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Chase County Obituaries
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Crawford, Joseph L Sr
From the
OBITUARY OF JOSEPH L. CRAWFORD SR.
The long sickness of Jos. L. Crawford, of Clements, terminated last Wednesday evening, in the "long sleep that knows no waking here". Mr. Crawford was in the sixty-eighth year of his age, but until his last illness was as hale and vigorous as many men who wear a score less years. He was well and familiarly known in this and adjoining counties as Uncle Joe Crawford, having lived here more than thirty years.
Sterling honesty, kindness of heart, hatred of deceit and all hypocrisy, and zeal to be right were traits of character that distinguished him among his fellowman. Surrounded by members of his family and in full possession of all the faculties of his mind, after having bidden each one of them goodbye, the link which connects the soul and body was peacefully sundered.
The funeral sermon preached by Miss Brant of Hutchinson was one of unusual force and logic. The last rites were performed by the Odd Fellows societies, of which he was a faithful member since its organization at this place. Sympathy is extended to the wife and family, in their sorrow for the loss of a husband --a father, and "an honest man --the noblest work of God."
SCRIBULUS.
Strong City Derrick, Strong City, Kansas, November 23, 1893.
Notes by submitter, Margaret Haynes:
Joseph L. CRAWFORD was born May 3, 1825, in Ohio; and he died November 15, 1893, in Clements, Chase Co., Kansas. He was married first on March 13, 1847, to Amy COLUMBIA, she was born Sept. 22, 1828; she died May 29, 1871/1872.
Joseph L. CRAWFORD Sr. and Amy (COLUMBIA) CRAWFORD had eight children: Emma Adeline CRAWFORD who married Jacob PAYNE, Lucy Melissa CRAWFORD who married Elias Smith GREEN, John Andrew CRAWFORD, Joseph L. CRAWFORD JR., James Byron CRAWFORD, Amy Hortense CRAWFORD who married Wylie R. BYRAM, Margaret Amanda CRAWFORD who married Lemuel W. BYRAM, and Thomas Grant CRAWFORD.
Joseph L. CRAWFORD SR. laid out the town of Crawfordsville that was later known as Clements and opened the first grist mill in Kansas. He was described as a most congenial man and a true friend to everyone in the vicinity. He had many business endeavors in Chase Co. He built a large two-story brick house just north of the town of Clements that was a real show place and gathering place for friends and relatives. Square dancing was held there quite frequently- he played the violin for the dancers.
In July 1868, he sold a farm he owned just south of Clements and south of the Cottonwood River (where the Stone Bridge would later be built) to John and Mary Ann (Ring) Patton. The family of John and Mary Ann Patton often attended the dances at the Crawford home.
After his first wife Amy died, Joseph L. CRAWFORD Sr. married the second time on Dec. 29, 1872, to Mary Elizabeth WATSON, she was born Feb. 18, 1844, and she died January 29, 1923, in Clements, Kansas.
Joseph L. CRAWFORD SR. and Mary Elizabeth (WATSON) CRAWFORD had five children: Austin, son of Mary Elizabeth, adopted by Joseph L. CRAWFORD Sr., and Charles William CRAWFORD, Frank CRAWFORD, Celia CRAWFORD who married Claude W. HAWKINS, and May (or Mary Elizabeth) CRAWFORD.
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