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William Preston Cruce (b. January 12, 1879, d. 1954)

William Preston Cruce (son of William Jackson Cruce and Anna Arrina Heath) was born January 12, 1879 in Granbury Texas, and died 1954 in Floydada Texas. He married (1) Minnie Etta Ince on March 21, 1901 in Neri Hood Texas. He married (2) Nannie Bell Mayo on 1905 in Hood Co, TX.

Notes for William Preston Cruce:
Source:

Nancy Cruce 1967
William Cruce 1972
Cruce In America by Benjamin Cruce

William Preston, was born into a hard working hard family.

I met William when he came to Calif to visit in 1953, he was an old man then, the only thing I remember about him was that he had white hair and what seemed like to me at the time a large nose.
I asked him if his life had went fast and he stated that it had went very fast.

Preston, as he was know to the family had been separated from Nancy for many years, and was never a good provider.

More About William Preston Cruce:
Burial: 1954, Floydada, Texas.
Comment 1: 1876, this could be his birthdate.
Comment 2: 1916, Reg for draft WW1 Armstrong TX.
Comment 3: January 12, 1872, this also could be his birthdate.

More About William Preston Cruce and Minnie Etta Ince:
Marriage: March 21, 1901, Neri Hood Texas.

More About William Preston Cruce and Nannie Bell Mayo:
Marriage: 1905, Hood Co, TX.

Children of William Preston Cruce and Minnie Etta Ince are:

Opal Pearl Cruce, b. November 22, 1902, Texas, d. May 18, 1976, Plainview Texas.

Children of William Preston Cruce and Nannie Bell Mayo are:

+Artie Loma Patterson, b. October 31, 1903, Texas, d. January 20, 1982, Colton Calif.
+Irene Cruce, b. 1907, Granbury Texas, d. 1957, San Bernadino, Calif.
+William Howard Cruce, b. August 6, 1909, Grandbury Texas, d. October 23, 1983, El Centro Calif.
Wilburn Cruce, b. November 15, 1911, Texas, d. 1986, Eloy, Ariz.
Leland Cruce, b. 1914, Texas, d. 1922, Texas.
+Loretta Cruce, b. August 10, 1920, Fisher county Texas, d. July 2000, Benicia Calif.