Mary Arden Crankfield was the second child of Jonathan Crankfield and Sara Emily Little (Crankfield) . She was probably born in South Carolina. According to Crankfield family historian, Virginia Bowen, she was called Arden because her grandmother, Lucy Wilson Crankfield, was in love with someone named Arden, but married Littleton. Shortly after Mary Arden was born, her family moved in 1836 to Alabama.

Pictured to the left is a map of Calhoun County, Alabama. Click on the map to enlarge it. Here is located the family farm on which Mary Arden grew up and where she and many of her descendants still live. She married Daniel Heifner about 1852. He is buried in the Busby cemetery near Chosen Spring Baptist Church, Calhoun County, Alabama. After Daniel Heifner died, Mary Arden married Benjamin E. Mount (b. 1836) in 1865. Her first four children were by Daniel Heifner and the last five were by Ben Mount. Mary Arden’s children were: (un/crank/crank-jpg/crank-22.jpg).

Sarah Heifner (b. 1853)

Walter Matthias Heifner (b. 1856)

Frank Heifner (b. 1862)

Virginius Heifner (b. 1863)

Emma Virginia Mount (1867-1942). She married James Dudley McCullers in 1884. He was a farmer. In his later years, he would write his two Alabama U.S. senators every few weeks to give his views. Emma and James Dudley McCullers had twenty children between 1885 and 1909. They were all born in Calhoun County, Alabama. Nine of the children did not make it to adulthood. The twenty children were:

1) Daniel Virginius McCullers (1885-1885).
2) Mary Alice McCullers (1886-1887).
3) Earnest Victor McCullers (1887-1887).
4) Jason McCullers (b. 1889), married Ollie Erwin in 1924. He served in World War I.
5) James Frank McCullers (1890-1954) married Lou Mount.
6) Carl Dudley McCullers (b. 1892) married Mildred Kelley in Santa Monica, California. He served in World War I. One of his granddaughters is Monet Holmquist.
7) Annie Arden McCullers (1893-1979). She married J. R. Bunch in 1909. They had three children: Mary Arden Bunch (b. 1919), Jason Rennie Bunch (b. 1921) and Elizabeth Virginia Bunch (b. 1923).
8) (baby) McCullers (1894-1894).
9) Euna McCullers (b. 1895). She married Berkley Alter Woodruff. He was a captain in the engineer corps in World War I. Euna was a nurse. During World War I she served in the Army nurse corps and later was a public health nurse in Columbia S.C.

Euna McCullers and Berkley Alter Woodruff had one child. This was Crankfield family historian, Virginia Woodruff Bowen. Virginia and her husband, Perry Bowen, live near Port Royal, Virginia on a farm called Oakenbrow. Their house is pictured to the left. Click on the picture to make it larger. Their son, Perry Bowne Jr., along with his dad, raise spinich on a large scale along with other crops. (un/crank/crank-jpg/crank-21.jpg).

10) Emma Virginia McCullers (b. 1896) was the tenth child of Emma and James Dudley McCullers. Emma Virginia married James Alfred Bottoms. They had five children. Their first child, Irma Christine Bottoms (b. 1917) married Arlie Hampton in 1938. From the union of Irma Christine and Arlie Hampton came Crankfield family historian, Arlene Hampton. If Littleton Crankfield is counted as the first generation, then Emma Mount McCullers was the fourth generation down and Arlene Hampton the seventh generation down from Littleton Crankfield. The other four children of Emma and James Alfred Bottoms were Edwina Katherine Bottoms, Euna Virginia Bottoms, Jimmie Bottoms and Ralph Lewis Bottoms.
11) (baby) McCullers (1897-1897).
12) Eugene Crankfield McCullers (1898-1906).
13) Fred Lewis McCullers (b. 1900). He married ______Bynum.
14) (boy twin) McCullers (1902-1902).
15) (girl twin) McCullers (1902-1902).
16) May Geneva McCullers (b. 1903). She married Dennis Pafe.
17) Paul McCullers (b. 1905). He married Amy Hall.
18) (baby) McCullers (1906-1906).
19) Ruth Clara McCullers (b. 1907). She married L. P. Morgan.
20) Myrtle Gertrude McCullers (b. 1909). (b. 1909). She married Lionel LeBourget.

Jonathan Mount (b. 1869)

Luther Mount (b. 1872)

Arthur Mount (1873-1874). He is buried at Busby Family Cemetery, Calhoun County, Alabama.

Josephine “Josie” Mount (b. 1877).