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John H. Crawford John
H. Crawford, of Ira, Jasper County, was born in Poweshiek Township, this County,
on November 12, 1867, and here he grew to manhood on the old home place, where
he worked when a boy in the summer time, and during the winter months attended
the common schools in his neighborhood, and here he has spent his life
successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits. He is the son of James B. and
Eliza L. (Walters)
Crawford, both natives of Ohio, where they grew to maturity and Were
married, and comparatively early in life emigrated to Jasper County, Iowa, when
the country was new, and here got a good piece of land, which they developed
into an excellent farm and on which they established a comfortable home.
In this County they spent the balance of their lives, the father dying on
December 6, 1888, at the age of seventy-two years, the mother's death occurring
ort March 19, 1893, at the same age.
Six
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. James B. Crawford, named as follows:
Mrs. Hannah Tramel; Mrs. Jane Baker, deceased; Henry W., who lives at Lake City, Iowa; John
H., of this review; and two others. John H. Crawford
was first married to Clara Crawford, a daughter of W. J. Crawford, a complete
sketch of whom appears on another page of this work.
Her death occurred on April 1, 1904, leaving three daughters, two of whom
survive, namely: Florence, born October 24, 1894; Jennie, born August 16, 1896;
Hazel, born August 24, 1898, died August 27, 1907.
The two living daughters are now attending high school in Baxter. On January 23, 1907, Mr. Crawford
was again married, his last wife being known in her maidenhood as Lydia M.
Cross, who was born in Independence Township, Jasper County, Iowa, on January
26, 1881, and here she grew to womanhood and received her education in the
common schools. Mrs. Crawford is the daughter of Samuel W. and Melissa (Hefner)
Cross, who are now residing in Baxter, this County.
There were eight children in the Cross family, seven of whom are living
at this writing. To Mr. Crawford
and his second wife one child, a son, has been born, bearing the manly old name,
John Henry, the date of his birth being July 9, 1910. Politically, Mr. Crawford is a
Republican, and while he is interested in public affairs, he has not been a
seeker after the emoluments of office. Devoting his life to general farming and
stock raising, Mr. Crawford has,
through perseverance and good management, accumulated a competency.
He was the owner of a fine farm of one hundred and eighty-eight acres in
Poweshiek Township, which he placed under high-grade improvements, and on which
is a modern, nicely furnished home. This
place was sold to Perry Baker in October 1911.
Mr. Crawford is the owner of five and one-third acres of valuable land in
the outskirts of the town of Ira. The Past and Present of Jasper County,
Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN,
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