Myrtle Lee was born in 1902 in Court
House, Muhlenberg
County, Kentucky. She was the
daughter of Hugh F. Lee and Nettie M. Rust.
Myrtle was raised on the family farm in Court House, Muhlenberg County,
Kentucky.
Myrtle married David
Myers Crick around 1919 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She was 17 years old and he was 31
years. David was born on August 16, 1888
in Court House, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, the son of William Andrew Crick and Martha Jane Boggess.
Two years before his
marriage, David registered for the draft for the First World War. He registered in Muhlenberg County in June
1917. At that time, David was working as
a farmer. He was described as tall,
medium of build, with blue eyes and red hair.
David did not serve in the war.
After their marriage,
David and Myrtle lived and worked on a farm in Court House, Muhlenberg County,
Kentucky.
David and Myrtle were
the parents of four children:
Lenvil Jack Crick born September 6, 1920
Reva Nell Crick born June 3, 1922
Velma Louell Crick born July 21, 1924
David Wendell Crick born July 20, 1926
In 1930, David and
Myrtle and their children were living on a farm on Long Creek Valley Road in
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. David
managed the farm and employed workers to keep it running.
By 1940, the Crick
family was living and working on a farm on Highway 181 in Muhlenberg County,
Kentucky.
David Myers Crick died
on June 2, 1949 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
He died as a result of a tractor accident while working on his
farm. David was buried in the Friendship
Baptist Church Cemetery in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He was 60 years old at his death.
Myrtle remarried later
that same year to a neighbor who had lost his wife several years before. She married Elbert Taylor Grace on December
13, 1949 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
This was Elbert’s second marriage as well. Elbert was born on August 1, 1892 in
Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, the son of David O. Grace and Missouri
A. Cook.
Elbert Taylor Grace died
on December 28, 1968 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He was laid to rest beside his first wife,
Annie, in the Cherry Grove Cemetery in Weir, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Elbert was 76 years old at his death.
Myrtle remarried four years later to Harry Hall on January 19,
1973 in Logan County, Kentucky. She was
70 years old and he was 83 years. Harry
was a widower from Todd County, Kentucky.
He was born on January 9, 1890 in Kentucky, the son of Josephus G. Hall and Carrie Maude McGehee.
Harry Hall died nine years later, on March 26, 1982 in Grayson
County, Kentucky. He was laid to rest
next to his first wife, Mona Willis Hall, in the Slaughter Cemetery in Clifty,
Todd County, Kentucky. Harry was 92
years old at his death.
Myrtle Lee Crick Grace Hall died on May 1, 1987 in Muhlenberg
County, Kentucky. She was 84 years old
at her death.
Notes for Myrtle Lee
Birth & Death: “Myrtle C Hall,” Ancestry.com. Kentucky
Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
1910 US Census: “Myrtle
Lee,” Year: 1910; Census Place: Courthouse, Muhlenberg,
Kentucky; Roll: T624_497; Page: 14B; Enumeration
District: 0081; FHL microfilm: 1374510. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2006.
Marriage to
David: 1920 US Census
1920 US
Census: “Myrtle Crick,” Year: 1920;
Census Place: Court House, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T625_593;
Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 92; Image: 221. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
1930 US
Census: “Myrtle Crick,” Year: 1930;
Census Place: District 4, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 772;
Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0023; Image: 115.0;
FHL microfilm: 2340507. Ancestry.com. 1930
United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
1940 US
Census: “Myrtle
Crick,” Year: 1940; Census Place: Muhlenberg, Kentucky;
Roll: T627_1344; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 89-28. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2012.
Marriage to
Elbert: “Elbert Grace,” Ancestry.com. U.S.,
Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
(http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi) Accessed 24 May 2015
Marriage to
Harry: “Myrtle Grace,” Ancestry.com. Kentucky,
Marriage Index, 1973-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Notes for David Myer Crick
Birth: Draft
card
1900 US Census: “Davy
M Carek,” "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9H3-FCZ
: accessed 1 June 2015), Davy M Carek in household of William Carek,
Magisterial District 5, Court House (excl. Greenville city), Court House
Precinct, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States; citing sheet 2A, family 25, NARA
microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records
Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,545.
1910 US Census: “David
M Crick,” Year: 1910; Census Place: Courthouse, Muhlenberg,
Kentucky; Roll: T624_497; Page: 16A; Enumeration
District: 0081; FHL microfilm: 1374510. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2006.
Military: “David Myers Creek,” Registration State: Kentucky;
Registration County: Muhlenberg; Roll: 1653660. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft
Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Death: “David
Myers Crick,” Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Notes for Elbert Taylor Grace
Birth &
Death: “Elbert Grace,” Ancestry.com. U.S.,
Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT,
USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.
1900 US
Census: “Elbert T Grace,” Year: 1900;
Census Place: Court House, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 545;
Page: 10B; Enumeration District:0067; FHL microfilm: 1240545.
Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
1910 US
Census: “Elbert Grace,” Year: 1910;
Census Place: West Courthouse, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T624_496;
Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0085; FHL
microfilm: 1374509. Ancestry.com. 1910
United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Military: “Elbert Taylor Grace,” Registration State: Kentucky;
Registration County: Muhlenberg; Roll: 1653661. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft
Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
1940 US
Census: “Elbert J Grace,” Year: 1940;
Census Place: Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T627_1344;
Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 89-28. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2012.
Marriage to
Myrtle: Find A Grave Index
Burial: “Elbert Grace,” Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index,
1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2012.
(http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi) Accessed 24 May 2015
Notes for Harry Hall:
Birth: “Harry Hall,” Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death
Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2011.
1940 US
Census: “Harry Hall,” Year: 1940;
Census Place: Todd, Kentucky; Roll: T627_1358; Page: 13A;
Enumeration District: 110-2.
Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Death: “Harry Hall,” Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index,
1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2012.
(http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi) Accessed 2 June 2015
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