Robert Crawford and Elizabeth Ramsey

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Husband Robert Crawford ¹

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           Born:  - ? Ireland
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           Died: Abt 1821 - near Ashtabula, Ashtabula Co, OH
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Wife Elizabeth Ramsey ¹

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Children

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1 M William Crawford ^{2 3}

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           Born:  - Ireland
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2 M Dr. John Crawford ^{3 4}

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           Born:  - Ireland
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3 M Dr. Robert Crawford ^{1 2 5}

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           Born: 16 May 1815 - Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland 1
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           Died: 25 Dec 1892
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         Spouse: Sarah Poak Kelly (Abt 1820-1888) 6 7
           Marr: 1838 6 8

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Crawford

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The Crawfords are of Scotch-Irish extraction and came to America in 1821. The elder son had taken refuge in this country after getting into difficulties over killing the dog of a nobleman, and believing that the family would do better here persuaded his parents to leave their old home. He returned to Ireland to accompany them hither, but died on the ocean on the return trip with them, when within sight of America. By his advice the family intended settling near Freeport, Illinois, and after landing they continued their journey toward that point, but the father also died, while they were on their way up the lakes, near Ashtabula, Ohio, and the mother, having acquaintances at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, decided it would be best to go there. Leaving the boat at Painesville, Ohio, she proceeded with her three sons, William, Robert and John, by wagon, and, arriving at Pittsburgh, resided there some years, the children attending the public schools. Later they lived at Clinton, Allegheny County, not far from Pittsburgh, and when William and Robert settled at Cooperstown, Venango County, the mother joined them there. [CAB, 569]

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

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

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 570.

4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 922.

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

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

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

8 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1071.