Alexander Caperton Crookshanks, Sr.

1892 - 1956  (64 years)

• Name	Alexander Caperton Crookshanks
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	7 Jan 1892	Cornstalk, Greenbrier Co., WV   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Jul 1956	Cornstalk, Greenbrier Co., WV   [1]
  	Cause: malignant melanoma, left eye
  Burial	5 Jul 1956	Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV   [1]
  Person ID	I31550	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	16 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	Mary Almeda Jackson,   b. 28 Jun 1904, Grundy, Buchanan Co., VA d. 20 Feb 1991 (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	1 Aug 1922	Jackson Co., OH   [3]
  Children	1. Viola Belle Crookshanks,   b. 2 Sep 1923, Cornstalk, Greenbrier Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown   2. Zelda Crookshanks,   b. 15 Oct 1925, Cornstalk, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 20 Aug 2008 (Age 82 years)   3. Mildred Hannah Crookshanks,   b. 25 Apr 1928, Cornstalk, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 24 Oct 1997 (Age 69 years)   4. Alexander Junior Crookshanks,   b. 11 Sep 1930, Cornstalk, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 4 Mar 2016, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV (Age 85 years)   5. Harry Dale Crookshanks, Sr.,   b. 24 Jun 1933, Cornstalk, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 8 Aug 2006 (Age 73 years)   6. Dulcie Elva Crookshanks,   b. 2 Nov 1935, Cornstalk, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 29 Feb 1988, Cornstalk, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 52 years)   7. Aretta Faye Crookshanks,   b. 13 Jun 1938, Cornstalk, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 2 Nov 1994 (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F17829	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - 5 Jul 1956 - Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, Wednesday, 4 Jul 1956, p. 14, col. 3 https://www.newspapers.com/article/beckley-post-herald-a-c-crookshank-tak/170346367/ A. C. Crookshank Taken By Death CORNSTALK, July 3 (RNS) - Alexander Caperton Crookshank Sr., 64, died at his home at Cornstalk Tuesday morning. He was a retired farmer. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mary Crookshank; two sons, Alexander Jr. and Harvey, both at home; five daughters, Zelda, Mildred, Faye and Dulcie Crookshank, all at home, and Mrs. Viola Davis of Amherst, Ohio; three brothers, Jim and Estel Crookshank of Cornstalk, and Robert Crookshank of Lewisburg: three sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Hanson, Mrs. Dotsie Tharp and Miss Lizzie Crookshank, all of Clintonville. The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Cold Springs Methodist Church at Cornstalk by the Rev. Hobert Quesenberry and the Rev. L. E. Serville. Burial will be in Wallace Memorial Cemetery near Clintonville. The body was removed to the residence at 4 p.m. today from the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg.

  
  

• 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 56-011210 (1956), Alexander Caperton Crookshanks, Sr., accessed 14 Apr 2025. (Reliability: 3). [S1590] WWI Draft Registration Cards, (Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com : 2005.), (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 Apr 2025), card for Alex Caperton Crookshanks, No. 29; Precinct 1, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. (Reliability: 3). [S2021] FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, UT, Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993, ((http://www.ancestry.com : 2016)), accessed 14 Apr 2025), Crookshanks-Jackson, 1922, Jackson County; Film No. 001307813. (Reliability: 3).