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Hugh Melville Critz                     1900-1980
Hugh was born on 17 September 1900, the son of Hugh Critz and Julia Gillespie, in Starkville, Mississippi. Hugh played baseball for Mississippi State from 1916 to 1920. He began his Major League baseball career in 1924 with the Cincinnati Reds. He left them in 1930 and then played for the New York Giants, ending his big league playing career in 1935.
Mary Blackwell Wiggs               1900-1973
Mary was born on 20 August 1900, the daughter of Dr. Henry Blackwell Wiggs M.D. and Elizabeth Aspinwall Craig, at Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.
I have identified the following children: 		 
Hugh Melville Critz
  Mary Ann Born 25 Nov 1923   Mississippi Married Robert Pillow
Alice Melville Born 29 Apr 1928   Ohio

Birth of Parents
Hugh Melville Critz b: 17 Sep 1900           Starkville, Mississippi
son of Hugh Critz and Julia Gillespie

Mary Blackwell Wiggs b: 20 Aug 1900               Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
daughter of Dr. Henry Blackwell Wiggs M.D. and Elizabeth Aspinwall Craig

Marriage
26 Dec 1921
Hugh Melville Critz  (21)
Mary Blackwell Wiggs  (21)		 Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas
Father: Hugh Critz
Father:

Children
Mary Ann Critz b: 25 Nov 1923           Mississippi
daughter of Hugh Melville Critz and Mary Blackwell Wiggs         Died 21 Apr 2001
Alice Melville Critz b: 29 Apr 1928           Ohio
daughter of Hugh Melville Critz and Mary Blackwell Wiggs

1930 Census 1 Apr 1930
 Greenwood City, Leflore County, Mississippi, U.S.A.
District 6,
Image 21 of 21
 Birthplace
Person		 Birthplace
Father		 Birthplace
Mother
Hugh M. Critz
Mary (Wife)
Mary A.
Alice 		Age 30
Age 28
Age 6
Age 1 11/12 		Cotton Buyer Mississippi
Arkansas
Mississippi
Ohio 		Mississippi
Arkansas
Mississippi
Mississippi 		Mississippi
Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas 		17 Sep 1900
abt 1902
25 Nov 1923
abt 1928
Additional Information in Census:
Owned home, value $7,500, Hugh was 22, and Mary was 20 at 1st Marriage.

Death
Hugh Melville Critz Died 10 Jan 1980   Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi

Death
Mary Blackwell (Wiggs) Critz Died Apr 1973   Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi
Burial: IOOF Greenwood Cemetery

SPECIAL THANKS  to , a descendant of Lawthan McGehee Austin (1896-1987) and Virginia Cephise Wiggs (1898-1970), for many of the details provided above.