Title	Mrs.
Last Name	Crockett
First Name	Mary
Middle Name	Crocker
Maiden Name
Nick Name
Place of Birth	St. Albans, ME
Date of Birth	1836-05-01
Place of Death	Ripley, ME
Date of Death	1917-04-05
Publication	The Eastern Gazette 4-12-1917, p.8
Obituary	Death of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Crockett Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Crockett passed to the life beyond Wednesday, April the fourth and fifth, at the home of their daughter. Daniel Crockett was the youngest son of Silas and Hannah (Marriner) Crockett of Portland. Mr. Crockett was born in Dexter at the old Crock- ett farm in District No. 10 and went when only 16 years old to Bangor to learn the tin-smith's trade, coming back to Dexter and working for the late Cyrus Foss, for a number of years. Later he purchased the stand that Sam Stearns now owns, and was in business there for 20 years, after which he moved to Greenville where he did plumbing and tin work for 10 years, until his health failed him and he came to Ripley where he has lived with his daughter, Mrs. Mell Randall, the past five years. He would have been 79 years old the 5th of May. He was the last of a large family, Nathaniel, George, Silas, John and Elizabeth. Nathaniel died in 1916 at Elk River, Minn. One of the mourners, Mr. Dana Crockett, learned his trade of the late Mr. Daniel Crockett. Mr. Crockett was a very industrious man, honest and courteous in all his dealings and making many friends wherever he went. Mrs. Mary (Crocker) Crockett was born in St. Albans, the daughter of Hon. Eleazor Crocker and and Sarah Gray Crocker of Greene, Me. She was married and went to Hartland, where they ran the Park House for a few years, after which they moved to Guilford where four children were born, three dying in infancy. Mrs. Crockett is the last of a large family, Greenville, Solomon, Ruth and Marcia. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Mell Randall, two neices in Massachusetts, one nephew in Vassalboro and several neices and nephews in St. Albans. Had she lived she would have been 81 years old the lst day of May. The double funeral was very impressive conducted by the Rev. T. E. Ham of Cambridge on Easter Sunday at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. The singers were Mrs. Charles Wakefield and Mrs. Paul Higgins, and the bearers were Mr. Ardell Page, Mr. Samuel Skillings, Mr. Daniel Wakefield and Mr. George Cooley. The flowers were profuse and beautiful, coming from relatives in Massachusetts, neices and nephews, and many friends in Dexter, the neighbors and Ladies' Aid of Ripley. The funeral was conducted by C. E. Tripp. Burial was at Dexter. Mr. and Mrs. Crockett had been married 50 years the 22nd of February, 1916, but it was observed quietly on account of the illness of Mrs. Crockett, at that time. Mrs. Crockett was a devoted wife and mother and endeared herself to a large circle of friends by her sunny disposition and pleasant ways.