Ladora "Dora" Jane Crowder

1875 - 1961  (85 years)

• Name	Ladora "Dora" Jane Crowder  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	Death certificate names her only as Dora J.
  Born	10 Dec 1875	West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [2, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Census	17 Jun 1880	Chapel township, Howell County, MIssouri, USA   [5]
  	1. Crowder, M. Jane, white, female, 25, widowed, keeping house, Arkansas, Tennessee, Illinois 2. _____, L. Jane, white, female, 5, daughter, at home, attending school, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas 3. _____, L. Bell, white, female, 3, daughter, at home, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas 4. _____, J. Cora, white, female, 8 months, born in September, daughter, at home, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas 5. Taylor, S Ann, white, female, sister, single, at home, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois 6. _____, N. Susan, white, female, 16, sister, at home, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois 7. _____, L. Benton, white, male, 22, brother, single, farm labor, Arkansas, Tennessee, Illinois
  Census	29 Apr 1910	Pleasant Hill township, Cass County, Missouri, USA   [6]
  	1. Blythe, Martha J., head, female, white, 33, widowed, 5 children 5 living, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, own income, can read and write, owns, free of mortgage, home 2. Crowder, Bell, daughter, female, white, 29, single, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, can read and write 3. Moran, Dora, daughter, female, white, 33, widowed, 1 child 1 living, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, can read and write 4. _____, May, granddaughter, female, white, 19, single, Utah, Pennsylvania, Missouri, can read and write
  Residence	1916	1526 Central, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA   [7]
  Died	7 Nov 1961	3612 Wyandotte St., Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA   [4, 8]
  Obituary	8 Nov 1961	Kansas City, Jackson County, MIssouri, USA   [8]
  	Obituary, Dora J. (Crowder) Moran Foster, Kansas City Times "Mrs. Dora J. Foster. Mrs. Dora J. Foster, 85, of 3612 Wyandotte, died testerday at the home. Mrs. Foster was born in West Plains, Mo., and lived here for 74 years. There are no immediate survivors. Services will be held at 10 o?clock Friday at the Newcomer chapel, Brush Creek and the Paseo; graveside services at 12 o?clock at the cemetery in Pleasant Hill."
  Parents	Death certificate named father as "Unknown Crowder" and mother as "Martha J. Taylor." It named her husband as John Foster.  [4]
  Buried	Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Cass County, Missouri, USA   [4, 9]
  	Oddly, Dora's FindAGrave entry is under the name Dora J. Blythe. The marker was not photographed, so it is not clear if that name is on the marker. However, Dora was born the daughter of Joshua T. Crowder, who died when she was just 4 years old. Her mother subsequently married Aron/Aaron Blythe. Dora married first a Moran and then a Foster. She appears in Kansas City directories as Dora Foster and her death certificate is in that name.
  Person ID	I914	Full
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	Joshua T. Crowder,   b. 23 May 1849, Giles County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 9 Mar 1879, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 29 years)
  Mother	Martha Jane Taylor,   b. 25 Aug 1855, Arkansas, USA ,   d. 21 Oct 1933, Kaw Township, Jackson County, Missouri  (Age 78 years)
  Married	11 Jan 1874	Howell County, Missouri, USA   [10]
  Family ID	F64	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Thomas F. Moran,   b. Abt 1860, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 9 Oct 1894, Salt Lake City, Utah  (Age ~ 34 years)
  Married	25 May 1889	Jackson County, Missouri, USA   [11]
  	Married by Henry Hopkins, minister of the Congregational Church. License issued 19 May 1889.
  Children	1. May Moran,   b. Abt 1892, Utah, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2014
  Family ID	F1418	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	John Foster,   b. Abt 1879, Oklahoma, USA ,   d. After 1910  (Age ~ 32 years)
  Married	16 Jul 1910	Cass County, Missouri, USA   [12]
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2014
  Family ID	F928	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S450] Crowder, Joshua T. - homestead file, (Joshua T. Crowder, homestead certificate no. 2595; Ironton, Missouri, Land Office; Bureau of Land Management; Record Group 49; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.). [S51] Missouri, Howell - census 1880 (Ancestry), Missouri, Howell County, (http://www.ancestrry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). [S42] Missouri, Howell - Probate Records (court house), Missouri. Howell County. Probate Court Record, Howell County, MO 9 February 1892 Estate of Jane E. Crowder Dec'd Thomas N. Walker Admin. Final Settlement Now on this day comes Thomas N. Walker Administrator of said estate and makes his final settlement showing a balance on hand of $302.79 as belonging to the heirs of Joshua Crowder who are Dora, Lydia B. and Cora J. Crowder minors and the heirs of Martha Jane Miller (formerly Crowder) Letta L., Luther J., & Charles G. Hunt. Each set of heirs, heir one half thereof except $54.45 heretofore advanced to Lula L. Hunt. Said administrator also files his proof of publication of notice of his intentions to make final settlement at this term of court. [S4475] Missouri State Board of Health, death certificate no. 61-041042 (1961), Dora J. Foster, Jackson County; "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1962," digital images, Missouri Digital Heritage (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives : downloaded 24 Sept 2014); Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. [S4481] 1880 U. S. census, Howell County, Misosuri, population schedule, Chapel township, enumeration district (ED) 52, p. 23 (penned, recto), p. 468 (stamped, recto), dwelling 183, family 183, M. Jane Crowder household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 5 September 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 691. [S4469] 1910 U.S. census, Cass County, Missouri, population schedule, Pleasant Hill township, enumeration district (ED) 41, sheet 17B (penned), p. 245 (stamped, verso), dwelling 447, family 448, Martha J. Blythe household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 Sept 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 770. [S4476] 1916 Kansas City Missouri: City Directory (Kansas City, Mo..: Gate City Directory Co., [1917?]), 708, for Dora J. Foster; "U. S. City Directories, 1821-1989," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 Sept 2014). image 375. [S4477] “Deaths: Mrs. Dora J. Foster,” Kansas City (Missouri) Times, 8 November 1961, p. 19, col. 5; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 4 September 2014). [S4478] Lela Parris Koch, contributor, “Dora J. Blythe,” database, Pleasant Hill Cemetery (Pleasant Hill, Cass County, Missouri), memorial no. 66159450, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com/ : viewed 4 Sept 2014). [S3976] Howell County, Missouri, marriage certificate, Marriage Book [1874]: 47, Joshua Crowder-Martha J. Taylor, 11 January 1874; digital image, "Missouri Marriage Records, 1850-2002," Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 October 2013); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. [S4470] Jackson County, Missouri, marriage book [1889]:349, license no. 1972, Thomas F. Moran-Dora Crowder, 25 May 1889; "Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 Sept 2014); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. . [S4473] Cass County, Missouri, marriage book [1910]:309, license and return, John Foster-Dora J. Moran, 16 July 1910; "Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 Sept 2014); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. .