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Cora Neel Crowder

Cora Neel Crowder

Female 1879 - 1923  (43 years)

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  • Name Cora Neel Crowder  [1
    Born 29 Sep 1879  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    • Cora's birth is recorded at FindAGrave (presumably from a marker) as 29 September 1880. However, the 1880 census recorded her as 8 months old, born the previous September.
    Gender Female 
    Census 17 Jun 1880  Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    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 4 Jun 1900  Joplin, Galena township, Jasper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    1. Blythe, Martha, head, white, male, August 1855, 44, widowed, 5 children 5 living, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, hotel keeper, can read and write, renting house
    2. Crower [Crowder], Bell, daughter, white, female, May 1877, 23, single, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri, can read and write
    3. Blythe, Addie, daughter, white, female, November 1882, 17, single, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri, can read and write
    4. _____, Baxter, son, white, male, November 1885, 4, single, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri, can read and write
    5. [Harmond?], M. B., boarder, white, male, May 1849, 51, married 18 years, Ohio, New Jersey, Ohio, real estate broker, can read and write
    6. Mindenhall [Mendenhall], Thomas, boarder, white, male, July 1864, 35, married 3 years, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, cement contractor, can read and write
    7. _____, Cora, boarder, white, female, September 1879, 20, married 3 years, 1 child 1 living, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, can read and write
    8. _____, James A., son, white, male, February 1898, 2, Missouri, Missouri, Pennsylvania
    9. Parmenter, Bell, servant, white, female, December 1881, 18, single, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, servant, can read and write
    10. Williams, S., boarder, white, male, March 1866, 34, single, Illinois, North Carolina, Illinois, carpenter, can read and write
    11. Patton, F., boarder, white, male, July 1871, 28, single, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, machinist, can read and write
    12. Lott, William, boarder, white, male, November 1862, 37, single, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, cement side[walk? work?], can read and write
    13. Mitchell, Charles, boarder, white, male, December 1874, 25, single, Kentucky, Vermont, Vermont, canvasser, can read and write
    14. Clay, Henry E., boarder, white, male, February 1871, 29, single, Kansas, Ohio, Illinois, attorney at law, can read and write
    15. Fitzgerald, Eugene, boarder, white, male, October 1876, 23, single, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
    16. Pierce, Charley F., boarder, white, male, June 1876, 23, single, Missouri, New York, New York, day laborer, can read and write
    17. Coffey, Be[nj?], boarder, white male, March 1871, 29, single, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, attorney at law, can read and write
    18. Clay, Scott W., boarder, white, male, August 1880, 19, single, Kansas, Ohio, Illinois, school teacher, cab read and write  
    Census 22 Apr 1910  Broadway (street), Geary, Geary township, Blaine County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    1. Mendenhall, Cora, head, female, white, 30, divorced, 1 child 1 living, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri, proprietress, hotel, can read and write, renting house
    2. _____, Avery, male, white, 12, single, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Missouri, attending school, can read and write
    3. Bliss, Mary, servant, female, white, 23, single, Kansas, Germany, Germany, cook, hotel, can read and write
    4. Holcomb, Jennie, servant, female, white, 24, single, Texas, Georgia, Texas, chambermaid, hotel, can read and write
    5. Nowell, Leonard, servant, male, white, 24, single, Texas, Alabama, Alabama, waiter, hotel, can read and write 
    Census 10 Jan 1920  Baker township, Crawford County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    1. Ready, Charles T., head, owns, mortgage, male, white, 34, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, farmer, home farm, own account, farm schedule no. 20
    2. _____, Cora N., wife, female, white, 40, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee
    3. _____, Victor L., son, male, white, 12, attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee
    4. Mendenhall, James A., step son, male, white, 21, single, can read and write, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Missouri, electrician, merchant marine
    5. Blythe, Martha, mother in law, female, white, 64, widowed, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois  
    Died 25 Feb 1923  [3
    • Missouri death certificate cannot be locate for Cora (Crowder) Mendenhall Ready. Her FindAGrave listing is under Cora Blythe, as was her sister's.

      It is not clear whether she was also divorced from her second husband, Thomas Ready, or not.
    Buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Cass County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I916  Full
    Last Modified 5 Sep 2014 

    Father Joshua T. Crowder,   b. 23 May 1849, Giles County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1879, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years) 
    Mother Martha Jane Taylor,   b. 25 Aug 1855, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1933, Kaw Township, Jackson County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 11 Jan 1874  Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Family ID F64  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Thomas H. Mendenhall,   b. Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 14 Oct 1896  Jackson County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Divorced Between 1900-1910  [6
    Children 
     1. James Avery Mendenhall,   b. 3 Feb 1898, 1206 E. 17th, Kaw township, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 5 Sep 2014 
    Family ID F1419  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Charles T. Ready,   b. Abt 1886, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Aft 1911  [10, 11, 12
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F1420  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [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.).

    2. [S51] Missouri, Howell - census 1880 (Ancestry), Missouri, Howell County, (http://www.ancestrry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

    3. [S4484] Lela Parris Koch, contributor, “Cora Blythe,” database, Pleasant Hill Cemetery (Pleasant Hill, Cass County, Missouri), memorial no. 66159430, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com/ : viewed 5 Sept 2014).

    4. [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.

    5. [S4479] 1900 U.S. census, Jasper County, Missouri, population schedule, Galena township, enumeration district (ED) 35, sheet 6A, p. 128 (stamped, recto), dwelling 113, family 120, Martha Blythe household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 Sept 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 865.

    6. [S4482] 1910 U.S. census, Blaine County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Geary (city), Geary township, enumeration district (ED) 31, sheet 65A (penned), p. 277 (stamped, recto), dwelling 94, family 101, Cora Mendenhall household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Sept 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1243.

    7. [S4483] 1920 U.S. census, Crawford County, Kansas, population schedule, Baker township, enumeration district (ED) 79, sheet 4A (penned), p. 4 (stamped, recto), dwelling 70, family 71, Charles T. Ready household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 5 Sept 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 528.

    8. [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.

    9. [S373] Missouri, Jackson - Jackson Co Marriage search online, ("Marriage Records Search," «i»Jackson County, Missouri: Department of Records«/i» (http://records.co.jackson.mo.us/localization/menu.asp)), entry for Cora N. Crowder - Thomas H. Mendenhall, marriage license no. 1896K0013596, Jackson County, Missouri (14 Oct 1896) (Reliability: 0), 20 Apr 2008.

    10. [S374] Kansas, Crawford - 1920 U.S. Census, Kansas, Crawford County, Baker township, Crawford County, Kansas, ED 79, sheet 4A (penned), dwelling 70, family 71, Charles T. Ready household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S40] Missouri - Death records 1910 - 1955 (MO Archives online), («i»Missouri Digital Heritage«/i» (http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/), "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1956," digital image,), entry for Ella Catharine Ready, death certificate no. 28491, Jackson County, Missouri (30 Aug 1911) (Reliability: 3).

    12. [S375] Missouri, Jackson - census 1910 (Ancestry), (1910 U.S. census, Jackson County, Missouri, population schedule), Kansas City Ward 1, ED 26, sheet no. 1B, dwelling 23, family 23, Charles T. Ready household; (Reliability: 3), 20 Apr 2008.