Coosa County AlArchives Biographies.....Crawford, A. D. April 15 1850 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    A. D. CRAWFORD, planter and miller at Crewsville, Ala., is a son of Daniel
and Annie J (McNeil) Crawford. Daniel Crawford was a native of South Carolina,
born there January 21, 1806, in the Chesterfield district. He was a son of
Duncan and Mary (McLaughlin) Crawford. While he was still a young man he came to
Alabama, settling in Autauga county, but he afterward moved to Coosa county and
settled in the place which A. B, Crawford now owns, five miles east of Rockford.
He started out in life as a mechanic and possessed scientific genius of a high
order. He was married in 1810 and had a family of seven children, viz.: W. H. ,
a planter of Vicksburg, Ala., McNeil, deceased, Jeannette, wife of J. E.
Billupps, of Albany, Ga.; Ellen, wife of W. B. Shepherd, Opelika, Ala.; A. D.;
Daniel, deceased, and James A., at home. Family lived at Washington, Autauga
county, until 1845 when they moved to Coosa county and settled where A. B.
Crawford now resides. Here they have lived continuously ever since. The mother
died September 11, 1890, and the father February 8, 1891. Daniel was for a time
a prominent figure in state politics. In 1847, despite his disinclination, he
was elected to the lower house of the legislature and in 1857 he was elected to
the senate. He was always a cautious and conservative man and was very much
opposed to secession. In 1865, he was a delegate to the constitutional
convention. In 1871 he was again elected to the legislature and served one term.
This was at the time of the dual legislature, he being in the democratic ranks.
He was elected state treasurer in 1874, re-elected in 1876. During the four
years of his service as such officer he earned the honorable appelation of
"watch dog" of the treasury, and his record was in striking contrast to that of
his successor; all must and do appreciate the faithfulness of Daniel Crawford,
who was a true servant of the state. Garrett's Public Men of Alabama. speaks of
Mr. Crawford in the following words: "Few men of the state are more deservedly
respected; few illustrate more fully in fitness for public trusts the injustice
of the fourteenth amendment; and yet with his mature capacity and character for
usefulness in public life few men have less thirst for its honors and emoluments
or are more wedded to private stations than Mr. Crawford." He was always a
democrat in politics and in religion he favored the Presbyterian faith, though
not a member of any church. The McNeils were from North Carolina. Miss Anna J.
McNeil, whom Mr. Crawford married, was left an orphan in early life, and was
reared by an uncle, Col. John McNeil, of Autauga county. A. D. Crawford was born
April 15th, 1850, on the old home place. He was educated at the university of
Alabama, graduating in the class of 1874. He was his father's assistant in the
office of state treasurer during the four years of his incumbency, and he was
also with the next treasurer four years. Since then he has been at home on the
farm most of the time. He is a planter and miller by occupation and has never
married. With his brother James he lives on the old place and enjoys the
seclusion of a country life, and is very fond of hunting and fishing.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 725-726

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