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Mary Stone Crispe

Female 1852 -


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  • Name Mary Stone Crispe 
    Born 6 Oct 1852  Cleveland, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID 7FC46D8B14897840AA9EFC2A0A0181018BBE 
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    • History of the Crispe Family
      (Includes picture of Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Crispe)
      The Bassett family inhabited the County of Kent, England, and their homestead was at West Peckham. George Bassett, the grandfather of Mrs. E.T. Crispe, was born at West Peckham, England, about the year 1774. He had a common school education. He was a man of medium size, and possessed an agreeable disposition. His wife was of slender stature. He died in 1843. His wife was 64 years old when she died. They had six children - Richard, Calab, George, Isabella, Martha and Mary. Of these children George was the father of Mrs. E.T. Crispe; he was born at West Peckham in 1802; he was a farmer by occupation, and when about twenty years old married Miss Mary Stone, and they resided at East Peckham, England. At the age of fifty-five he became totally blind. He was five feet, seven inches tall, and weighted about 150 pounds; he was a great lover of music, and was constantly heard whistling. In business affairs he was unusually strict, and of a rather retired nature. His wife, Miss Stone, was of Yalding, Kent, England; she was born in 1792, and in 1828 married George Bassett; she died in 1872 and was buried in Tunbridge, Kent. She was retired in disposition, and very industrious. The appearance of her home was her daily concern; and she was exceedingly neat and tidy in all she executed. She loved her children devotedly, and this affection bordered on worship. These parents were blessed with a family of five children - Mary, born 1829; Emma, born 1831; Caroline, born 1833; Julia, born 1836; and Martha, born 1839. Of these, Mary died single; Julia was married to Mr. Calab Bell, and their children are: George, Calab, Arthur, Emma, Ella, Herald and Alfred; Emma married Mr. E.T. Crispe; Martha married Dr. Maughn, no issue; Caroline died at the age of twenty-eight.
      Miss Emma Bassett, who married Mr. E.T. Crispe, is of special interest. She was born at East Peckham, England; was married on February 11, 1852, and emigrated with her husband to America, where her career complements that of her husband. She has inherited from her mother the great love of systematic housewifery, and her industrious figure is constantly striving to keep her home in neatest appearance. Her accomplishment in the art of cooking is known to all who have had the pleasure of her prandian preparations. The congenial disposition of which she is possessed has been an element in her nature which has characterized her through life. Their children are - Mary Stone (a), Edward Case (b), Julia Emma (c), William Howard (d), John Leonard (e), and Allie Needham (f).
      Mary Stone Crispe (a) is the first child of E.T. Crispe and Emma Bassett; was born in the city of Cleveland, October 6, 1852. From here she moved with her parents to Plainwell, Michigan. In the fall of 1857 she began to attend the Plainwell public school, and in 1870 she finished her course at the school and subsequently attended Plainwell high school for two years. In 1872, desirious of serving in the capacity of teacher, she took the county examnation for teacher, and having passed a satisfactory examination, was granted a third grade certificate. She was engaged as a teacher in the Silver Creek school, Kalamazoo county, and received $3.50 per week, inclusive of her board, for a period of five months. The next year she taught at Gum Plains Center at $6 per week and board for four months. On May 8, 1876, she was married to Mr. Delano, at the Baptist church, Kalamazoo. She has reared three loving children, and is a devoted mother. Her husband, William Delano, the first son of John S. Delano and Phoebe Nash, was born the 4th day of May, 1857, at Plainwell, Michigan. At the age of seven he began to attend the Gum Plains Center district school, and in 1869, at the age of eighteen, he completed the primary course of study. During this period he assisted in the farming of his father's large farm - 240 acres. He was eager to obtain a good education, and with sparings entered the Otsego high school, where he attended for upwards of three years. In the spring of 1872 his father rewarded him for his youthful industry by presenting to him forty acres of dense forest. Young William set out with vigilance to clear away the trees. In less than five years he had all the timber cut off and the land fit for the plow. After having prepared the land so it would yield sufficient provender for two people, he married Miss Mary Stone Crispe in the spring of 1876. His love for work, and his natural great energies, soon found insufficient employment on the forty acres, and he yearly rented from forty to eighty acres of neighboring land, and toiled with eager hands to found sufficient wealth to insure a comfortable living.
      To these parents were born three children - Raymond W., born June 23, 1877; Bernice M., born February 14, 1882; Richard C. born August 15, 1887. Mr. Delano is the immediate offspring of the pioneers of his portion of Michigan; he is a great lover of children, and proposes that his children shall receive a good education. His three children attend the Plainwell high school, and their daughter, Bernice, a bright and promising young lady, after teaching a term of school, took a special teacher's training course at the Nothern Indiana Normal school. She is at present teaching in the town of Plainwell, Michigan.
    Person ID I42  424B William & Jane Bassett of West Peckham, Kent, England
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2013 

    Father E.T. Crispe 
    Mother Emma Bassett,   c. 13 Nov 1831, East Peckham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 11 Feb 1852 
    Family ID F10  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Delano,   b. 4 May 1857, Plainwell, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 8 May 1876  Baptist Church, Kalamazoo, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Raymond W. Delano,   b. 23 Jun 1877
     2. Bernice M. Delano,   b. 14 Feb 1882
     3. Richard C. Delano,   b. 15 Aug 1887
    Family ID F12  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart