Born in 1856, in Wayne County, Illinois, to John and Catherine Sexton-Trotter.
Married Felix Grundy Wilkerson on June 18, 1871. Their divorce final on Feb 2, 1876.
Birth of their daughter Ollie Wilkerson came in April of1876 - a month following divorce.
Mary and baby Ollie migrate from Illinois to California sometime before the 1880 census, where they are found residing in the Hueneme Township of Ventura County.
On July 10, 1880, Mary Trotter-Wilkerson marries Mr. Harrison Crumrine in Ventura County.
They have 4 sons and a daughter together, Charles Leroy, Wm Roscoe, Harvey Lawrence & Katherine Crumrine-Seavall.
They are found on the 1920 census, living in Santa Paula, Ca., with occupation listed as fruit growing farmers.
Harrison died in January of 1922, with Mary following a year behind him, in May of 1923.
Notes:
*On the 1880 census Mary described herself as "widowed", however Felix Grundy Wilkerson is found to have married twice more and didn't die until October 11, 1890. His 3rd wife was also named Mary (Mary Garrison), who is found on the 1880 census as his wife, along with their 2 children.
*Mary's daughter Ollie Wilkerson-Saxby is found married, living with Mary & Harrison Crumrine without her husband, on the 1900 census and cannot be found after that record.
Bio by Melissa S. Cervantez
1/7/2023
Inscription: MOTHER
Family Members
Spouse
Harrison Crumrine
1840–1922 (m. 1880)
Children
Charles Leroy Crumrine
1881–1946
William Roscoe Crumrine
1884–1955
Harvey Lawrence Crumrine
1887–1941
Katherine Juanita Crumrine Seavall
1891–1969
