GENERATION # 1 - DESTIMONY NASH CRABTREE

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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN THE WORLD CANNOT BE SEEN OR EVEN TOUCHED, THEY MUST BE FELT WITH THE HEART. - HELEN KELLER

DESTIMONY NASH CRABTREE - 11-24-1827 - 11-11-1916

Destimony Nash Crabtree was born 11-24-1827. She was the daughter of William Nash and Ceila Combs. She was married to Willliam Crabtree on 11-3-1844. He was born 4-24-1820 and died 7-17-1899. Destimony died ll-ll-1916. William and Destimony had 14 children. Their sixth child was Eliza Crabtree (Generation #2.) Destimony and William are buried in the William Crabtree family cemetery on Harts Creek in Russell County, Virginia.	GENERATION NUMBER TWO - ELIZA CRABTREE GILBERT 12-5-1855 -8-25-1888
JOHN CUMMINGS GILBERT - HUSBAND OF ELIZA	Eliza Crabtree was born December 5, 1855 in Russell County, Virginia. She was the daughter of William Crabtree and Destimony Combs. She married John Cummings Gilbert. Their children were Rufus, William Elbert, Bruce, Garland, and Martha Alice Gilbert. Martha Alice (Generation #3) was 20 months old when Eliza died giving birth. The child died also. John Cummings Gilbert later married Amanda Johnson and they had 9 children. They were Melvin, Sam, Zed, Joe, Asa, Lydia, Pearl, Eliza, and Hazel Gilbert. Martha said that her stepmother was good to them. John Cummings Gilbert was born March 4, 1858 and died April 20, 1937./
THE CHILDREN OF ELIZA AND JOHN GILBERT. LEFT TO RIGHT, MARTHA (GENERATION 3), RUFUS, WILLIAM E, BRUCE AND GARLAND GILBERT
DEATH CERTIFICATE OF DESTIMONY CRABTREE