William Hemphill "Bill" McCRERY

 

Submitter: Michael Edd Bonner

Husband: William Hemphill "Bill" McCRERY
Born: August 25, 1842 Place: Wilcox Co., AL
Married: September 22, 1868 Place: Freestone Co., TX
Died: February 4, 1893 Place: Freestone Co., TX
Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery Place: Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
Father: Rev. Joseph McCRERY
Mother: Mary Bonner
Other Spouses: none

Wife: Arabella Williams BONNER
Born: August 10, 1845 Place: Wilcox Co., AL
Died: August 1, 1903 Place: Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery Place: Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
Father: Dr. John BONNER
Mother: Eliza Feribry WILLIAMS
Other Spouses: none

Children:

1 Name: F Mary Eliza McCRERY
Born: September 8, 1869 Place: Freestone Co., TX
Died: March 30, 1918 Place: Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery Place: Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
Spouse 1: never married

2 Name: M Joseph Lee "Jodie" McCRERY
Born: January 6, 1871 Place: Freestone Co., TX
Died: July 3, 1954 Place: Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery Place: Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
Spouse 1: never married

3 Name: F Annie Jane McCRERY
Born: August 25, 1872 Place: Freestone Co., TX
Died: December 12, 1917 Place: Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery Place: Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
Spouse 1: Murphy WILLIAMS
Married: November 2, 1898 Place: TX

4 Name: F Margaret Belle "Maggie" McCRERY
Born: May 29, 1874 Place: Freestone Co., TX
Died: October 16, 1931 Place: Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery Place: Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
Spouse 1: none

5 Name: F Sue Bonner McCRERY
Born: March 8, 1876 Place: Freestone Co., TX
Died: January 20, 1956 Place: Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery Place: Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
Spouse 1: none

6 Name: F Martha Keziah "Cassie" McCRERY
Born: August 18, 1877 Place: Freestone Co., TX
Died: October 7, 1949 Place: TX
Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery Place: Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
Spouse 1: James Warren FERGUSON
Married: June 21, 1905 Place: TX
Spouse 2: Murphy WILLIAMS
Married: August 20, 1923 Place: Dallas, Dallas Co., TX

7 Name: F Sallie Irene McCRERY
Born: June 15, 1879 Place: Freestone Co., TX
Died: April 24, 1966 Place: TX
Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery Place: Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
Spouse 1: none

8 Name: M Willie Bradley McCRERY
Born: September 14, 1881 Place: Freestone Co., TX
Died: June 13, 1918 Place: El Paso, El Paso Co., TX
Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery Place: Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
Spouse 1: none

9 Name: F Florrie Bess McCRERY
Born: September 8, 1883 Place: Freestone Co., TX
Died:   Place: New York City, NY
Cemetery:   Place: Dallas, Dallas Co., TX
Spouse 1: Edwy Rolfe BROWN
Married: April 30, 1913 Place: TX

10 Name: M Johnnie Hemphill McCRERY
Born: April 18, 1886 Place: Freestone Co., TX
Died: June 9, 1976 Place: Dallas, Dallas Co., TX
Cemetery: Grove Hill Cemetery Place: Dallas, Dallas Co., TX
Spouse 1: James Newton MICHIE
Married: August 14, 1943 Place: TX

NOTES:
Bill McCrery's father died in a steamboat accident and he moved to Freestone Co. in 1853 with his grandfather, William Bonner, his guardian.  He served in the CSA and was a farmer and owned large acreage.  Arabella Bonner McCrery was the first music teacher in Stewards Mill and ledgers from the Stewards Mill store show money borrowed by customers to pay her.  Bill McCrery died of a heart attack on the way home from Fairfield and was buried in Fairfield.  His widow and 10 daughters moved to Corsicana and his body was reinterred there.  They were members of the Presbyterian Church.

SOURCES:
The Bonner Family History; Sue Bonner Thornton; 1972