James Crawford, Sr. and Abigail Coulter

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Husband James Crawford, Sr. ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 17 Mar 1776 - Westmoreland Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Jan 1801 1 5
         Buried:  - Lowe Cemetery, Butler Co, PA 6

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         Father: John Crawford, Sr. (1748-1812) 1 3 7 8
         Mother: Isabella Parker (1756-1839) 2

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       Marriage: 1798 4

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Wife Abigail Coulter ^{1 3 4}

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           Born: 15 Jun 1782 - Northumberland Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Sep 1872 - Butler Co, PA 4
         Buried: 

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   Other Spouse: Gideon Gibson (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M James Crawford, Jr. ^{1 9}

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           Born: 18 Sep 1800
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Jan 1891 9
         Buried:  - Scrubgrass Stone Church Cemetery, Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 10

         Spouse: Jane McGarrah (1800-1871) 9
           Marr: 1824 5

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General Notes: Husband - James Crawford, Sr.

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He was unmarried when he accompanied his parents to Allegheny Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, and he built the first log cabin on the Crawford farm.

In the fall of the year 1800 James Crawford, Sr., John Parker and Thomas Allen set out on a hunting expedition, and reached the point on Robert Adams' farm, at the confluence of Allen's run and the North Branch of Bear creek. Here they determined to fire the brush, and, moving back, saw the flames, which they intended would expose the animals of the chase, sweeping toward them over the land later known as the George Gibson and William Fleming farms. In a little while they were surrounded by fire, which was eating up the leaves and brush and threatening themselves. Taking refuge in a tree as a last security, the flames soon attacked them, leaping up, as it were, to claim their victims. The burned men fell to the ground and rushed back from the wave of fire to ease their pain in the waters of the creek. Crawford was taken to his cabin by his companions and was cared for by his young wife until death relieved him.

He died in 1802. [HBC 1883, 446]

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 446.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 966.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 506.

4 Beverly L. Linsky, My Lineage Thru John Crawford and Isabelle Parker (Personal genealogy research, April, 2014).

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 672.

6 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 3, Scrubgrass Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1995), Pg 80.

7 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 644.

8 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 551, 966.

9 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 780.

10 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 3, Scrubgrass Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1995), Pg 67.