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Note: Vital Information:
name: Joel Dwight Croxton [1,2,7,8]; J. Dwight Croxton [10]
father: Joel Erwin Croxton [7,8]; Joel Croxton [10]
mother: Josephine Alice Byrns [7,8]; Josephine Byrns [10]
born: December 13, 1892 [2,7,8,10]; Dec. 13, 1891 [3]; Dec. 14, 1892 [1]
in Huntsville Twp. [10], Schuyler Co., Illinois [1,7,8]
spouse: Bertha Edna Peck [10], m. October 19, 1916 [2,7,8,10] in Quincy [10], Adams Co., Illinois [8]
children: Byron Keith, Wallace Russell, Harold Lee, Joel Dwight, Jr. (Joel Jude), Robert Byrns, Billie Peck and Joan Dee Croxton [8]
died: June 3, 1989 [7,8,10], Saturday [10] in Huntsville Twp., Schuyler Co., Illinois [7,8] at home [10]
age: 96 [10]
buried: Huntsville Cemetery [10]
Other Information:
residence: 1918: "Croxton, J. Dwight (Bertha Peck) Ch Byron Keith; "Sunnyside Farm" Golden R1 Huntsville Sec21, O70a (1892) Tel. Farmer's Line Huntsville" [6]
occupation: Dwight Croxton is second oldest active farmer in Illinois. He is still working productively on his farm at the age of 96. [FarmWeek, 8/24/1987]
SSN: 321-32-2941 last residence: 62346 state of issue: IL
"J. D. Croxton and Sons of West Schuyler were represented on Chicago Market last Friday with the largest shipment of Charolais cattle ever received at yards, there being 115 head of steers and heifers, mostly their own raising." [11]
References:
1. FamilySearch Ancestral File 6RTB-HB.
2. Della Croxton Crandall, date book.
3. Fred Croxton.
4. Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4.
5. Social Security Death Index, surnames from A through L.
6. the Prairie Farmer's Directory of 1918.
7. Donna Croxton Boyd, Data Sheet for Joel Erwin Croxton, Josephine Alice Byrns and children.
8. Donna Croxton Boyd, Data Sheet for Joel Dwight Croxton, Bertha Edna Peck and children.
9. Donna Croxton Boyd, photocopy of family history of "J. Dwight and Bertha Croxton".
10. Donna Croxton Boyd, photocopy of obituary of J. Dwight Croxton.
11. The Rushville Times, July 15, 1971 and July 11, 2001, page 4, column 6.
Though Joel Erwin Croxton didn't think much of the soil conservation techniques proposed by the CCC, J. D. was a pioneer in conservation in Schuyler County. One CCC crew camped out in the front yard on the old home place, and built the dam in the gully across from the house. When the campers had extra food they gave it to JD and his family.
Other Information:
Victor Wood roomed with J. D. Croxton when the two were in school in Macomb.
FAMILY HISTORY -
J. Dwight Croxton and Bertha E. Peck were both born in Huntsville township and still live there. Dwight was born in 1892 and Bertha in 1897.
They were married in October of 1916 and started farming on seventy rented acres, with four horses, a cow and a few pigs, calves and chickens. Now, in 1983, the fields are dotted with green machines and cattle, but no milk cows or chickens.
J.D.'s grandfather, Elijah Croxton, came to Huntsville township in the 1850's, raised his family of five sons and five daughters there, with the exception of a few years in Oregon, where J.D.'s father, Joel, was born. Liking Illinois better, they came back - by boat to the Isthmus of Panama (no canal) then across the Gulf to New Orleans and up the Mississippi. What a trip that must have been!
Bertha's grandfather, Jacob Shank, also came to Illinois in the 1850's, from Indiana. He was born in Virginia in 1824 and also tried living in Ohio for a time. Bertha's mother, Addie Shank, married Alfred Peck. All their children, five sons and two daughters, were born on the same place Addie was born. Jacob Shank died there in 1924, making him a little over 100 years old.
Joel Croxton married Josephine Byrns of Brown county. He was a teacher there and Josephine was one of his pupils. They came to Schuyler County to live and continued there all their lives. They were the parents of three daughters and three sons, Dwight being the youngest.
Dwight and Bertha were blessed with six sons and one daughter - Byron Keith (deceased), Wallace Russell, Harold Lee, Joel Jr., Robert Byrns, Billie Peck (deceased) and Joan Dee Long. There are now nineteen grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren. In October of 1983 we celebrated our 67th wedding anniversary.
Elijah Croxton helped organize the Shiloh church in the 1860's and some of the Croxtons have attended there ever since. With a farm family on every 80 acres the church used to be filled, but no more, as time has brought many changes. The original building still stands and is in use every Sunday.
The Croxton's are of English ancestry and were potters by trade. There is a village in England called Croxton. Submitted by Bertha Croxton
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Two area farmers, Dwight Croxton and Melvin Vaughn were among the five finalists in the Illinois Department of Agriculture's quest for "Illinois' Oldest Active Farmer". They are both 94 and both are from Schuyler County. - The Rushville Times, September 9, 1987.
OBITUARY - J. Dwight Croxton Dies at His Home
J. Dwight Croxton, 96, a lifetime farmer in rural LaPraire, died Saturday, June 3, [1989] at his home.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, at the Roby Funeral Chapel in Rushville. The Rev. Jim Jenkins officiated along with two lay speakers, Lowell Knox and Mrs. Dixie Croxton, with burial in Huntsville Cemetery.
He was born Dec. 13, 1892, in Huntsville Township, the son [of] Joel and Josephine (Byrns) Croxton. He married Bertha Peck on Oct. 19, 1916 in Quincy.
He was a lifetime farmer and a member of the Shiloh Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Bertha; four sons, Wallace Croxton, Joel Croxton and Robert Croxton, all of LaPrairie and Harold Croxton of Coopersburg, Penn.; one daughter, Mrs. Les (Joan) Long, of Joliet; 19 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two sons, Brian Keith and Billy Peck, three sisters, Della Crandall, Maude Sapp and Mabel Crandall, and two brothers, Frank and Ralph Croxton.
Funeral Services were 10:30 A.M. Tuesday at Roby Funeral Chapel in Rushville, IL, the Rev. Jim Jenkins presiding. Pallbearers were Ron Croxton, Richard Croxton, Jim Croxton, Don Croxton, Dean Croxton, Greg Croxton, Fred Croxton, Haeger Long, Tracy Long.
OBITUARY EXTRACT - J. Dwight Croxton
CROXTON, J. Dwight; b: 13Dec1892, Huntsville, Schuyler Co., Il.; d: 3Jun1989, rural La Prairie, Il.; bu: Huntsville, Il.; m: Bertha Peck in October, 1916 in Quincy, Il.; fa: Joel Croxton; mo: Josephine Byrns. Survived by his wife; four sons: Wallace, Joel and Robert, all of La Prairie, and Harold of Coopersburg, Pa.; a daughter: Mrs. Les (Joan)( Long of Joliet; 19 grand and 32 g-grandchildren. Preceded by two sons: Brian Keith and Bill Peck Croxton; three sisters: Della Crandall, Maude Sapp and Mabel Crandall; and two brothers: Frank and Ralph.
- http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilmaga/morgan/ObitExtracts/cr.html
SSDI record: J D CROXTON 13 Dec 1892 03 Jun 1989
62346 (La Prairie, Adams, IL) (none specified) 321-32-2941 Illinois
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