Henry County AlArchives Biographies.....Crawford, A. C. January 1851 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    A. C. CRAWFORD, one of the enterprising men of Henry county, was born in
Barbour county. Ala., in January, 1851. He is a son of Nicholas Linsy (Hays)
Crawford, who were the parents of ten children. The former was born in North
Carolina in 1812, spent his youth there and became an agriculturist, and though
his early education appears to have been somewhat neglected, his experience in
the world was such as to a great extent supply the deficiency. In 1833, he moved
to Barbour county and engaged there in his favorite pursuit, farming, which he
followed all his life. He was married in 1843 to a Miss Hays and continued on in
his accustomed mode of life, raising large quantities of wheat, pork and cotton;
but in 1856 he removed to Henry county, settling near Lawrenceville, where he
remained until his death, which occurred in 1887. His wife was also a native of
North Carolina and moved with her parents to Alabama in 1829, they settling in
Henry county. Here she grew to womanhood and was married in her twenty-second
year. She was the mother of ten children, one of whom, J. W. Crawford, is now
the treasurer of Henry county. The rest with one exception are living in Henry
county in comfortable circumstances. The one mentioned as an exception is living
in Texas. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist church from early life, was
a good woman and a devout Christian until her death in 1891. A. C. Crawford grew
to manhood on the farm, gaining what education he could from the district
schools. In 1869 he went to Texas and began business for himself, remaining
there eighteen months; he then returned to his home in Henry county and took
charge of his father's farm. At the end of two years thus spent he purchased 400
acres in Barbour county and engaged in farming eight years; he then sold his
farm, moved to Lawrenceville, where he opened up a stock of general merchandise
and continued in this business four years. Not being satisfied with the profits
he sold out and purchased a plantation, and engaged in farming and cotton
raising, often raising as much as a hundred bales of cotton in a year. In 1886
he removed to Dothen and here engaged again in the mercantile business, and in
1888 began to take contracts for the erection of buildings and operated this
line in connection with his mercantile business until 1892, selling his
mercantile interests in January of this year, and then engaged exclusively in
contracting and building, and in the manufacture of brick, in which his brother
W. H. is his partner. He was married March 4, 1873, to Mary E. Craddock,
daughter of Thomas and Jane A. Craddock. They were both natives of North
Carolina, came to Alabama in 1821 and settled in Henry county. Mr. Craddock was
a successful farmer, throughout life, dying in 1876 and his widow in 1878. She
was a member of the Primitive Baptist church from early womanhood. The wife of
A. C. Crawford was born, reared and educated in Henry county, and was married at
the age of eighteen. She became the mother of seven children, five of whom are
living: Thomas C., attending the Dothen high school; Miss Willie May, also
attending Dothen high school; Cleveland, Mary and Anna. Mr. Crawford, since
commencing the business of contracting and building, has done most of the work
in this line that has been done in this vicinity. He has been the originator of
many good enterprises, and donated a beautiful building now occupied by the
Dothen high school. He has always contributed liberally to the support of
churches and schools, and has been identified more or less closely with every
enterprise designed to advance the material prosperity of the place. In 1889, he
was elected mayor of Dothen and was re-elected in 1891. He has filled this
office to the satisfaction of the public and with credit to himself. He has been
a member of the municipal board and a trustee of the public schools ever since
his removal to Dothen. He is the owner of large tracts of land, several lots and
houses in Dothen, beside his interests in manufacturing and his residence, and
is everywhere recognized as an enterprising business man.



Additional Comments:
from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 1077-1078
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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