Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Crawford, James 1893
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Ionia Standard, 20 & 27 Jan 1893

James Crawford, a long time resident of Easton, and father of Mrs. Haight
Rowley, and Mrs. Wm. Dildine Jr., died at the home of the latter, on Dexter
street, about noon yesterday.

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The funeral services over the remains of James Crawford were attended from the
residence of his daughter, Mrs. Dildine, on Dexter street, at 12 o’clock on
Sunday, from whence the body was conveyed to the Easton church for services by
Rev. Alfred Cornell, at 2 o’clock.  He was buried beside his wife in the Easton
cemetery.

James Crawford was born in Glasgow, Scotland, February 14, 1815; came to Ionia
in February, 1834, thus making him a resident of Ionia county almost 59 years. 
When a free ferry was established, it was the practice of the county
commissioners to let the contract for keeping the ferry to the lowest bidder. 
Mr. Crawford was one of the men who drew the prize one year.  The amount was
somewhere about $120.  The ferryman was in those days a very important personage.


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