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Descendants of Garret Dircksen Croesen (Kroesen), Sr.

Generation No. 7

8. JASPER "JAP"⁷ CRUSEN (FRANCIS "FRANK"⁶ CRUSER, JR., FRANCIS⁵, JOHN KROESEN⁴ (CRUSER), DERRICK³ KROESEN, GARRET², GARRET DIRCKSEN CROESEN¹ (KROESEN), SR.) was born July 02, 1854, and died August 06, 1916 in McDonough County, IL, buried in cemetery at Bushnell, Illinois. He married (1) MARY EVALINE WILSON "EVA" January 04, 1877, daughter of EDWARD WILSON and SUSAN WALTERS. He married (2) CATHRYNE JEANETTE THRASHER "NETTIE" April 17, 1887 in Fulton County, Illinois, daughter of JOHN THRASHER and MARY SEIVER.

Notes for JASPER "JAP" CRUSEN:
Jasper, called "Jap", the eldest son of Francis Cruser, Jr. went by the surname "Crusen". He was a farmer and laborer, primarily in Bernadotte Twp., Fulton County, Illinois, and in McDonough County, Illinois.

On January 4, 1877 he was married by Rev. Caleb Boyer to Mary Evaline "Eva" Wilson, daughter of Edward and Susan (Walters) Wilson. Eva born on November 27, 1861 was barely 15 years old when she married. She and Jasper had three children. Eva died on June 2, 1884 of consumption (tuberculosis), only a few months after her third child was born.

Jasper took as his second wife Cathryne Jeanette "Nettie" Thrasher, daughter of John and Polly Ann (Seiver) Thrasher (see Allied Families: Seiver, Thrasher) of Bernadotte Twp., Fulton county, Illinois. The Crusen's were married by Justice of the Peace, John Connor on April 17, 1887. Jasper and Nettie had four daughters.

On July 29, 1916, while Jasper was employed by the railroad, he was injured by the falling of a time which he was unloading from a moving car, and the blow from the tie caused internal injured that resulted in death after great suffering.

Jasper Crusen died August 6, 1916 in Macomb, Illinois. Nettie married twice after Jasper's death. In 1918 she married R. Alex Clark, who died in 1926. She then married John T. McClure in 1927. During her last years Nettie suffered greatly from diabetes. According to family records, in March 1932 she "had her left leg taken off six inches below the knee at Phelps hospital" in Macomb. Nettie died April 11, 1934 after four or five years of suffering, and a great display of cheerfulness and courage. She and Jasper Crusen are both buried in the cemetery at Bushnell, Illinois.

Notes for MARY EVALINE WILSON "EVA":
"Eva" died on June 2, 1884 of consumption (tuberculosis).

Notes for CATHRYNE JEANETTE THRASHER "NETTIE":
Nettie was not married at the time she gave birth to Pearl

Children of JASPER CRUSEN and MARY "EVA" are:

	i.		CURTISS L.⁸ CRUSEN, b. February 09, 1879.
9.	ii.		JAMES EDWARD CRUSEN, b. January 27, 1882, Cuba, Illinois; d. May 24, 1971, Phoenix, Arizona buried East Resthaven Cemetary.

Children of JASPER CRUSEN and CATHRYNE "NETTIE" are:

	iii.	BERTHA FLORENCE⁸ CRUSEN, b. February 14, 1888; m. BURLIE WHITE.
10.	iv.	NELLIE AUGUSTA CRUSEN, b. October 13, 1889, Cass Twp., Fulton County, Illinois; d. October 10, 1965, Bushnell, McDonough County, Illinois.
	v.	SYLVIA ANN CRUSEN, b. October 27, 1892; d. April 13, 1974; m. HENRY C. MCMEEN.
	vi.	MINNIE ELLEN CRUSEN, b. January 21, 1896; m. (1) EDWARD L. BOLEN; m. (2) AL VON BERGEN.

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