Dear
Barbara,
Based on William’s death date
you should be able to get his death certificate from the State of Kansas. There
may be some helpful information there. Another thing to do is track the family
using the census. Start with the
1930 and work backwards. If they have moved around a lot, you may have to use
some of the Census indexes. Since you know that William was born in 1855, the
family should be in the area. I didn’t find them in the 1850 or 1860 Censuses
but there is a Benjamin Franklin Crawford there in both and he appears in the
Cemeteries Book.
Here’s the 1850 Census Benjamin
Crawford:
|
13 |
1204 |
1209 |
Crawford |
Benjamin |
21 |
m |
Farmer |
|
Mo |
|
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|
|
14 |
|
|
|
Elizabeth |
21 |
f |
|
|
Ky |
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15 |
|
|
Humphry |
Clarisy A. |
10 |
f |
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Ill |
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Here’s the 1860 Census, Missouri
Twp
1663/1601 7 Sep
1860
B. F. Crawford 30 m farmer
Illinois
Mrs. M. Crawford 30 f
Kentucky
M. C. Crawford 8 f
Illinois
S. J. Crawford 7 f
Illinois
Wm. N. Crawford 6 m
Illinois
James A. Crawford 4 m
Illinois
Martha Crawford 2 f
Illinois
Here’s the 1870 Census, Lee
Twp
4/4 20 Jun
1870
Benjamin Crawford 41 m farmer
Illinois
Mary E. Crawford 40 f
Kentucky
Mary Crawford 17 f
Illinois
Sarah Crawford 16 f
Illinois
William Crawford 14 m
Illinois
James Crawford 13 m
Illinois
Martha Crawford 10 f
Illinois
Faira B. Crawford 8 f
Illinois
Robert Crawford 6 m
Illinois
Lillean Crawford 3 f
Illinois
Both Benjamin and Mary died
before the 1880 Census.
From the
Cemeteries of Brown County,
Illinois
Mounds Cemetery p.
295
Benjamin F. Crawford, d. 19 Dec
1876, age 47 y, 1 m., 17 days
Mary E., wife of Benjamin F.
Crawford, d. 22 Oct 1876, age 47 y,
3 m, 8 days.
Martha, dau. of Benjamin and
Mary Crawford, d. 29 Oct 1877
It’s curious that all of them
died very close. Must have been an illness or accident. All the other children
must have been farmed out to relatives.
Here are some
marriages:
CRAWFORD,
BENJAMIN F HALEY, MARY
ELIZABETH 08/01/1850 A&B/00000050 BROWN
CRAWFORD,
ROBERT
HOUSTON, MARTHA
06/07/1893 1A
/165 1987 BROWN
HARMISON,
JAMES
CRAWFORD, MARY CATHERINE
12/27/1870 C /83 1182 BROWN
HEDENBERG,
WILLIAM CRAWFORD, SARAH
J
04/18/1873 C /100 1475 BROWN
CURRY,
BEVERLY
CRAWFORD, FAIRY
05/24/1880 C /154 308 BROWN
SEALS,
JOHN D
CRAWFORD, LILLIE
09/26/1888 1A
/112 1349 BROWN
It looks like the daughters
stayed in Brown County but the sons appear to have left to find wives.
B. F Crawford (1877) has a
probate record at the County Clerks Office
-- Box # 63
There is one for James R.
Crawford (1954) – box # 188
There is one for Robert Crawford
(1911) – box # 138
There is on for William C.
Crawford (1905) – box # 126
Now finally, Here’s the
information you requested:
1870 Census
of Brown County, Illinois, Ripley Twp
90/90 6 Jun
1870
William Crawford 36 m potter
Ohio
Martha Crawford 26 f
Illinois
Henry Crawford 8 m
Illinois
Arthur Crawford 5 m
Illinois
Gilbert Crawford 3 m
Illinois
Estella Crawford 1 f
Illinois
Sincerely,
Ken
Huffman
-----Original
Message-----
From: ORVIL PARRY
[mailto:[email protected]]
Sent:
Tuesday, October 28, 2003 7:19 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc: Barbara Parry
Subject: Brown County (1870 Census
Index)
I saw
on your RootsWeb site that you had done some work on the 1870 Census in Brown
county, Illinois. There is a William Crawford....R90 on your page
there.
I am
looking for a William Martin Crawford, born 11 Oct 1855 in Mount Sterling,
Brown, Illinois.
He had
left there by 1886 as he was married in Kansas by then. His fathers name
was Franklin Crawford, but that is all I know about
him.
Would
you know of anyway I could find anymore information on this name? He is my
great grandfather and died in 1948 in Kansas, so you wouldn't think he would be
so hard to find, but I haven't been able to find anything else about
him.
Thanks
for any help you can give me.
Barbara
Parry