. Va., was held today at 2 o'clock from the Cold Springs Methodist Church, in Cornstalk. Burial was in Wallace Memorial Cemetery, near Clintonville.
Crookshanks is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sarah Margaret Martin Crookshanks; four daughters; and two sons.
A daughter, Mrs. Earl M. Shorter and a son, Oakley J. Crookshanks, live in Covington.
- Covington Virginian, Covington, VA, Wednesday, 5 Dec 1956, p. 16, col. 4
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Sources - [S1384] West Virginia State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, WV State Department of Health Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :2009.), death certificate 56-015404 (1956), James William Crookshanks, accessed 16 Apr 2025. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1600] West Virginia. Greenbrier County. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Greenbrier Co., WV Birth Register, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :2012.), 1A, 166, line 18, Jas. W. Crookshanks, accessed 16 Apr 2025. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1475] West Virginia. Greenbrier County., Greenbrier Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2010.), marriage register, 1B: 185, Crookshanks-Martin, 1909; accessed 25 Apr 2025. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1384] West Virginia State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, WV State Department of Health Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :2009.), death certificate 56-015404 (1956), James William Crookshanks, accessed 16 Apr 2025. (Reliability: 3).