Benana (Elliott) McCroskey is a darn difficult woman to find! All I have are tantalizing tidbits. I have a funeral notice...
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I have an obituary...
which I admit is really more than tidbits. The tantalizing tidbits are actually found in one of Alexander Judd Doran's notebooks. It simply states:
Benana Elliott Parents names. Father Benjamin Elliott.
Her mother was Angeline Crenshaw.
Benjamin Elliott died about Feb 1846
Angeline died 1864
While Benana Elliott was in a Federal prison in Marshall Mo Saline Co. She was 18 yrs old she never got to go to her mothers funeral. A negro slave came to the prison and told her that her mother was dead.
What?! Federal prison?! At 18?! Where?? And for what??
I don't have the faintest idea. I don't even know where to start. Benana (Elliott) McCroskey is a darn difficult woman to find!
Wow. That would haunt me. I would *have* to know. lol Make sure if you find out more that you update this post!
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