Samuel Mayo McCroskey b. 28 Dec 1859 Monroe Co., TN d. 13 Feb 1953: Forney & Clark Genealogy Pages

1859 - 1953 (93 years)

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Name	Samuel Mayo McCroskey
Birth	28 Dec 1859	Monroe Co., TN
Gender	Male
Death	13 Feb 1953
Person ID	I9059	forneyclark
Last Modified	8 Sep 2026

Father	Solon (Rev.) McCroskey, b. 11 Jan 1830 d. 1910, Garfield, Whitman Co., WA (Age 79 years)
Mother	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
Family ID	F3594	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Margaret Alice "Maggie" Cochran, b. 3 Jul 1863, Madisonville, Monroe Co.,TN d. 25 Mar 1953 (Age 89 years)

Marriage 1886

Children

	1. Oscar Eugene McCroskey, b. 9 Oct 1887 d. 1 Jun 1894 (Age 6 years)
	2. Lois Ann McCroskey, b. 22 Feb 1891
	3. Samuel Lusker (Brigadier General) McCroskey, b. 4 Feb 1893, Colfax, Whitman Co., WA d. 3 Jun 1960, Arlington National Cem., Arlington, Arlington Co., VA (Age 67 years)
	4. Zelma Claire McCroskey

Family ID F3605 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 8 Sep 2026

Notes

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.
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.

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 125.
Family #688.
Samuel Mayo McCroskey(5)#688, son of Solon(4)#66, Samuel(3)#43, John(2)#20,
Samuel(1)#3, John #1. Born Dec. 28, 1869; m. in 1886 to Margaret Cochran.
Children:
· Oscar(6)#721 died at age 6 yrs.
· Lois(6)#722 b.------; m. Earl Dunlap
· Samuel Lusker(6)#723 b. ; m. Helen Stevens
· Zelma(6)#724 b. ; m. John Peddycord