Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Ebenezer Crawford and Elizabeth Wilson




Husband Ebenezer Crawford 1 2 3

           Born: 26 Aug 1821 - Richland Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Aug 1897 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - Crawford Memorial Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA


         Father: Ebenezer Crawford (1789-1859) 3 5 6
         Mother: Jannette Grant (1789-1877) 6


       Marriage: 1848 1 4



Wife Elizabeth Wilson 1 2 4

           Born: 30 Jun 1833 - Freeport, Armstrong Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Jun 1906 - Buffalo, Erie Co, NY 4
         Buried:  - Crawford Memorial Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA


         Father: [Father] Wilson (      -      )
         Mother: 




Children
1 F Clara Minerva Crawford 4

           Born: 5 Jan 1851 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Apr 1885 - East Brady, Madison Twp, Clarion Co, PA 7
         Buried:  - Crawford Memorial Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 8
         Spouse: Milo C. Treat (1842-      ) 4 7


2 F Emma Jeannette Crawford 4 9 10 11

           Born: 23 May 1853 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 10 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Dec 1919 11
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Lewis Elmore Mallory (1849/1849-1922) 4 9 11 12 13
           Marr: 1 Jan 1873 9 10 11


3 M James Burton Crawford 3 14

           Born: 5 Oct 1855 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 4 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Mar 1933
         Buried:  - Crawford Memorial Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA
         Spouse: Nellie Comstock (1857-1914) 4 15
         Spouse: Jeannette Sibley (1889-1918) 4 15 16
           Marr: 15 Jan 1917 4 15
         Spouse: Elizabeth Buffum (      -      ) 15


4 M Lewis S. Crawford

           Born: Aug 1857 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1860
         Buried:  - Crawford Memorial Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


5 F Mary Crawford 7

           Born: 1859 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 1859 7
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


6 M George W. Crawford 4

           Born: 4 Jun 1861 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Apr 1935
         Buried:  - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA



7 M Frederick W. Crawford 4

           Born: 19 Dec 1864 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1913
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth Dreibelbis (      -      ) 7
           Marr: 1890 - ? Venango Co, PA


8 M Carroll Edgar Crawford 4

           Born: 29 May 1873 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Jun 1917 4
         Buried:  - Crawford Memorial Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA
         Spouse: Susan Catherine Kribbs (1872-1907) 7



General Notes: Husband - Ebenezer Crawford


He worked with his father on the farm until he reached the age of twenty years, when he went to learn the carpenter trade with A. B. Crawford. Worked at that business for about fifteen years. During the gold excitement in 1850, he made a tour to California, remaining there about thirteen months, working in the mines. He returned in Aug-ust, 1852, and located in Emlenton. His voyage home was a perilous one. Many of the passengers took cholera and died. All the crew were greatly frightened. He escaped the danger-ous disease and landed safely. He afterwards engaged in the foundry business, and continued for fourteen years, then sold his interest to A. H. Crawford, and went into the oil business. [HVC 1879, 547]

He and his brothers John P., William R., Robert J. and Samuel W., went to California in 1850, making the journey overland. All returned safely, pursued trades, became merchants and were large owners of oil and gas lands.
On his return from California in 1850 he located at Emlenton and established himself in the foundry business, becoming one of the successful business men of his day. Later he was extensively interested in the production of oil and gas, owning and operating valuable holdings at Parkers Landing and in the Bradford field, as well as at Emlenton, and he was one of that progressive group of local capitalists who founded the Oil City Fuel Supply Company, the forerunner of the present United Natural Gas Company of Oil City. With this important concern he and his son James B. Crawford were connected in turn until the latter's resignation from the presidency in January, 1917, and Ebenezer Crawford continued his association therewith in connection with the operation of his oil and gas properties until his death. He was a man of consummate executive ability and keen financial understanding, managing his affairs with excellent judgment and marked success. [HVC 1919, 507]


General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Wilson


She died in Palm Beach, Florida. [PAH, 152]

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Sources


1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 547.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 967.

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

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 507.

5 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 493, 644.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 938, 967.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 47.

8 Margaret Segui Kahle, Crawford Memorial Cemetery & Mausoleum (Emlenton, PA: Self-published, 1977).

9 —, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 377.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 46.

11 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 564.

12 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 45.

13 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 140.

14 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 152.

15 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 153.

16 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 321.


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