John A. CRABB
Obituary, Henry County Local, p. 1, Friday, December 17, 1948:age 87, president of Farmers Deposit Bank, Eminence, for the last eighteen (18) years, died early Wednesday morning, December 15, 1948 at the Shelbyville Hospital where he had been a patient for the last three weeks; had been ill for the last four years, having never recovered from a fall in which he had a broken leg; prior to being president of the Farmers Deposit Bank, had been the cashier of the Farmers and Drovers Bank in Eminence, became president when the Farmers and Drovers Bank, and the Deposit Bank consolidated in 1930; had been ruling elder of the Eminence Presbyterian Church for fifty (50) years; services on Friday, December 17, 1948 with burial in the Eminence Cemetery; survivors, daughters, Mrs. Jesse LaMaster and Mrs. Steiner Smith, both of Louisville, and son, Rev. Cecil VanMeter Crabb, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, TN. KY Death Record: age 87, county of death: Shelby, county of residence: Henry, date of death 12/15/1948, vol. 054, certif. no. 26802, year 1948. Date of birth from C. Price Meek, Henry County, Kentucky Cemeteries (Henry County Historical Society, Eminence, KY 1995).
Relation to Thomas C. VanMeter and name of husband from Genealogies and Biographical Sketches, p. 111. See U.S. Census for Henry County, Kentucky. Names of husband and children. Both 1870 and 1880 U.S. Census give name as "Lena K." Obituary, Henry County Local, p. 1, Friday, August 16, 1935:age 69, wife of John A. Crabb (president of Farmers Deposit Bank, Eminence), died early Friday, August 9, at her home in Eminence; had suffered from diabetes; charter member of the Woman's Literary Club, the Bland Ballard Chapter of the D.A.R., and the Eminence Women's Club; funeral services Saturday, August 10, at 4:00 p.m. with burial in the Eminence Cemetery; survivors, husband, daughters, Mrs. Jess LaMaster, Simpsonville, Mrs. Stiner [sic] Smith, Shelbyville, son, Rev. Cecil VanMeter Crabb. KY Death Record: Katherine Crabb, age 69, county of death and of residence: Henry, date of death 8/9/1935, vol. 045, certif. no. 22130, year 1935.
In 1948, was pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, TN. Obituary of father, John A. Crabb, Henry County Local, p. 1, Friday, December 17, 1948. U.S. Social Security Death Index: Cecil Crabb, dob: 26 Jul 1889, dod Apr 1972; location 38104 (Memphis, Shelby, TN); SSN: 412-58-7531 (Issued: Tennessee).
KY Death Record: Lamaster, Orpah C., age 88, county of death and of residence, Shelby, date of death: 03-09-1981, vol. 016, certif. no. 07524, year 1981.
U.S. Social security Death Index: Betsye SMITH, Birth Date: 22 Mar 1897, Death Date: May 1976; SSN: 407-50-6577 (Issued: Kentucky); Death Residence Localities ZIP Code: 45406; Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio.
He married Lena Katherine Van Meter Abt 1887 . Lena Katherine Van Meter was born at Ky, Usa Jul 1864 daughter of Thomas Cunningham Van Meter and Orpah Campbell .
They were the parents of 3
children:
Cecil VanMeter Crabb
born 26 Jul 1889.
Mary Orpah Crabb
born Dec 1892.
Betsy G. Crabb
born 22 Mar 1897.
John A. Crabb died 15 Dec 1948 at Shelbyville, Shelby co, Ky, Usa .
Lena Katherine Van Meter died 9 Aug 1935 at Eminence, Henry co, Ky, Usa .