Born: 23 July 1863, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA Died: 5 April 1953, Chillicothe, Peoria County, Illinois, USA Burial: East Peoria, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA
Father: Avery Faye Dehority (1833–1908) Mother: Matilda Jane Cross (1833–1907) Both parents died in East Peoria, Tazewell County, Illinois.
Olive Belle was one of several children in a large Dehority household:
Alexander Curtis Dehority (1861–1937)
James Howard Dehority (1866–1896)
Opal May Dehority (1867–1939)
Oma Dell Dehority (1872–1900)
These sibling death dates align with the family’s long‑term residence in Tazewell and Peoria counties.
Olive’s childhood and young adulthood were spent in the Tazewell–Peoria region:
1870: Fondulac, Tazewell County (Post Office: Hilton)
1880: Fond Du Lac, Tazewell County; age 16, single, living with parents
By the late 1880s she had moved into Peoria proper:
1889–1893: Multiple Peoria city directory entries
Married: 17 May 1893, Tazewell County, Illinois Spouse: John Crombie (1858–1920)
This marriage links the Dehority line directly into your Crombie ancestry.
Robert John Crombie (5 March 1895 – 1988) Born in Peoria, Illinois.
Robert is the sole documented child in the Ancestry record.
After marriage, Olive remained in Peoria for the rest of her life. Her residence timeline shows remarkable stability:
1900: Peoria Ward 4
1917: Peoria
1920: Peoria Ward 5 (still married at census time; husband died later that year)
1925–1939: Continuous Peoria directory listings
1940–1941: Peoria
This long sequence of city directory entries paints Olive as a deeply rooted Peoria resident for over five decades.
John Crombie died 12 September 1920. Olive appears in the 1930 census as a widowed mother, living with family in Peoria.
Olive Belle died at age 89 on 5 April 1953 in Chillicothe, Peoria County, Illinois. She was buried in East Peoria, Tazewell County.
Olive Belle is a key generational bridge between:
The Dehority–Cross families of Tazewell County
The Crombie line that later merges into your Nolan ancestry
Her profile strengthens the continuity of residence in the Peoria–Tazewell corridor, which is consistent across multiple branches of this family tree.