James CRAWFORD

                   ???Page: 43 Name: Mary M. Crawford Birth Date: 04 Apr 1848 Death Date: 09 Jan 1911 Cemetery: Ainsworth Comment: Bur. on same lot as David, 4/24/  Page: 42 Name: J. W. Crawford Birth Date: 30 Sep 1825 Death Date: 14 Apr 1920 Cemetery: New Crawfordsville

Page: 42 Name: Howard G. Crawford Cemetery: Ainsworth Comment: n. d.

Page: 42 Name: Isaac Crawford Birth Date: 14 Apr 1796 Death Date: 07 Sep 1846 Cemetery: Old Crawfordsville

Page: 42 Name: John Crawford Birth Date: 13 Dec 1827 Death Date: 11 Jun 1893 Cemetery: Wassonville Relative: hus of: Sarah

Page: 42 Name: John A. Crawford Birth Date: 1852 Death Date: 1921 Cemetery: Ainsworth

Page: 43 Name: Martha Thrasher Crawford Birth Date: 1854 Death Date: 1919 Cemetery: Ainsworth Relative: wif of: John A.

Page: 43 Name: Mary B. Crawford Birth Date: 15 Jan 1801 Death Date: 27 Sep 1875 Cemetery: Old Crawfordsville Relative: wif of: Isaac

came to Washington County, Iowa, in 1844 in Oregon twp.  from Perry County, Ohio (see notes for David Crawford, Jr.

see email in William Bogle Crawford notes.


Information from Family sheet of Helen Crandall Baird, Box 334, Ehrenberg, AZ
her sources are:   Etha Baird Baumeister's DAR Research; Ainsworth Cemetery Record
in Oregon Twp. 1844
died age 81, farmer, seceder religion,
places of residence:  Perry County, Ohio after marriage to Crawfordsville, Washington, Iowa in
(I think it's dated 1985 or before)

1840 census:   Hopewell, Perry, Ohio
David Crawford:  2,3,1,0,0,0,1(male 40-50),  //1,0,1,0,1,1(female 30-40),

1852 census:  name, county, township, page, year
Crawford, David  IA WASHINGTON CO. OREGON TWP 9 1852
   Crawford, James  IA WASHINGTON CO. BRIGHTON TWP 5 1852
   Crawford, John W.  IA WASHINGTON CO. CRAWFORD TWP 6 1852
   Crawford, Mary  IA WASHINGTON CO. BRIGHTON TWP 5 1852
   Crawford, Mathew  IA WASHINGTON CO. DUTCH CREEK TWP 17 1852
   Crawford, W. P.  IA WASHINGTON CO. WASHINGTON TWP 13 1852


1860 census:   P.O. Amboy, Oregon Township, Washington, Iowa
1596, C.O. Crawford, 24, male, farmer, Ohio
              Esther            , 24, female, Pennsylvania
              Ann Eliza       , 3, female, Iowa
             Martha R.       , 1, female, Iowa
1597, David Crawford Sr., 70, male, farmer, NY
             Rebecca          , 59, female, Pennsylvania
             Osten                , 22, male, Ohio
             Rebecca          , 20, female, Ohio
             Mary                 , 16, female, Ohio
             F. Marion         , 18, male, Ohio
1598, Wm Crawford, 30, male, farmer, Ohio
             Lavina             , 22, female, Pennsylvania
             James             , 1, male, Iowa
1599, David Crawford, Jr., 25, farmer, Ohio
             Elizabeth           , 22 Female, Pennsylvania
             Wm D?               , 3 male, Iowa
             Tress? Emma   , 1, female, Iowa


1870 census:   Oregon, Washington, Iowa, Post Office:  Lexington, Iowa, 16 Aug 1870
186,Crawford, David, 80, male, farmer, NY
                  , Rebecca, 69?, female, keep house, Pa
                  , Francis, 28, male, farmer, Ohio
                  , Rebecca, 26, female, keep house, Ohio
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Crawford, Mary, 22, female, Ohio
187, Crawford, Austin, 32, male, farmer, Ohio
                           , Mary, 16,  m? keep house, Ohio
                           , Francis, 6/12, female, Iowa, Jun

Iowa Cemetery Records
Name:	David Crawford
Death Date:	04 Oct 1872
Page #:	42
Birth Date:	1791
Cemetery:	Ainsworth
Level Info:	Grave Records of Washington County, Iowa; Graves Registration Project of W. P. A.

Page: 42
Name: David Crawford
Birth Date: 1791
Death Date: 04 Oct 1872
Cemetery: Ainsworth
Comment: Vet. of War of 1812; *

Washington County, Iowa birth Record: p. C-34 (no names copied past Crawford, Dennis )
Crawford, unnamed, female, 2-4-1891, Oregon Twp., Crawford, Austin and Fullerton, Mary J.
Crawford, unnamed, female, 2-13-1881, Oregon Twp., Crawford, Austin and Fullerton, Mary J.
Crawford, unnamed, female, 6-25-1905, Oregon twp.,Crawford, William Robert and Morrow, Margaret Ella
Crawford, unnamed, male, 1-28-1896, Oregon Twp, Crawford, Rolla James and Ebner, Elizabeth Grace
Crawford, unnamed, male, 2-28-1897, Ainsworth, Crawford, Rolla James and Ebner, Elizabeth Grace
Crawford, unnamed, male, 3-21-1882, Oregon Twp., Crawford, William D., and Wilcox, Mary A.
Crawford, unnamed, male, 4-2-1884, Oregon Twp., Crawford, Austin and Fullerton, Mary J.
Crawford, unnamed, male, 6-2-1882, Oregon Twp., Crawford, David Jr., and Porter, Elizabeth.
Crawford, unnamed, male, 6-17-1890, Oregon Twp., Crawford, William Robert and Morrow, Margaret Ella
Crawford, Alice Lenora, female, 4-14-1894, Franklin Twp., Crawford, John,  and Stewart, Cora
Crawford, Anna Verne, female, 3-4-1904, Highland Twp. Crawford, Rolla James and Ebner, Elizabeth Grace
Crawford, Bertha, female, 11-25-1883, Dutch Creek Twp., Crawford, James M., and Hollingsworth, Amanda
Crawford, Charles Loring, 10-03-1883 (no parents listed) ??
Crawford, Clair, male, 8-29-1905, Ainsworth,  Crawford, James Oliver and Morrow, Lucy Florence.
Crawford, Corbin Gardner, male, 12-18-1912, Washington, Crawford, Nate C., and Gardner, Eva May,
                  

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DR. ISAAC CRAWFORD, deceased, was born in Argyle, Washington Co., N.Y., in 1796, and was a son of James and Martha (Dickey) Crawford, who were married July 4, 1776, in Nova Scotia, and soon after went to America, where James Crawford joined the American army, and was later a prisoner during the war of the Revolution, being chained in a dungeon at Halifax for many months. His manacles made him a cripple for life, he not being treated as a common prisoner of war. His wife was for weeks a waiter upon the prisoners, and together they contrived a plan for escape. Leaving her child, aged only six months, with her parents, she procured a sleigh, and was successful in getting him safely aboard a steamer. After the war they returned to Nova Scotia, obtained their baby boy, and then settled in Cambridge, N.Y.
Dr. Crawford was the third son of this union, and after graduating in medicine at Columbus, Ohio, and becoming the husband of Nancy Frazier, he located in New Athens, Ohio, where for a number of years he engaged in practice and in the drug trade. Prior to the death of Mrs. Crawford she bore five children, of whom only two now surviveMrs. S. E. Rankin and J. W. Crawford. The oldest, Mary Ann, married S. A. Russell; the second, Martha J., married William Bradsee; the third, J. W.; the fourth, William D., married Miss Maggie Jones, of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; the fifth is Mrs. Rankin. Mrs. Rankin's husband, Maj. Samuel E. Rankin, was, during the late war, Major of the 8th Iowa Infantry, and after his return from the service was elected State Treasurer of Iowa, to which position he was twice re-elected. He was later the
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founder and editor of the Greeley News, of Kansas, and was engaged in that work when his death occurred. He was a leading lawyer in this county, and twice represented it in the State Legislature. He also, in company with other ardent anti-slavery men, published at Ft. Madison, and later in Washington, a strong anti-slavery paper, the present Washington Press of to-day. His son, John Adams Rankin, is now Clerk of the District Court of Anderson County, Kan. Eleven children graced their union, six living: John A., Mary, the wife of Lincoln Barnes; Crawford, Birdie, Lizzie and Sarah. Maj. Rankin was one of the fearless few who maintained a depot on the Underground Railroad, and many a dusky son of Ham was indebted to him for succor, food, and finally assured freedom. He was on the staff of Grant, at Vicksburg, on the staff of Sherman, Judge-Advocate and Provost-Marshall of Memphis, Tenn., and served in almost all the important battles of the West and South. He was known as an educated gentleman, an able writer, and intrepid soldier, an orator with few peers; a man courteous, discreet, tolerant, yet bold and incisive for the right.
After the death of his first wife, Dr. Crawford wedded Mary Neal, of New Athens, whose brothers, as mentioned in the sketch of Capt. S. A. Russell , founded the village of Crawfordsville. The Doctor and his wife came here in 1841, and he built a house on the corner where the Iowa House now stands. In his honor the village was named, and he was the first physician, continuing in practice five years, when his death occurred. He was an able speaker, earnest and logical, and one who never tired of debate. He was an ardent Whig, and in this county was a prominent politician. His avowed anti-slavery opinions were widely proclaimed. Mary (Neal) Crawford became the mother of five children, three surviving: Sarah Neal, Mrs. Melissa Morehouse, and Mary M. Coe, of Nebraska, of Nebraska. Mrs. Crawford is supposed to be the oldest person living in the county, and is, June 30, 1887, in her eighty-seventh year, and except partial deafness, is sprightly and enjoys life in a high degree.
The energy of Dr. Crawford aided largely in the building of Crawfordsville. He was an ardent Seceder, religiously, and was one of the first members of that Church in this village. James, his son by his second wife, was a graduate of Rush Medical College, of Chicago, but his death occurred May 28, 1875, from disease contracted in the army. Miss Sarah has been a teacher in this county, and has taught seventeen terms of school, the last nine having been taught in Crawfordsville. She is now the only milliner in the village and has a very neat store. Thompson, the son of Dr. Crawford's last wife, with his brother James, were sent out by a committee, in 1856, and became interested in the border ruffian war in Kansas, and were intimately associated with John Brown, which continued until the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion. The two sisters, Sarah and Melissa, were also engaged, and were both proficient in the use of a Sharp's rifle, as well as manufacturers of cartridges. They were women whose names deserve to live in history, and such we desire to honor in this volume. Claims that had been taken by their brothers in Kansas were stocked and watched over by them while the men were engaged in the border ruffian war, and many sleepless nights were passed on the wild prairies, where with rifles in hand, a lonely vigil was kept with no help within miles should they be attacked, and as they then hourly expected.
The Crawford family has been one renowned in the history of this county, and elsewhere mention is made of other members. Thompson was a member of the 8th Iowa Infantry, and for twenty-three months a prisoner of war. He was also a scout for several months, being trusted with the most difficult and arduous duties. He was a man full of courage, and although so many times captured, managed to escape thrice from the prison pen at Andersonville. He would have shared John Brown's fate had he not been confined to bed with pneumonia. Brown waited six weeks for his recovery before making his attack upon Harper's Ferry, but at last became engaged before young Crawford could reach him.
John W. Crawford, the only male representative of the original Crawford stock, was wedded in Crawfordsville, Iowa, Oct. 1, 1836, was wedded to Miss Ann J. Crawford, of Trumbull County, Ohio. She was not in any way related, although bearing the same name.
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They have reared seven children, six sons and one daughter. James B. married Nellie Coe; they have three children. William D. graduated in medicine and died after several years of successful practice in his native town; his wife was Jennie Maxwell, who bore one son, Howard. Russell E; Frank H. is the husband of Julia A. Moore, of Youngstown, Ohio; he is now yardmaster of the Lucy Furnace, at Pittsburgh, Pa. John R. is a physician of Lafayette, Stark Co., Ill.; his wife was Miss Maggie Phillips, of Coal Valley, Ill. Mary A. is the wife of Dr. A. M. Cowden, of Elvira, Clinton Co., Iowa. Isaac T. is stockhouse keeper of the Lucy Furnace, at Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. Crawford has been, and is yet, one of the most enterprising men of the county, and to his efforts is due the building of the Burlington & Northwestern Railway. For this purpose he called the first meeting, and was one of the first Directors elected. J. W. Crawford and sons, James B. and F. H., built the road from Winfield to Washington with their own money, but were reimbursed after the iron was laid, from taxes collected. For twenty-four years Mr. Crawford followed bridge-building, and in 1887, with his son James, formed a partnership in the building of iron bridges, with headquarters at Burlington. They have the exclusive agency for Iowa and Western Illinois, to which their entire attention will be given, as the representatives of the Pittsburgh Bridge Company. Following in the footsteps of his father, Mr. Crawford is a decided Republican. He is a noted party organizer in his county, and has filled all the important offices in his township.