Solon (Rev.) McCroskey b. 11 Jan 1830 d. 1910 Garfield, Whitman Co., WA: Forney & Clark Genealogy Pages

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Name	Solon (Rev.) McCroskey
Birth	11 Jan 1830
Gender	Male
Death	1910	Garfield, Whitman Co., WA
Person ID	I9032	forneyclark
Last Modified	10 Jun 2026

Father	Samuel McCroskey, b. 24 Jul 1782 d. 28 Sep 1848, Burial: McCroskey Cem., Sweetwater, Monroe Co., TN (Age 66 years)
Mother	Sarah Tucker, b. 1 Nov 1808 d. 8 Aug 1841, Burial: McCroskey Cem., Sweetwater, Monroe Co., TN (Age 32 years)
Marriage	1 Jul 1828	Monroe Co., TN
Family ID	F3593	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Nancy Jane Mayo, b. 17 Jul 1828, Monroe Co., TN d. 27 Nov 1874, Monroe Co., TN; burial: Rockville/ Glenlock Cem., Monroe Co., TN (Age 46 years)

Marriage 24 Oct 1849

Children

	1. Sarah Grizzie McCroskey, b. 10 Nov 1850
	2. John Anderson McCroskey, b. 1852
	3. Sophronia Adelaide "Addie" McCroskey d. at 29 y/o
	4. George Gillespie McCroskey, b. 26 Sep 1854 d. 18 Jul 1876, Burial: Rockville/ Glenlock Cem., Monroe Co., TN (Age 21 years)
	5. Samuel Mayo McCroskey, b. 28 Dec 1859, Monroe Co., TN d. 13 Feb 1953 (Age 93 years)
	6. Solon Alexander McCroskey, b. 10 Feb 1863, Monroe Co., TN d. 5 Oct 1901 (Age 38 years)
	7. Ewing McCroskey, b. 8 Mar 1866, Monroe Co., TN d. 31 Aug 1955 (Age 89 years)
	8. William Edgar McCroskey, b. 5 May 1870 d. 17 Jun 1964, Spokane, WA (Age 94 years)

Family ID F3594 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 10 Jun 2026

Family 2 Sibby E. Eagleton, b. 7 Jun 1841, of Blount Co., TN

Marriage 16 Nov 1875

Children

	1. Theodore Eagleton McCroskey, b. 5 Sep 1877, Garfield, WA
	2. Harriet May McCroskey, b. 1878, Garfield, WA d. 9 Nov 1960 (Age 82 years)
	3. Robert Philander McCroskey, b. 6 Nov 1880 d. 26 Dec 1880, Burial: Rockville/ Glenlock Cem., Monroe Co., TN (Age 0 years)
	4. Bessie Josephine McCroskey, b. 29 Mar 1882, Garfield, WA d. 13 Aug 1902 (Age 20 years)

Family ID F3596 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 10 Jun 2026

Notes

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Source:
McCroskey Family History, A Partial History of the McCroskeys in America, by Warren N. McCroskey, published in Ft. Wayne, IN, Dec. 1993, revised Feb. 2003, page 104.
FAMILY LINE B, GENERATION 3.
Family #43.
Samuel McCroskey(3)#43, son of John(2)#20, Samuel(1)#3, John #1. Born July 24, 1782,
VA. Married in 1816 to(1) Mary McCullom, (2) in 1822 to Elizabeth Caroline Grant, (3) in 1828 to
Sara Tucker.
Lived in Monroe Co, TN, where all children were born.
Children: (with Mary McCullom)
· Harriet(Hettie) Ann(4)#71 b.-----; m. Harvey Hammontree
Children: (with Eliz. Grant)
· Emily(4)#72 b. ; m. G. A. Renshaw.
· Leonidas(4)#-- died at 5 yrs of age.
Children:(with Sara Tucker)
· Solon(4)#66 b. Jan. 11, 1830; m. (1) Nancy Jane Mayo, (2) Sibby Eagleton.
· Mary Elizabeth(4)#67 b.Nov.1, 1831 ; m. Thomas Clark.
· Leona(Lavina)(4)#68 b. Dec. 25, 1833; m. (1) James Humphries, (2) Alexander Eagleton.
· Sophronia(4)#69 b. 1/29/1836; d. 1906; m. James Porter.
· Samuel(4)#70 b. Jul. 14, 1838, d. Oct. 1928; m. Martha Ann Hoover.
· Sarah Josephine(4)#73 b. 7/29/1841; m. John M. Springer.
Forrest Brown also gives the following notes:
"------married (1)Nov. 12, 1816 to Mary McCullom who died 12 Dec. 1817 six weeks after the birth
of daughter Harriet Ann; married (2) July 4, 1822 to Elizabeth Caroline Grant d. 23 Aug. 1824,a
month after daughter Emily was born; m.(1) July 1, 1828 to Sara Tucker b. 1 Nov. 1808; d. 8
Aug.1841 ten days after birth of their sixth child. The children were then taken to live with their
aunt Lavina McCroskey and John Eagleton, near Maryville, TN" - from letter from Mrs. LaVera
Childress, May 1974.
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Source:
McCroskey Family History, A Partial History of the McCroskeys in America, by Warren N. McCroskey, published in Ft. Wayne, IN, Dec. 1993, revised Feb. 2003, page 110-111.
FAMILY LINE B, GENERATION 4.
Family #66.
Solon McCroskey(4)#66, son of Samuel(3)#43, John(2)#20, Samuel(1)#3, John #1. Born
Jan. 11, 1830, Monroe Co., Tenn.; d. Mar. 25, 1910, Garfield, Washington. Mother was Sara
Tucker. Was an early settler in the state of Washington. Married (1) to Nancy Mayo b. ca 1849, d.
1874, (2)to Sibbie Eagleton b. June 7,1841, d. Mar. 6, 1917, dau of Robert and Elizabeth Eagleton
of Blount Co., Tenn. Children: (with Nancy Mayo)
· John Anderson(5)#685 b. 9/28/1852; m. Elizabeth Lybarger.
· Sarah Grizzie(5)#686 b.11/10/1850; d. 8/25/1879
· George Gillespie(5)#696 b. d. at age of 22 years.
· Sophronia Adelaide “Addie”(5)#687 b. d. at age 29 yrs; m. Joseph Small.
· Samuel Mayo(5)#688 b. Dec. 28, 1859, Monroe Co., TN; d. Feb. 13, 1953; m. 1896 to
Margaret Cochran.
· Solon Alexander(5)#689 b. Feb. 10, 1863, Monroe Co., TN; d. Oct. 5, 1901; m. June 22, 1892
to Mary Alice Quisenberry.
· Ewing(5)#690 b. Mar. 8, 1866, Monroe Co., TN; Aug. 31, 1955; m. Stella Fryer.
· William Edgar(5)#691 b. May 5, 1870, Monroe Co., TN; d. June 17, 1964, Spokane, WA; m.
Margaret Rose Pickrell. Children: (with Sibbie Eagleton)
· Theodore Eagleton(5)#692 b. Sept. 5, 1877, Garfield, WA; d. ; m. Cora Stivers.
· Robert Philander(5)#694 b. Nov. 6, 1880, Garfield, WA; d. Dec. 26, 1880.
· Bessie Josephine(5)#695 b. Mar. 29, 1882, Garfield, WA; d. Aug. 13, 1902.
· Harriet May(5)#693 b. 1878, Garfield, WA; d. Nov. 9, 1960; m. William Elmer Orrison.
From Forrest Brown’s write-up, which quotes various sources, Solon McCroskey’s father
died in 1848, when Solon was 18, leaving the estate in Solon’s charge. In 1849, Solon married
Nancy Jane Mayo (perhaps a sister to Drs. Will & Charles Mayo of Mayo Clinic). Solon continued
farming, taught a Sunday School class, and took a deep interest in church work. In 1858, at the age
of 28, he decided to become a minister. He had already attended Hiawassee College, and now with a
wife and five children removed to Ewing and Jefferson College in Sullivan County where he studied
for two years. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he began preaching, which he continued until his
death in 1910. Solon did not enter the army, as ministers were exempt from military service, but his
sympathies were with the Union cause. “He spent the time during those agonizing days administering
to the suffering, meanwhile being a circuit rider preaching the gospel in the surrounding area.”( This
is probably quoted from GOODSPEED HISTORY OF EAST TENNESSEE-by Joseph Sharp.) In
1869, Solon sold his father’s homestead and purchased the Duncan farm on Upper Fork Creek near
his uncle John’s place. He lived there 17 years, farming and preaching. His first wife, Nancy Jane
Mayo, died Nov. 27, 1874. He then, at a later date, married Sibley E. Eagleton, with whom he had
four children. He sold his little farm and moved to Madisonville, the county seat of Monroe County.
Forrest quotes H. E. McCroskey: “In 1882, two of his sons, John and Solon Alexander, had
moved to Washington State, soon to be followed by Samuel and Ewing. Then, influenced by their
success and encouragement, Solon removed his remaining family from Madisonville to Garfield,
Washington, in 1892. He was pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church there for 17 years,
until his death, March 25, 1910. He was one of the most beloved pastors and benefactors of his
time. This, together with the character and devotion of his two wives, being handed down to their
dutiful and grateful posterity. (The nearest we were ever to Heaven was when, after our father’s
death, as a teen-ager we temporarily lived with him...a very great soul!). He is buried in the family
plot in Garfield cemetery...but he lives in our hearts.”
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Source:
Patty Peaslee directed us to this site:
http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/minister/McCroskeySolon.htm
Historical Foundation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America:
Susan Knight Gore, Director and Archivist:
Solon McCroskey, Cumberland Presbyterian Minister, 1830 - 1910:
Rev. Solon McCroskey, a well known and popular preacher of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and a resident of the Third Civil District of Monroe County, is a native of that county, born January 11, 1830, a son of Samuel and Sarah (Tucker) McCroskey, both natives of Tennessee and of Scotch-Irish and German descent, respectively. The father was a native of Sevier County, born July 24, 1782, and died in Monroe County, September 28, 1848. The mother was born in Jefferson County, November 1, 1808, and died in Monroe County, August 8, 1841. They were married in Monroe County, July 1, 1828, and spent all their married life on Fork Creek Valley, in that county. The father was a farmer, a Democrat in politics, and a prominent member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. For twenty years before his death he was an elder in that church. The mother was a member of the same, and a truly pious woman. The father was married three times: First, to Miss Mary McCollum, of Blount County, Tenn., November 12, 1816. She died December 26, 1817, leaving a daughter. July 4, 1822, he married Miss Elizabeth C. Grant, of Monroe County. She died August 23, 1824, leaving two children, a son and a daughter; the son died while still quite young. The third marriage was with our subject's mother, and of their family of six children, our subject is the eldest. He received a fair education in his youth, and attended Hiwassee College before his marriage. At about the age of twelve he embraced religion, but never entered the ministry until thirty-one years of age. He had thought of nothing but farming up to the time he was twenty-nine years of age, when he became convinced that he was called upon to preach the Gospel. He determined to secure a better education, and in the early part of 1860 he, with his wife and five children, moved to Ewing and Jefferson College, Blount County, where he attended school about two years. He then returned to Monroe County, settled on his farm, and since that time has administered to the spiritual wants of his fellow-men, being constantly in the work for the last fifteen years, and has served congregations in Monroe, Blount, and McMinn Counties. The following are some of the important charges he has served as pastor: The Madisonville congregation for the last twelve or fifteen years of his twenty-two years of ministry; Rockville, Monroe Co., since 1869, except one year. He organized Rockville Church, and at the same time gave half of his time to the Sweetwater congregation for three years. About ten years ago he organized a church in Blount County, near Maryville, and has been a preacher for this congregation ever since, except three years. He is now pastor of the following churches: Madisonville, Rockville, Monroe County, Holston Church, Blount County, and Springfield, also in Blount County. Our subject has been married twice, the first time, October 24, 1849, to Miss Nancy J. Mayo, daughter of the late Rev. B. H. Mayo, of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She was born in Monroe County, July 17, 1828, and died in the same county, November 27, 1874. November 16, 1875, Mr. McCroskey married Miss Sibby E. Eagleton, of Blount County, Tenn., born June 7, 1841. He became the father of eight children by his first marriage, three of whom are dead, and four by his second marriage, one son being deceased. His first wife was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and his second wife is a member of the same church. Our subject is independent in politics, is a strong Prohibitionist, and is working for the party. He has a son, John A. McCroskey, in Greene County, Mo., who is also laboring in the ministry.
[Source: Goodspeed - Monroe County, Tennessee. Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1887]
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Source:
SEE DEDE HARRILL & JOY LOCKE'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
Lary McCroskey refers to Dede Harrill & Joy Locke's site which has the following request: This TNGenWeb Project website is hosted by USGenNet, a nonprofit web-hosting service solely supported by tax-deductible donations. If this website has provided you with useful information, please consider making a donation to USGenNet to help keep websites like this online.
Dede Harrill & Joy Locke's site:
http://www.tngennet.org/monroe/mccroskey/mccroskey.htm
McCroskey Cemetery & McCroskeys in Rockville / Glenlock Cemetery in Monroe County, Tennessee
Project By: Dede Harrill & Joy Locke
Photographed by: Joy Locke March 2009
Headstones (PHOTOS OF THE HEADSTONES ARE ENHANCED FOR EASY READING):

John McCroskey-older stone March 17, 1788 - Nov. 10, 1866. Married 1st Lucinda Ann Grant and 2nd Priscilla McCray. S/o John Blair McCroskey
John McCroskey-newer stone March 17, 1788 - Nov. 10, 1866.
Lucinda Ann McCroskey Aug. 15, 1799 - Mar. 21, 1833. D/o Reubin & Temperance Freeman Grant. 1st W/o John McCroskey
Priscilla McCroskey Dec. 28, 1808 - Nov. 23, 1879. 2nd W/o John McCroskey. D/o Henry & Mary Moore McCray
Franklin K. McCroskey Dec. 17, 1824 - Aug. 8, 1853. S/o John & Lucinda Ann McCroskey
James F.G. McCroskey Nov. 8, 1826 - Sep. 4, 1828. S/o John & Lucinda Ann McCroskey
Mary Irene McCroskey-broken stone Aug. 3, 1875 - Feb. 24, 1876. 1st born of Benj. B. & Irene C. Barratt McCroskey. Benj. S/o John and Priscilla McCroskey.
Nancy T. McCroskey Jan. 27, 1823 - Aug. 16, 1824. D/o John & Lucinda Ann McCroskey
Patrick H. McCroskey Dec. 2, 1830 - Dec. 25, 1852. S/o John & Lucinda Ann McCroskey. Died of cholera on board the steamship Cortez, on her passage from Panama to San Francisco, Cal on the 25th of Dec. 1852. Aged 22 yrs, 23 d's. His body was committed to the Pacific Ocean in Lat. 11 N. Long. 88 58 West from Greenwich. (traveling with brother Joshua P.T.)
Samuel McCroskey July 24, 1782 - Sep. 28, 1848. S/o John Blair McCroskey & brother to John
Mary McCollum McCroskey: Died Dec. 26, 1817-no stone. 1st W/o Samuel McCroskey, md. Nov. 12 1816 Blount Co., Tn
Elizabeth C. Grant McCroskey Mar. 19, 1804 - Aug. 23, 1824. 2nd W/o Samuel McCroskey.
Sarah Tucker McCroskey Nov. 1, 1808 - Aug. 8, 1841. 3rd W/o Samuel McCroskey.
Thomas Rowland McCroskey-broken stone ____, 1880 - Oct. 4, 1880. S/o Henry Montgomery & Mary E. Pearce McCroskey. Hard to read
infant Gallaher: July 22, 1881 - July 22, 1881. S/o A.H. Gallaher. We could not find the stone
Joseph F. Magill Feb. 14, 1882 - Mar. 9, 1882. S/o Willie N. & Sadie H. Peck Magill. Don't know of any relationship to McCroskeys

McCroskeys buried in Rockville / Glenlock Cemetery
Nancy Jane Mayo McCroskey-broken stone July 17, 1828 - Nov. 27, 1874 - Age 46 years. W/o Rev. Solon McCroskey who died in Garfield, Wa. & S/o Samuel & Sarah Tucker McCroskey. Solon md. 2nd Sibby Eliz. Eagleton.
George C. McCroskey Sep. 26, 1854 - July 18, 1876. S/o Solon & Nancy J. Mayo McCroskey
Robert F. McCroskey Nov. 6, 1880 - Dec. 26, 1880. S/o Solon & Sibby Eliz. Eagleton McCroskey
Sarah C. McCroskey Nov. 10, 1850 - Aug. 25, 187?. D/o Solon & Nancy J. Mayo McCroskey

"The McCroskey Families, along with other well-recognized families, helped to pave the way for the early settlements in Washington, Jefferson, Sevier, Blount, and Monroe Counties. The McCroskey, Montgomery, McCray, Nodding, Grant, Gallaher, Cunningham, Houston, Barrett, Mayo, Eagleton, Gilbreath, and Hope families make up a modern day “Who’s Who in History.” A McCroskey Family Tree shows family connections to all of these families mentioned as well as others that we read about in TN History. These families had close ties to the Presbyterian Church and played an important part in its organization in America.They served their country well with many taking part in a number of military campaigns.
John Blair McCroskey served in the Revolutinary War, fought at King’s Mountain and in several Indian skirmishes (Pension # S2781). His wife was Ann Montgomery. Two of his sons, John McCroskey and Samuel McCroskey settled in Fork Creek Valley, east of Sweetwater, in Monroe Co., TN. John McCroskey was the first High Sheriff (1820 – 1830) in Monroe Co. and his brother, Samuel was the first Postmaster in Morganton and both held a number of political offices for many years. Their descendants became lawyers, educators, ministers, owners of various businesses, farmers, as well as serving in a number of political positions. Many of their descendants settled into other areas of TN as well as California and Washington State." (Text by Dede Harrill & Joy Locke)
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