Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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William Andrew Crawford and Jemima Linn Johnston




Husband William Andrew Crawford 1

           Born: 25 Apr 1849 - Cooperstown, Jackson Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
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         Father: Dr. Robert Crawford (1815-1892) 3 4 5
         Mother: Sarah Poak Kelly (Abt 1820-1888) 2 6


       Marriage: Oct 1875 - Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co, PA 2



Wife Jemima Linn Johnston 1

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         Father: Col. Andrew Johnston (Abt 1802-1885) 1 7 8
         Mother: Jemima Linn McCalmont (1824-1858) 1 8 9




Children
1 F Sara Letitia Crawford 2

           Born: Abt 1877
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           Died: Aft 1919
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         Spouse: William Fisher Dana (Abt 1862-Bef 1919) 2
           Marr: 24 Sep 1903 - Cooperstown, Jackson Twp, Venango Co, PA 10



General Notes: Husband - William Andrew Crawford


After the preliminary training afforded by the common schools he entered Allegheny College, at Meadville, Pennsylvania, besides studying one year at Waterford (Pa.) Academy. In April, 1869, when he was but twenty years old, he formed a business association with his brother, James R. Crawford, taking over the general store of L. T. Lamberton, who had started the business in 1862 and in 1865 built the double store which Mr. Crawford still occupies. The older brother had some experience, having been a salesman in New York City, and the trade thrived under their management, being continued under the firm name of J. R. Crawford and Brother until James R. Crawford withdrew, in 1874, to engage in farming in Mercer County. Since that year William A. Crawford has conducted the business alone, a period of forty-four years. It is forty-nine years since he and his brother made their venture, and during that time he has witnessed many remarkable changes in business practice. In the first ten or fifteen years of his experience he made the largest sales, which is hard to understand in view of the fact that at present, with about half the volume of business, he finds it necessary to carry twice the quantity of stock. In former years the stock was more varied, as stores were fewer and other trading centers not easy of access. Customers nowadays are much more exacting, and this spirit has developed to such an extent in the shoe trade especially that Mr. Crawford has felt it necessary to drop that line entirely. There was a time when a customer would not hesitate to take a No. 9 boot if he could not get a No. 8. In the old days he often had twenty thousand pounds of wool on hand; now he does not buy more than two thousand annually, as compared with twenty thousand thirty years ago.
Mr. Crawford has always been intensely interested in agricultural affairs, and for sixteen years he was chairman of the Farmers' Institute of Venango County, holding the position until two years ago. In that capacity he attended all the institutes held in the county, and though there was no salary attached to the position as now he gave his time generously in their management, securing speakers, paying bills, supporting directors of institutes and laboring zealously to attract the farmers to the meetings, where they could exchange ideas and experiences. The attendance originally was limited to twenty or thirty, but he had the satisfaction of watching the interest strengthen until it reached hundreds. Formerly it was difficult to get proper places for the meetings, but there is no difficulty on that score in these days. The influence of these institutes has permeated every avenue of farm life, in which fact Mr. Crawford considers himself well rewarded for the time that he devoted to the work. During his association therewith it was under the administration of A. L. Martin, who was deputy secretary of agriculture and director of State Institutes, and the county chairmen gave their time and efforts for the benefit of the cause without financial compensation, placing the affairs of the Institutes upon the systematic basis on which they are now conducted. Under the present administration the county chairman receives twenty-five dollars for each day's work - substantial testimony of its value. Mr. Crawford is now State vice president of the Farmers' National Congress, and as such has the appointing of the delegates from the State to attend the national sessions, where legislation affecting agricultural interests is discussed and formulated. The work of the Pennsylvania delegates has been a substantial tribute to his good judgment. He himself owns two good farms. Though not ambitious for public offices Mr. Crawford has accepted several and discharged their duties with commendable regard for the wishes of his fellow citizens, having served as member of the school board, burgess, etc. He is a regular voter. He is a member and trustee of the Presbyterian Church, and a Mason in fraternal affiliation, belonging to Franklin Commandery, K. T., Pittsburgh Consistory (Scottish Rite) and Zem Zem Temple, of Erie. His interest has led him to attend the national conclaves, and all his outings with his Masonic brethren have proved highly enjoyable. [HVC 1919, 571]

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Sources


1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 571, 588.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 571.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1070.

4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 921.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 569.

6 Helen M. Snyder, Genealogy of Robert Beatty 1760-1823 (Franklin, PA: Self-published.), Addendum.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 510.

8 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 373.

9 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1042.

10 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #6224.


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