Newaygo County MI Archives Biographies.....Crawford, Holly W. June 24, 1837 - 
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Author: Chapman Brothers

HOLLY W. CRAWFORD, farmer, section 31, Sheridan Township, is a native of 
Macomb Co., Mich., and was born 

June 24, 1837.  His parents, David and Lydia (Farr) Crawford, were natives of 
New York, and settled in 

Macomb County in a very early day.  They afterwards moved to Oakland County, 
where the father died, and 

the mother came to Fremont, this county, and afterward died.  Holly W. was 12 
years old when his parents 

removed to Oakland County.  He lived there three years and then returned to 
Macomb County, where he lived 

until he obtained his majority, then went to Illinois and remained about three 
years.

In June 1861, he enlisted in the 11th Ill Inf. and served three years.  He was 
wounded in the hand and 

shoulder in the battle of Fort Donelson, and received a furlough of two 
months.  He was honorably 

discharged at Springfield, Ill., and returned to Macomb County, where he lived 
one year, and August, 1865, 

he came to Newaygo County and purchased 80 acres of wild land in Sheridan, in 
what was then Bridgeton 

Township, where he now lives, and has 50 acres under cultivation.  He was 
married in Sheridan Township, in 

1869, to Luella A., daughter of John and Sarah Nelson, natives of Ontario, 
Canada, and New York 

respectively.  She is a native of Ontario, Canada, where she was born Feb. 16, 
1852.  Mr. and Mrs. 

Crawford are the parents of seven children:  Rilla M., John C., Reuben E., 
Perrin H., Guy W. Lydia A. and 

Geo. N.

Mr. Crawford has held the office of Township Clerk two years, Justice of the 
Peace 17 years and Supervisor 

one year.  He was appointed Postmaster at Sitka in 1868, under P.M. Gen. 
Randall, and has since held that 

office.  He is a staunch Republican.

Additional Comments:
1884 Portrait & Bio Album of Newaygo Co.

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