Decatur County, Indiana
Marriage Records 1852 - 1878 [Books H thru K]
Compiled by Ruth M. Slevin Part I - Grooms Part II - Brides

County: Decatur
Name: James W. Crubaugh
Spouse: Mary J. Mozingo
Marriage Date: 28 Mar 1865
Book: I
Original Source Page: 481

1870 BOONE, IN, MARION TWP, p 179 Series: M593 Roll: 300
CRUBAUGH, JAMES, 26, OH
Mary J, 24, IN
Emma A, 4, IN
Joseph W, 1, IN
Mays, Sarah, 21, IN
John E, 1, IN

1880 Mc Lean, IL, Old Town, p 395A Roll: T9_230
James Crubaugh, 36, OH, OH, NJ
Mary J, wife, 35, IN, KY, IN
Emma, daughter, 13, IN, OH, IN
Joseph, son, 11, IN, OH, IN
John, son, 9, IN, OH, IN
Lucy, daughter, 1, IL, OH, IN

1900 McLean, IL, Bloomington, ED 79, Sheet 11B Roll: T623 321
James Crubaugh, June 1842, 57, OH, OH, OH
Emma, wife, Mar 1864, 36, married 19 years, 7 children, 7 living, IN, KY, OH
Millard, son, July 1884, 15, IL, OH, IN
Oscar, son, Jan 1886, 14, IL, OH, IN
Florence E, daughter, July 1888, 11, IL, OH, IN
Clara M, daughter, Mar 1890, 10, IL, OH, IN
Lenard, son, Feb 1892, 8, IL, OH, IN
Bertha, daughter, Dec 1894, 5, IL, OH, IN
Dewey, son, Sep 1898, 1, IL, OH, IN

1910 McLean, IL, Bloomington Ward 5, ED 88, Sheet 3A Roll: T624_306
James Crubaugh, 66, widowed, OH, OH, OH
Oscar, son, 24, IL, OH, IL


Subject: James Wilson Crubaugh - married Mary Jane Mozingo
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 21:37:50 -0800
From: Gene Crubaugh
To:
...I am a grandson of James Wilson Crubaugh and can supply rather complete info regarding his ancestors and descendants.

I consider it an astounding fact that his two wives were related in unusual manner: He was married first to Mary Jane Mozingo who died between 1880-1882 and then to Emma Bell Bowman - whose mother was Mary Ann Mozingo, born 1830. His two wives were DOUBLE second cousins: their respective grandfathers were Mozingo brothers (Joseph and James) and their grandmothers were Clemmons sisters (Mary and Mildred).

James Wilson Crubaugh fathered four children with Mary Jane Mozingo and seven with Emma Bell Bowman. My father was James and Emma's first born. Shortly after giving birth to her seventh child with James, Emma deserted him and without bothering to get a divorce, ran away and married someone else with whom she had three more children! ...

Gene Crubaugh
Westlake Village, CAHis biography is located at page 108 of "Crubaugh, The American Story"
The 1880 McLean County, IL, census lists James as having been born in 1844.
James Crubaugh's two wives were DOUBLE second cousins. Their respective grandparents were Mozingo brothers who married Clemmons sisters. Note that both Bowman and Mozingo are "melungeon" names.

Due to mis-reading of unclear penmanship, Magings, rather than Mozingo, was recorded during the 1970's by M.F. "Jerry" Crubaugh as Mary Jane's maiden surname. "Crubaugh, The American Story" gives Mary Jane's maiden name as Hookersmith. This was because, at the time of her marriage to James Crubaugh, she was associated with the household of her step-father, Michael Hockersmith (read by the author as Hookersmith). The correct name, Mozingo, is on James and Mary Jane's 1865 Indiana wedding license.