WARE COUNTY  GA  Biography  WILLIAM FALK CRAWLEY

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WILLIAM FALK CRAWLEY
William Falk Crawley is an Attorney at Law of Waycross,
who practices in all the courts, and who has offices in
the Lott-Hitch Building. He is a son of the late Capt. E.
H. Crawley and Mrs. Martha M. Crawley. His father, Capt.
Crawley, was one of the pioneer merchants of Ware County,
first having started business in Waresboro, Georgia, soon
after the close of the war, and in 1881, while Waycross
was still a village, he removed from Waresoboro to
Waycross and continued in the merchantile business up to
the time of his death, conducting what was considered in
those days the largest general mercantile establishment
in this section. He was Treasurer of Ware County at the
time of his death, which office he had held for a number
of years. His mother is a daughter of the late Col. and
Mrs. W. A. McDonald.

Mr. Crawley was born at Waresoboro, Georgia, January
23rd, 1877. His education was obtained in the common
schools of the county and in the Waycross Public School.
After leaving the public school he enter the Law
Department of the State University at Athens, Georgia, in
1897, graduating there from in June 1898, after which he
entered actively into the practice of his chosen
profession.

During the session of the Legislature of 1899, Mr.
Crawley was appointed Clerk of the General Judiciary
Committee of the House of Representatives, which position
he filled throughout that session with credit to himself.
After the adjournment of the Legislature, Mr. Crawley
again entered upon the practice of law, going to Douglas,
Georgia, where he formed a co-partnership with Judge C.
A. Ward, which continued until the fall of 1899, when he
severed his connection at Douglas and returned to
Waycross where he has since been continuously engaged in
the practice.

Mr. Crawley has built up quite a large practice, and is
one of the foremost of the lawyers of our section. He and
his brother J. L. Crawley, form the well known firm of
Crawley & Crawley, who have one of the very best
clientage in the county of Ware and as well several
adjoining counties where they practice.

Mr. Crawley is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the
Woodmen of the World, having been the first Consul
Commander of the Newton Pallips Camp W. O. W., formed at
Waycross.

Ref: INDUSTRIAL EDITION OF THE WAYCROSS EVENING HERALD, Waycross, Georgia, June 1907, p. 54.

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