Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameSarah Ethel JOHNSON 98,105
Birth Date1 Apr 1893
Birth PlaceAsh Grove, Greene County, Missouri
Death Date4 Mar 1963 Age: 69
Death PlaceBrighton, Polk County, Missouri
Burial PlaceBrighton, Polk County, Missouri, Brighton Cemetery
FatherJoseph Benjamin JOHNSON (1850-1931)
MotherSarah Elizabeth PIERCE (1854-1894)
Spouses
Birth Date5 Nov 1889
Birth PlacePolk County, Missouri
Death Date2 Jan 1932 Age: 42
Death PlaceSpringfield, Greene County, Missouri
Burial PlaceBrighton, Polk County, Missouri, Brighton Cemetery
OccupationSt. Louis-San Francisco Railway
FatherNathaniel Price CROSSWHITE (1865-1929)
MotherLela Ona ROBERTSON (1866-1949)
Family ID1040
Marr Date19 Sep 1911
Marr PlacePolk County, Missouri
ChildrenEthel Mae (1923-)
 N. F. (1926-)
Notes for Sarah Ethel JOHNSON
Springfield Leader and Press, (Springfield, Missouri), Wed. 6 Mar. 1963, Page-20

MRS. ETHEL CROSSWHITE JENNINGS

Mrs. Ethel Crosswhite Jennings, 69, of Weaubleau, died Monday morning at the state hospital in Nevada. She was the widow of Ollie Crosswhite, a Greene County deputy sheriff killed in the Young Massacre west of Springfield Jan. 2, 1932. Six local officers were killed by two brothers.

Survivors are her husband, Earl; two daughters, Mrs. Ralph Libbey, Albuquerque, and Mrs. William Jersak, Springfield; four sons, Joe, Columbus, Ohio, Carl, Oakland, Calif., Keith, Springfield, and Lee, Route 4.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Klingner Chapel. Burial will be in Brighton Cemetery

On Find A Grave.

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Notes for Oliver Rufus "Ollie" (Spouse 1)
Young Brothers Massacre, the largest law enforcement massacre until 911105
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