Crescencio Salazar
Crescencio Salazar was born in Mexico on 15 September 1882. Both of his parents were Mexican born. His wife, Santos Sanchez, was also born in Mexico, in April 1883. They settled at Yancey in Medina County, Texas, where they raised a large family.
In 1930 Crescencio was 46 and living in Precinct 7 of Medina County. Santos was 45. At home were Cayetano, 16, Maria, 14, Monico, 13, Luis and Louisa, both 9, Clara, 8, Patricio, 5, Apolonio, 3, and the baby Naomi. In 1940 he was still in the same house at Yancey, which he had lived in since at least 1935, with Santos, their daughter Maria Martinez, 25, her son Elias, 2, and the three youngest, Patricio, Apolonio and Naomi.
In 1942, at 59, he registered for the draft at Yancey in the fourth registration, the one for men too old for active service. He gave his birth date as 15 September 1882 and named himself as his own employer. In 1950 he and Santos were still in Medina County.
Crescencio Salazar died in Medina County on 20 May 1984, aged 101. He is buried in the Yancey Cemetery under a stone that reads "Padre" and "Jehova es mi pastor", The Lord is my shepherd. Santos outlived him by nineteen months and died at 102.
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Cite: Heirology, "Crescencio Salazar (1882-1984)", https://heirology.com/ancestors/crescencio-salazar-1882-1984-031d13.