Obituary of Col. R.P. CRUMP - Marion Co, TX ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: June E. Tuck 19 March 2002 ************************************************************************ Col. R. P Crump, died at his residence yesterday evening. He was in exceedingly bad health when released from confinement in the stockade last Friday, and continued to grow worse till he died. By common consent, the business men of the city will close their houses this evening to attend his funeral (Paper dated Oct. 15, 1869) ( The stockade was a Federal stockade built in Jefferson during reconstruction.)