Mary Amelia Carr

Person/Family

Spouse 1

Benniah Eleanor ‘Benjamin’ Crippen (son of Nelson W. Crippen and Eleanor Swift)

+1.	Glen Oliver Crippen

Spouse 2

Milton Swartz

1.	LaVerne Milton Swartz (born LaVerne Hodgkins)

Sources

1. Find a Grave (website). Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, Mary Carr Swartz, born: 28 September 1876 in Elk County, Kansas [sic, she was born in Elkhart, Indiana, per several sources]; died: 6 November 1916 in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents, one sibling, one husband, and one child).
2. Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995, available at familysearch.org. Mary Amelia Schwartz [sic], died: 6 November 1916 in Niles, Michigan; age 40 years 1 month 8 days [constructed birth date: 29 September 1876]; birthplace: Indiana; father: J. P. Carr, born in New York; mother: [?] Enos, born in Michigan.
3. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Michigan, Berrien County, Buchanan Township, Enumeration District 62, Sheet No. 15A, family of Benjamin Crippen (26, Michigan, Apr 1874, machinist); wife of 5 years Mary A. Crippen (24, Indiana, Sep 1875, 1 child, 1 living); son Glenn O. Crippin (4, Michigan, Oct 1895); mother Elnor Crippin (57, Michigan, June 1843, 1 child, 1 living [sic, she had at least five children]).
4. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Michigan, Berrien County, Niles Township, E.D. 82, Sheet No. 9B, Milton Swartz, 40, Michigan, laborer, odd jobs; wife of 8 years Mary Swartz, 34, Indiana, married twice; one child, one living; brother Benjamin Swartz, 69, Pennsylvania; step-son Glenn Crippen, 14, Michigan, carrier, newspaper; ad. son [adopted] Lavern Hodgkins, 11/12, Michigan.
5. Obituary, South Bend News-Times, South Bend, Indiana, Mrs. Mary Swartz, 40, died: 6 November 1916 in Niles, Michigan, born in Elkhart, Indiana. The article provides vital and biographical details and the names of two sons, her father, and one brother.
6. Indiana Marriages, 1811-2018/2019, marriage License and Certificate, Benjamin Crippin [sic] and Mary Carr, married on 2 January 1895 in St. Joseph County, Indiana.
7. Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940, Milton Swartz, 34, born in Michigan; father: Isaac [Swartz]; not previously married; Mary Crippen, 27, born in Indiana; father: John Carr; one previous marriage; married on 7 January 1903 in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan.
8. Indiana Marriages, 1811-2018/2019, Application for Marriage dated 8 February 1913. Beniah E. Crippen, born: 24 April 1874 in Buchanan, Michigan; axel maker; father: Nelson W. Crippen, deceased; mother: Elnora Swift, born in Michigan, deceased; married once, by divorce on 15 December 1904; Mary J. Bodine, born: 11 May 1972 in Richmond, Ohio; father: P. J. Platte, born in Ohio, deceased; mother: Eliz Bassett, born in Ohio, living in Iowa; previously married twice; by death, by divorce on 23 November 1908. In a separate record: Beniah E. Crippen and Mary J. Bodine, married on 8 February 1913 in St. Joseph County, Indiana.