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Family of Lucius Merrill CROOKS and Helen Louise Devere HUGGINS
Lucius Merrill CROOKS b. 1873 Dec 175338 at St Joseph Co., IN5338. d. 1931 Jun 204633 at Indiana Hotel, Concord, Elkhart Co., IN4633. bd. Mishawaka, IN4633.
Helen Louise Devere HUGGINS b. 1886 Jun 15338 at Elkhart, IN5338. d. 1953 Jan?3346.
Married5338 1909 Jan 95338 at Elkhart Co., IN5344. Lucius and Helen L D Huggins were married by Adrew U Ogilvie, clergyman. Their license was signed by George W Fleming, clerk, Elkhart Circuit Court, 9 Jan 1909. Their marriage was reported5339 as "secret" the following week. The announcement of their marriage5338 states that their friends were surprised by the announcement. The ceremony took place at the home of Mr and Mrs Chester Mixer, 218 West High Street, Elkhart, the home of Lucius sister. Attending the wedding were Lucius' mother Mrs Robert Crooks, Helen's father George Huggins of South Second Street, and Mr and Mrs Mixer. After the ceremony, the couple left by train for Harrisburg, PA, where Lucius' headquarters as a salesman for the Mishawaka Woolen Mfg Co. would be. They would "be at home" thereafter at the Bolten Hotel in Harrisburg.
The year after their marriage, Lucius and Helen Crooks resided5340 at (perhaps) a boarding house in Harrisburg, PA. Lucius is listed as a traveling salesman for a woolen factory. By 1918, Lucius and Helen resided221 in Elkhart, IN. His WWI draft registration provides his middle name. His occupation in 1918 was traveling salesman for Stephenson Underwear Mills of South Bend, IN.
Lucius M Crooks committed suicide4633 by taking cyanide of potassium, apparently at the Indiana Hotel in Concord, IN. He was widowed and a traveling salesman.
On Nov 18, 1914, Helen gave birth4636 to twin girls: Ruth Devere and Jean Louise Crooks. Ruth was the first born of the two.
The claim date3346 for the social security application of Helen L Crooks, born 1 Jun 1886, Elkhart, IN, was Jan 15, 1953.
Child 1. Jean
In the notes for the social security application3346 for Jean Louise Crooks: "Apr 1964: Name listed as LEAN LOUISE TAYLOR; 14 Aug 1989: Name listed as JEAN TAYLOR." In 1940, a Jean Crooks was a teacher (1940 census, House of the Good Shepherd, Omaha City, Nebraska), listed as age 25, single, born Indiana, res in 1935: Ottumwa, Iowa, occ: teaching private grade school. Jean Taylor (same social security no. in both SSN92 and social security application3346) died in July, 1989, last residence Los Angeles, California. No further information.
Child 2. Ruth
Ruth Crooks died at the age of 73 of acute renal failure. At the time of her death, she was a residence at a nursing home (Medco Center), 3811 Parnell Ave, Fort Wayne. She was unmarried, the daughter of Lucius M Crooks and Helen L Huggins.
Children of Lucius Merrill CROOKS and Helen Louise Devere HUGGINS:
| 1. | Jean Louise CROOKS5341 b. 1914 Nov 184636 at 830 Liberty St, Elkhart, IN4636. d. 1989 Jul3346 at (res) Los Angeles, CA92. |
| 2. | Ruth Devere CROOKS5341 b. 1914 Nov 184636 at 830 Liberty St, Elkhart, IN4636. d. 1988 Mar 44633 at Parkview Hosp, Fort Wayne, IN4633. bd. Southlawn Cem., South Bend, IN4633. |