Descendants of Joseph Dunken "Joe" Crowder

Joseph Dunken "Joe" Crowder

Joseph Dunken "Joe" Crowder was born 23 May 1878 in Hopkins County, Texas. He was the only child born to Green Ham Crowder and Ann E. Traylor. Joe and his mother were not living with Green when the 1880 census was taken. Ann Crowder was listed as the head of household in Precinct 2, Hopkins County, Texas.

Joseph Dunken "Joe" Crowder married Brooksie E. Henley about 1908 in Franklin County, Texas. She was born 11 August 1884 in Como, Hopkins County, Texas. She was the daughter of Ed Henley and Mary E. Page.

Children of JOSEPH CROWDER and BROOKSIE HENLEY are:

i. Leo Weldon Crowder was born 11 May 1909 in Pine Forest in Hopkins County, Texas. He earned a doctor of dental surgery degree from Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas in 1943. He did his residency in oral surgery at City-County Hospital in Fort Worth, which became John Peter Smith Hospital. Dr. Leo Weldon Crowder had a long dental career in Fort Worth and Abilene before retiring to Dallas in 1989. Leo was 95 years old whe he died 21 August 2004 from complications of congestive heart failure at his home in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. (Dallas Moring News (online obituaries at Ancestry.Com). He is buried in Hillcrest Memorial Park. Leo was married, his wife is still living.

ii. Loma Crowder was born 19 April 1914 in Hopkins County, Texas and died 21 September 1932. She is buried in Pine Forest Cemetery in Hopkins County, Texas (Section: 2 Row: AG)

iii. Eva Crowder was born 07 December 1919 in Hopkins County, Texas.

iv. Max Duron Crowder was born 27 January 1924 in Hopkins County, Texas and died 21 September 1959. He is buried in Pine Forest Cemetery - Hopkins County, Texas - Section: 2 Row: AG

Military service: Texas RM3 US Navy WW II

v. Female Crowder - survives

Joseph Dunken "Joe" Crowder died 25 March 1961.

Brooksie E. Henley died 06 February 1967 in Hopkins County Nursing Home in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas.

They are buried in Pine Forest Cemetery in Hopkins County, Texas

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Source Notes:
Joseph's middle name and date of birth came from his World War I Registration Card. He lived in Como, Texas when he registered for the draft on 12 Sept. 1918.

Joe Crowder was mentioned as a child of Green H. Crowder in a letter written by Mrs. Maud Biard Smith. Maud wrote to Celia Wright chairman of the Hopkins County Historical Survy Committee. The letter was dated 11 January 1956.

1880 Precinct 2, Hopkins, Texas - Page: 148A