Johnson County KS Archives Biographies.....Crawford, Frank 1859 - 
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Author: Ed Blair (1915)

  Frank Crawford, a prominent farmer and stock breeder of Aubry township, is one
of the extensive land owners of Johnson county. In former years Mr. Crawford was
a breeder of Morgan and Arabian horses, but now breeds exclusively gray
Percherons, and usually has about 100 head of these horses on his place. At this
writing he has 112. Mr. Crawford has also followed cattle and hog feeding on a
large scale and has found this branch of the stock business to be very
profitable. He usually feeds from 100 to 150 head of cattle and frequently has
over 500 head of hogs. Mr. Crawford supervises the farming of all his vast acres
and employes four men the year around. He has two tenants on his place besides
the family that keeps house for him, as he is a bachelor He is a native of
Coshocton county, Ohio, born March 29, 1859, and is a son of James and Augusta
(Engleman) Crawford. James Crawford was a native of Ohio, and a son of Robert
Crawford, a native of Ireland, and was born near the Killarney lakes. Robert
Crawford came to America when a young man and was an early settler in Ohio. He
died comparatively young and was considered a very wealthy man for that time.
James Crawford, father of Frank, was reared in Ohio, where he was married, and
in 1864 removed with his family to Illinois. After one year he went to Cass
county, Missouri, where he resided until 1880. He then came to Kansas, locating
in Miami county, where he died in 1907. He was a very successful farmer and was
a large land owner and when he died was in very comfortable circumstances. His
wife died in 1903. She was a native of Pennsylvania and of German descent. Frank
Crawford has made farming and the stock business his life's work and is one of
Johnson county's most successful men. He is a Republican and keeps himself well
posted on current events and the trend of the times. He is broad minded and
liberal and belongs to that type of men who are conservative and maintain the
equilibrium of society.

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HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY
ED BLAIR

AUTHOR OF
Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches

IN ONE VOLUME

ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
1915


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