Names: Crawford

Dear Bob,

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The two Benjamin Crawfords appear to be the same. I also found his marriage
for you. Benjamin's middle name is very likely Franklin. It shows up in 1860
and in his burial as BF. If you want burial information on this family, just
look at the "Permanent Resident Index" and give us the names and page numbers
for lookups.

Hope these will be of help to you.

Laurie Huffman

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Benjamin Crawford md. Mary Elizabeth Haley 1 Aug 1850, Brown County, IL;
marr. performed by B.F. Langdon

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1860 Fed Census, Missouri twp, Brown County, IL 1663/1601:
    B.F. Crawford 30, farmer, b. IL
    Mrs. M. Crawford 30, b. KY
    M.C. Crawford 8 (f), b. IL
    S.J. 7 Crawford (f), b. IL
    William Crawford 6, b. IL (middle initial either M or W)
    James A. Crawford 4, b. IL
    Martha Crawford 2, b. IL

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1870 Fed Census, Lee twp, Brown County, IL 4/4:

    Benjamin Crawford 41, farmer, b. IL
    Mary E. Crawford 40, b. KY
    Mary Crawford 17, b. IL
    Sarah Crawford 16, b. IL
    William Crawford 14, b. IL
    James Crawford 13, b. IL
    Martha Crawford 10, b. IL
    Faira B.Crawford 8 (f), b. IL
    Robert Crawford 6, b. IL
    Lillian Crawford 3, b. IL

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Dear Bob,

I have somehow deleted your last request, but I think I know where we are on it. I had a bit more time to give it this evening, so here's what I came up with.

In 1850 we find 3 difference Crawford households, with two headed (apparently) by widows: James L. & wife, Eliza & 3 children; Elizabeth & six children; Catherine (Crafford/Crawford) & 5 children. A few of the Crawford burials belong to these families plus the children of one Rev. Jacob Crawford of PA. Whether any or all of these Crawfords are related, and whether they are connected to Benjamin I can't say for sure.

In Cemeteries of Brown County, IL I found the following names which I could positively connect to Benjamin.

p. 213 (Mt. Sterling City Cemetery):
    Fairy Crawford, wife of Beverly N. Curry 1862-1961 (death certificate would be available from the state of IL.
    Beverly N. Curry 1861-1948

p. 295 (Mounds Cemetery at Timewell in Lee twp):
    Benjamin F. Crawford, d. 19 Dec 1876 aged 47-1-17 (PAF calculated birth date is 2 Nov 1829)
    Mary E. Crawford, d. 22 Oct 1876 aged 47-3-8 (PAF calculated birth date is 14 Jul 1929)
    Martha Crawford, dau of BF & ME Crawford, d. 29 Oct 1877 (no age given)

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I also found a burial for Robert Crawford in Mt. Sterling City cemetery that I will give to you, but the year of birth does not match the Robert, son of Benjamin. That's not uncommon in the book, because of copying and typing errors, so it could still be him:

p. 212 (Mt. Sterling City Cemetery):

    Robert Crawford (1852-1938) -  (a death certificate would answer the question of parentage)
    Jennie _____, wife of Robert Crawford (no dates)
    Martha Houston, wife of Robert Crawford (1868-1934) Martha is the dau of Andrew J. & Katie (Bell) Houston.

I noticed in the online 1880 census that Robert Crawford had been taken by Thomas McDannold of Pea Ridge twp to raise. I can't help but wonder what happened to Lillian, who was younger than he was when the parents died.

It certainly looks as if some kind of epidemic took the lives of Benjamin and Mary. Martha appears to have died at age 17 (10 in the 1870 census and died 1877).

I have looked through all our indexes and can find nothing more on the family that is readily apparent.

You asked about the C. Crawford on p. 212. That is a reference to either Clarence or Charlie Crawford, both of whom have children buried in Mt. Sterling City Cemetery.

I think the only reference we have to a Catherine is the 1850 census, online (but I'll list it here):

1850 Fed Census, Missouri twp, Brown Co, IL 345 & 346 (probably an error in numbering):
    Catherine Crafford 47, b. NY
    Joseph Crafford 16, b. IL
    John Crafford 14, b. IL
    Geo. W. Crawford 12, b. IL
    Thomas Crawford 8, b. IL
    Malinda Crawford 6, b. IL
 
I have no idea where Benjamin is at this time, but he married just after the census was taken. The Haley family is very numerous in Brown county, by the way. Also, he could have gone to California gold hunting with about half the county. It could also explain the fact that Elizabeth Crawford has no husband in this census.

Well, after you have some time to digest these entries, let me know if you have any more questions.

Laurie Huffman