Person:Abraham Crites (1)

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Abraham Crites
b.5 Aug 1826 Missouri
d.Abt 1880 (20 Mar) Erath County, Texas
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Name Abraham Crites
Gender Male
Birth? 5 Aug 1826 Missouri
Marriage to Sarah Elizabeth Tinnin
Census? 1860 Erath County, Texas
Census? 1870 Erath County, Texas
Death? Abt 1880 (20 Mar) Erath County, Texas
Burial? Mitchell Bend Cemetery, Erath County, Texas

Name may be William Abraham Crites. That was the name on the death certificate of daughter Charity Crites Tye (certificate incorrectly showed surname of Price instead of Crites).

Death year is speculated by family members to be 1880.The death year on the grave marker is broken off. He was not in the 1880 census.

Texas Land and Title Abstracts: District: Milam, County Hood, Grantee Abraham Crites, 160 Acres, Class Mil3rd File 2232. No date. In 1859 the State of Texas gave each head of a family 160 acres of land if it was occupied and improved for three years and paid surveyors and patent fees which was about $10 - 12 dollars.