Cruce Family History
as recorded in our Original Family Bible
Three Cruce Brother's came from a small Island off the Coast of Spain, to Dublin Ireland and then came to the United States
wed-feb-20-2008- this is being copied from a tablet jessie cruce wrote in Aug-1-1998
born nov-28-1915 - died-oct-2006 at age 91
Some Cruce History by Jessie Cruce
wash cruce oldest Sister
Aug-1-1998
I Jessie Lowe Cruce Born Nov-28-1915 Near Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, (where club Drive Comes into Pleasant Hill Rd, Cruce Town.
There was an infant who died and was Buried at Sweet Water Chapel Cemetery, There is a marker for his grave. me and the infant were the first children of Avis Kate Arendell and Charlie Crawford Cruce
my grand father Stephen Obadiah Cruce and Elisabeth Jane Martin Lived in this Vicinity and Grampa Steve Cruce ran a big Cotton Gin, Cattle and sold cotton seed and fertilizer and there was a general Store on the corner
Stephen Obadiah Cruce and Elisabeth Jane Martin had the following children
Boys
Oliver Cruce
Jim Cruce
Glady
Emmett Cruce
Charlie Cruce
Claud Cruce
Girls
Ozella Cruce
Mattie Cruce
Molly Cruce
Minnie Cruce Rabun
Josephine Hazelriggs
in this story
Daddy being Charlie crawford Cruce
(the road called Cruse road in gwinnett Co. Ga, is spelled wrong and they named the wrong road Cruce rd)
Having a large Family like this and 2 slaves, it was called Cruce Town
Eash one had a Special Job to do
Charlie had charge of carrying the bales of cotton from Cruce Town to Decatur Street in Atlanta to Sell
after i was born Avis and Charlie moved to Braden near Harmony Grove Church, near Lilburn
Kimbrell and Brand run a Large General Store at the corner of Highway 29 and Braden dr
my mother was the only child (Grand Child to the Brand Family for 7 years)
This is where my Daddy met my Mother as the people traveling to see the cotton would stop at the store to rest and buy Supplies
my daddy had to look after the farm, some 400 to 500 acres
Grandpa Arendell since he and Grandmother Honorah Elizabeth both worked supervising the Fulton County Alms House for 35 Years
and only visited us from 12 noon on saturday and went back to Fulton County on Sunday at noon, Twice a Month
Later my daddy went to work for the city of atlanta as a street car conductor, from Decatur to Atlanta, Cost 5 Cents to ride to Atlanta and you could get a transfer out to Grants Park.
He Lived with Aunt Minnie and husband Willie Rabun
Uncle Willie Rabun ran a Large Furniture Store on Decatur Street and today i have a Chair i bought from Him
Later he went with Ford Motor Company on Ponce De leon near sears
I attended Braden School where the Fire House stands now on Harmony Grove Rd
later Tucker High School and Walked home from tucker in the afternoon
we moved to Coconut Grove FL, and i attended Dade County High School and Worked for the School Paper around the Lemun and have been a Lemon ever since
Wash Cruce was born in Coconut Grove Fl, Elizabeth Street
the reasom mama named him Wash, was because she had an uncle wash brand and he had a habit of getting mad and his face would turn red as fire, this happened to wash cruce, he did not like to ride and when we went to the beach he cried and his face turned red and we would have to carry him home
Daddy worked for Fleming Novelty Company Building Cabinets ete, for Large Ships
After about 7 years, we moved back to Tucker. Our furniture arrived at the Depot in Tucker and Daddy got Mr. Martin Yarbrough to help him bring it to the house at the corner of Braden Drive and 29 Hwy. That night lightning struck the house and burned everything we had. We moved to the house on Harmony Grove Road and later to Braden Drive.
On Braden Drive , Stevie Samuel was born. Two weeks after he was born, he took the Hooping Cough and we thought he was going to die, but Grandmother came home and took him over and he got better. then she took the Nursing Hooping Cough and was very sick for a long time. Later GrandDaddy Arendell did not like the house and we did not have enough room and he had our house moved to Braden Dr. and Hwy 29.
Later Mr. J. Shuttleworth had the 9 room house across the street and gramp bought it and the property and got Mr. Elmer Farmer and Joe Shaffer to finish the inside making plenty of room for 8 people and only one bath.
I had one sister named Sadie Jane Cruce Bryson, James R. Cruce, Charlie Curran Cruce, Wash Cruce and Stephen Samuel Cruce.
Sadie married Howell Bryson, James Robert Cruce married Evelyn Woodall, Charles Curran married Mildred Brand. Wash married Ethel McGinnis and Steve married Evelyn Smith. As for me, I have not had time to get married.
All three of the boys were in the Service (World War II) all in Soldier Uniforms except Steve, he was in the Marines... stationed at Paris Island, N.C.
Grandaddy Arendell put Sadie and me through business school. Halton Business School in Atlanta. Daddy had to carry us in the morning and pick us up in the afternoon driving a T-Model Pick Up truck. My first job after getting my diploma was with Phillips Sullivan and Pharr Attorneys at Lawrenceville. It was a grand experience. Later went with Judge P. Cooley, Judge of the Piedmont Circuit.
Mr. Pharr ran for representation for this Circuit and needed a secretary for his office in Atlanta. I answered an ad in the paper that General Shae needed an experienced secretary----I answered the ad and got the job. Judge Coley did not want me to go---- The Shae Company job lasted me 2 weeks.
Two weeks i went to work for Mr. Pharr and worked for the House and Senate while they were in session
Luke's Chapel Methodist Episcopal (South) Copyright Date 1911
Luke's Chapel was organized September 18, 1909, and is located in Martin's
district near Cruce's store.
It was organized with the following members: A. J.
Doby, Mr. A. J. Doby, W. J. Long, Mrs. W .J. Long, W. B. Rabern, Mrs. W. B.
Rabern, Mrs. Dalph Allen, S. O. Cruce, O. B. Cruce, C. C. Cruce, J. J. Cruce,
Ozella Cruce, Mattie Cruce, Mollie Cruce, Mrs. M. E. Corley, Sarah Cooper, Mray
Cooper, D. M. Davis, Mrs. D. M. Davis, Amanda Davis, Nancy Davis, R. S. Wells,
Jane Wells, Emma Wells, Fannie Wells, Alice Martin, Sarah Doby, Amanda Adams,
Mrs. S. D. Adams, Mrs. A. L. Adams, W. J. Doby, J. A. Jones, M. J. Bowen, W. P.
Jackson, Fannie Jackson, Mrs. M. E. Morgan.
A good building was erected soon after the church was organized and is valued
at $1500.
Rev. J. W. Stipes was the pastor in 1910 and received 51 members. Rev. A. E.
Scott is the present pastor. A. J. Doby is at the head of the Sunday school,
which is attended by about 100 students. He is assisted by S. D. Adams; and
Clifford Doby is secretary. Fanny Terry, Anis Guthrie, Lonnie Butler, Rubie
Wright, C. M. Cooper, E. W. Casy, Lucy Guthrie, teachers.
Names of members of the church, August, 1911: A. J. Doby, Mrs. A. J. Doby, Lucy
Doby, W. J. Long, Mrs. W. J. Long, W. B, Rabern, Mrs. W. B. Rabern, Isabella
Terry, Annie Terry, Fannie Terry, Mrs. Dolph Allen, S. O. Cruce, J. J. Cruce, C. C. Cruce, O. B. Cruce, Ozella Cruce, Mattie Cruce, Mollie Cruce, Mrs. VV. E. Corley, Sarah Cooper, Mary Cooper, D. M. Davis, Mrs. D. M. Davis, Annie Davis, Nancy Davis, R. S. Wells, Jane Wells, Emma Wells, Fannie Wells, Alice Martin, Sarah Doby, Amanda Adams, S. D. Adams, Mrs. A. L. Adams, M. J Doby, J. A. Jones,
Ethel Jones, M. J. Bowen, Ruth Long, Grace Long, Minnie Rabern, Clifford Doby,
Allen Doby, Dora Jones, Garland Adams, Annie Guthrie, Lucy Guthrie, Nem Guthrie,
Lemsie Butler, Obie Cruce, W. P. Jackson, Fannie Jackson, Nan Harland, Lewis Harland, Jack Harland, Gordon Dayjs, Newton Davis, Mattie Davis, Ozora Cruce,
Edna Cruce, Will Jackson, Austin Martin, Lula Martin, Lena Martin, Lois Doby, Lora Doby, Lela Terry, Luther Terry, Bertha Adams, Nora Adams, Flora Adams, Emmett Rabern, Joseph Rabern, Clarence Mason, Cliff Mason, Thomas Adams, Guy Tatum, W. T. Wright, Anna Doby, May Jackson, Fayette Davis, Eugene Sullivan, Orlanda Sullivan, Dora Adams, Mrs. M. E. Morgan, Anna Wright, Clara Terry, Lula Jones, Mrs. R. T. Hopkins, J. W. Jones, Nancy Jones, Wayne Jones, Mamie Jones, Lula Jones.
Cruce Home Place
(Stephen Obadiah Cruce) old home place
Cruce Road in Gwinnett County Ga
ole lady Corley accross the road from the church had Gwinnett County change the road sign to (cruse) said the people name was cruse and had a big Cotton Gin, lol, you could see the big cruces cotton gin for years on the corner of shackleford rd (now named Club Drive) and the Cruce general store was on the other side of the road on the corner
SweetWater Church in Gwinnett County Ga
Stephen Obadiah Cruce and Elisabeth Jane Martin Cruce are buried here with some of there childern, and the 2 slaves of the Family are buried at the back with stone markers, they stayed with the family after the civil war (can't find any records of there names)
85 at pleasant hill rd
when they cut 85 expressway in, it took some of the 500 acres of the Cruces Land
Our Old Home Place
on Harmony Grove Road
Coconut Grove FL
Jesse Cruce
Gwinnett Journal
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Saturday, February 25, 1922
JOE AND ORIN SIMPSON BURIED WEDNESDAY
Funeral services over the remains of Joe and Orin Simpson, who were shot by Deputy Victor Dowis during a search of their automobile for whisky Monday afternoon at 4:30 on the Duluth road, were held Wednesday at 4:30 at Mr. Carmel.
The young men were sons of Mr. Joesph H. and Mrs. Naomi Moon Simpson, deceased, and were farmers residing near Cruce’s Store. Joseph H. Simpson was 32 years of age and is said to have borne an excellent reputation. He married Miss Ella Corley and is the father of three small children. Oliver O. Simpson married Miss Pearl Paden, was 25 years of age and served in the world war.
A large group of people assembled to pay the last and tribute of respect to the young men. It is estimated that there were between two and three thousand people at the funeral.
Services were conducted by Rev. Walker Davis.
MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY D, 53d REGIMENT
GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
C. S. A.
COWETA AND HEARD COUNTIES
Cruce, Stephen Oliver- private May-6-1862, Killed at Sharpsburg, Md. September-17-1862
In the Middle 1800's
There was a Feud between two Brothers, one spelled there name Cruce, and the other spelled There's Cruse
A Big Clue to why there was a Feud is below
Company " I "
43rd. Georgia Infantry Regiment
FORSYTH COUNTY, GEORGIA
ZILLICOFFER GUARDS
Cruse, William (or Cruce) - private March 10, 1862. Took oath of allegiance to United States Government at Chattanooga, Tenn. July 14, 1864.
