William Edgar McCroskey b. 5 May 1870 d. 17 Jun 1964 Spokane, WA: Forney & Clark Genealogy Pages

1870 - 1964 (94 years)

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Name	William Edgar McCroskey
Birth	5 May 1870
Gender	Male
Death	17 Jun 1964	Spokane, WA
Person ID	I9065	forneyclark
Last Modified	10 Jun 2026

Father	Solon (Rev.) McCroskey, b. 11 Jan 1830 d. 1910, Garfield, Whitman Co., WA (Age 79 years)
Mother	Nancy Jane Mayo, b. 17 Jul 1828, Monroe Co., TN d. 27 Nov 1874, Monroe Co., TN; burial: Rockville/ Glenlock Cem., Monroe Co., TN (Age 46 years)
Marriage	24 Oct 1849
Family ID	F3594	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Margaret Rose Pickrell
Family ID	F3609	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	10 Jun 2026

Notes

Source:
McCroskey Family History, A Partial History of the McCroskeys in America, by Warren N. McCroskey, published in Ft. Wayne, IN, Dec. 1993, revised Feb. 2003, page 110.
FAMILY LINE B, GENERATION 4.
Family #66.
Solon McCroskey(4)#66, son of Samuel(3)#43, John(2)#20, Samuel(1)#3, John #1. Born
Jan. 11, 1830, Monroe Co., Tenn.; d. Mar. 25, 1910, Garfield, Washington. Mother was Sara
Tucker. Was an early settler in the state of Washington. Married (1) to Nancy Mayo b. ca 1849, d.
1874, (2)to Sibbie Eagleton b. June 7,1841, d. Mar. 6, 1917, dau of Robert and Elizabeth Eagleton
of Blount Co., Tenn. Children: (with Nancy Mayo)
· John Anderson(5)#685 b. 9/28/1852; m. Elizabeth Lybarger.
· Sarah Grizzie(5)#686 b.11/10/1850; d. 8/25/1879
· George Gillespie(5)#696 b. d. at age of 22 years.
· Sophronia Adelaide “Addie”(5)#687 b. d. at age 29 yrs; m. Joseph Small.
· Samuel Mayo(5)#688 b. Dec. 28, 1859, Monroe Co., TN; d. Feb. 13, 1953; m. 1896 to
Margaret Cochran.
· Solon Alexander(5)#689 b. Feb. 10, 1863, Monroe Co., TN; d. Oct. 5, 1901; m. June 22, 1892
to Mary Alice Quisenberry.
· Ewing(5)#690 b. Mar. 8, 1866, Monroe Co., TN; Aug. 31, 1955; m. Stella Fryer.
· William Edgar(5)#691 b. May 5, 1870, Monroe Co., TN; d. June 17, 1964, Spokane, WA; m.
Margaret Rose Pickrell. Children: (with Sibbie Eagleton)
· Theodore Eagleton(5)#692 b. Sept. 5, 1877, Garfield, WA; d. ; m. Cora Stivers.
· Robert Philander(5)#694 b. Nov. 6, 1880, Garfield, WA; d. Dec. 26, 1880.
· Bessie Josephine(5)#695 b. Mar. 29, 1882, Garfield, WA; d. Aug. 13, 1902.
· Harriet May(5)#693 b. 1878, Garfield, WA; d. Nov. 9, 1960; m. William Elmer Orrison.