Harrison-Page-Taylor County IA Archives Obituaries.....Crawford, George Washington April 28, 1923 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon Wombles fswfarm@positech.net August 11, 2005, 10:27 pm The Dunlap Reporter George W. Crawford, son of George and Maria Crawford, was born March 20, 1844, in Hocking County, Ohio. He passed away April 28, 1923, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C.J. Wheelen, of this city. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, he enlisted when only 17 years old. He served for three years, taking part in 21 battles, among which were the Second Battle of Bull Run, Chancellorville, and Gettysburg. Coming home from the war, he was united in marriage to Margaretta Skinner in 1867 at Logan, Ohio. To this union, four children were born, three of whom survive him: Mrs. Alma Wheelen, Edd of Dunlap, and Wilbur of Sharpsburg, Iowa. His wife and one son, Frank Alonza, preceeded him to the Great Beyond. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/harrison/obits/c/crawford34ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/iafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb