Edith McCroskey

1890 - 1993  (103 years)

• Name	Edith McCroskey
  Birth	12 Jan 1890	Springview, Keya Paha Co., NE
  Gender	Female
  Death	31 May 1993	ColoradoSprings,ElPasoCo.,CO;bur:MemorialPkCem.,OklahomaCity,OklahomaCo.,OK
  Person ID	I3156	forneyclark
  Last Modified	31 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Harvey Chapman McCroskey,   b. 13 May 1859, what is now Roane Co., WV d. 1914, Lincoln, NE (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Flora Augusta Templeton,   b. 11 Nov 1866, Worchester, VT
  Marriage	8 Dec 1884	Wahoo, NE
  Family ID	F0445	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charles Reinhardt Zears,   b. Sep 1895, IL d. 29 Dec 1939, St. Louis Co., MO (Age ~ 44 years)
  Marriage	23 Jan 1921	Payne Co., OK
  Family ID	F1200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 May 2024

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		McCroskey, Cora Anne (1885-1981) & Francenah "Fran" McCroskey (1899-1980) & Mae Templeton & Edith McCroskey (1890-1993) Group/ Automobile photo of (L-R) Cora Anne McCroskey Doran & Francenah “Fran” McCroskey Lane & Mae Templeton & Edith McCroskey Zears was probably taken in Roane Co., WV. This picture is from McCroskey Family Tree by Kyle McCroskey. Photo was contributed by Mike McCroskey.
  		McCroskey, Ethyl (1893-1975) & Lola McCroskey (b. 1892) & Ira Burton McCroskey (1908-1994) & Francenah "Fran" McCroskey (1899-1980) & John McCroskey (1895-1978) & Edith McCroskey (1890-1993) & Harvey Theodore McCroskey (1904-1997) & Donald Byron McCroskey Group photo includes (L-R) Ethyl McCroskey Byrd & Lola McCroskey Barlow & Ira Burton McCroskey & Francenah "Fran" McCroskey Lane & John McCroskey & Edith McCroskey Zears & Harvey Theodore McCroskey & Donald Byron McCroskey. This picture came from McCroskey Family Tree by Kyle McCroskey. Photo was contributed by Mike McCroskey.
  		McCroskey, Edith (1890-1993) 2-Persons/ Birthday photo of (L-R) Edith McCroskey Zears & her friend, Thelma Crafton, came from McCroskey Family Tree by Kyle McCroskey. Photo was contributed by Mike McCroskey.
  		McCroskey, Edith (1890-1993) Individual photo of Edith McCroskey Zears came from McCroskey Family Tree by Kyle McCroskey. Photo was contributed by Caroline Carr by way of Mike McCroskey.

  
  

• Notes

  Source: McCroskey, Kyle. McCroskey Family Tree, Descendants of John McCroskey (1680-1757). 2000. Most of the information that concerns the McCroskey family including names, dates, places, census reports, documents, photos, and stories, came from Kyle McCroskey's book. Contributors to her book included Caroline Carr, Donna Clark, Patty Day, Earl McCroskey, George Woodrow McCroskey, Harold McCroskey, Kyle McCroskey, Mike McCroskey, Madaline Earl McEuen, Rosanna Payne, Ruth Peterson, Jo Speck, and Marge Wheeler. Special thanks went to Mark McCroskey and to Judith Hildreth. Source: https://oklahoman.com/article/2432341/edith-mccroskey-zears Published: Thu, June 3, 1993 12:00 AM Obituary: ZEARS Edith McCroskey, 103, longtime resident of Oklahoma City, died in Colorado Springs on May 31, 1993. Born in Springview, Ne., Jan. 12, 1890. Mrs. Zears came to Okla. in a covered wagon with her parents and several brothers and sisters in 1895. The family lived in Yale and later in Stillwater where she met and married Charles R. Zears (deceased). They moved to Okla. City in 1922. She taught business courses at Okla. A&M and Hill's Business Colleges, was a member of the Needlework Guild of America, the Holisso Study Club, and MacDowell Club of Allied Arts. She was a devoted member of Penn Ave. Methodist Church for many years until she left Okla. City. Survivors include two brothers, H.T. McCroskey of Sherman, Tx. and Ira B. McCroskey of Ponca City, Ok.; and many nieces and nephews and their families. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday at Penn Ave. Methodist Church with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. BIOG: NAME: Archive ID: 541512 Source: https://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/wla/pdfs/Zears,%20Edith%20McCroskey.pdf Women and Leadership Archives Loyola University Chicago Provenance: Katherine Durack donated her great-aunt’s papers to the Women and Leadership Archives in 2004 (WLA2004.06) Source: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCWV-DL9 Charles R Zears United States Census, 1930 Name: Charles R Zears Event Type: Census Event Date: 1930 • Event Place: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States • Gender: Male Age: 33 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race (Original): White Birth Year (Estimated): 1897 Birthplace: Illinois • Father's Birthplace: Illinois Mother's Birthplace: Illinois Relationship to Head of Household: Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head Sheet Letter: B Sheet Number: 14 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Charles R Zears Head Male 33 Illinois Edith Zears Wife Female 40 Nebraska Source: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M1-1QD6 Charles Reinhardt Zears Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995 Name: Charles Reinhardt Zears Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 23 Jan 1921 • Event Place: Payne, Oklahoma, United States • Gender: Male Age: 27 Race: White Birth Year (Estimated): 1894 Spouse's Name: Edith McCroskey Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 27 Spouse's Race: White Spouse's Race (Original): White Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1894