Ormsby-Carson County NV Archives Obituaries.....Crawford, James March 8, 1885
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Reno Evening Gazette March 9, 1885
Death of James Crawford

One by One the Old Timers are Falling

This morning’s passenger from the west brought the remains of Hon. James
Crawford, who died at Oakland at three o’clock yesterday morning of valvular
disease of the heart.  The deceased had been ailing for some time and left
Carson about two months ago in the hope that a change of climate might benefit
him, but the disease had become too far advanced to be stayed by any human
agency.  Mr. Crawford was born in Kentucky, 52 years ago, and came to the
Pacific coast in 1853.  He was for several years, in company with W.S. Byrne
last Treasurer of the Carson Mint, engaged in the publication of Mountain
Messenger at Laport, Sierra county, Cal.  He also served one term in the
California Assembly from the same county.  The exact date of his arrival in
Nevada is not at hand, but it was early in the sixties.  He settled in Dayton,
where for many years he was the Superintendent of the Rocky Point mill.  In 1865
he was elected to the Nevada Assembly and was re-elected to the same body in
1872.  Eleven years ago Mr. Crawford was appointed Superintendent of the U.S.
Mint at Carson, which position he held at the time of his death.  When it is
known that Mr. C grew to manhood before he could either read or write, and that
his education was acquired by the light of a candle in a miner’s cabin,
something of an insight to his energy, application and how character is
obtained.  The funeral will take place to-morrow at Carson under the auspices of
the Masonic Fraternity, for which many years he was a member.


Daily Nevada State Journal March 10, 1885

Death of Supt Crawford

Hon. James Crawford, Superintendent of the U.S. Mint at Carson, died at Oakland
Sunday morning of valvular disease of the heart.  Deceased was a Kentuckian by
birth, and 52 years of age.  He came to the Coast in 1853, and occupied
positions of trust in the early days.  He came to Nevada and located at Dayton,
and prior to his appointment as Supt. Of the Mint, was twice a member of
Assembly from Lyon county.  He was a good man in every sense of the word.  His
remains were brought up from Oakland and taken to Carson yesterday morning and
his funeral will take place to-day under the auspices of the Masons.

Reno Evening Gazette March 11, 1885

A Large Funeral

The funeral of the late Hon. Jas. Crawford, which took place at Carson
yesterday, is said to have been one of the largest ever seen in the State.


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