Columbiana County OhArchives Obituaries.....Crawford, Daniel February 27 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheila Fritts sfritts101@hotmail.com June 14, 2004, 3:39 pm East Liverpool Crisis 28 Feb 1893 pg 1 The death of Daniel Crawford, of the West End, yesterday afternoon, which was announced briefly in last evening’s Crisis, came as a severe and unexpected shock to the community in which he was so well and favorably known. It was known that he was ill, but beside a circle in which was included the most intimate of fiends of the family, it was not known that the disease from which he was suffering had taken a serious turn, or that his life was in immediate jeopardy. Although Mr. Crawford’s last illness had extended over a period of perhaps four weeks, the change for the worse, giving apprehensions in the minds of his family and physicians that the end was at hand, came as late as Friday night. Then it became apparent that the abscess from which had been suffering had progressed until it pressed upon the brain, and that relief was a problem of difficult, almost impossible, solution. This advanced feature of the disease was merciful in that it deprived the sufferer of all sense of pain, and during the last twenty-four hours preceding the end he was mercifully unconscious. The deceased was aged sixty years and eleven months at the time of his death, and leaves a wife and six children – James C. Crawford, who occupies the old homestead in Madison township; Mrs. C.F. Boagh, of Third street, this city; Mrs. J.C. Bossinger, of Little Rock, Ark.; Mrs. Mina Lowrie, of Fourth street, this city, and Misses Mary and Lizzie Crawford, who live at home. All the family, with the exception of the absent son and daughter, were at the bedside of the sufferer, and by the most assiduous care and loving devotion endeavored to stay the hand of the destroyer. In the death of Daniel Crawford passes away one of the leading men of influence in the county, one who has for many years been closely identified with the interests of the community, a leader of the most progressive spirit of the people with whom he was identified,and one who agitated and often aided greatly in carrying into execution many of the popular movements in his section. He was a man of pronounced public spirit, an energetic advocate of projects for the betterment of the people, particularly the agricultural classes, with which he had been closest affiliated. He was a man conspicuous for an intelligent comprehension of the public needs, and being a close student of affairs his opinions possessed a value that was universally recognized. Upon every subject almost he was exceedingly well read, and this, combined with a genial disposition and fraternal nature, made of him a pleasant and a valued companion. Under these circumstances it is not surprising that he numbered his friends by the legion, and that his death is looked upon by the community in which he had spent his entire life of more than sixty years as a public misfortune. Daniel Crawford was born at the old Crawford homestead, in Madison township, March 27, 1832, and was consequently within thirty days of the close of his sixty-first year. He was reared from childhood on the old home place, and there spent the best years of his life. He remained on the farm until within the past four years, when he removed to East Liverpool, first making his home on Sixth street, and thence moving to the property on Lisbon street, in the West End, where the family still resides. For several years he conducted an insurance and real estate business, but retired from that two years since, and has not since actively identified himself with any business enterprise. Thirty- nine years ago today (February 28, 1854) he was united in marriage with Miss Mary McBeth, of Wellsville – his faithful helpmeet through all the years that followed. The deceased was a man of great influence in Madison township, and during the more than half a century in which he made that township his home, he held various positions of honor and trust in the gift of the people. In 1878 he was a candidate on the People’s ticket – the ticket based on the reduction of salaries – for County Treasurer, and was defeated by the regular Republican nominee, William G. Bentley, by only 120 votes. He was also a prominent member of the Township Line Farmer’s Club and the Columbiana County Agricultural Society – in both of which organizations he was a leading spirit. After coming to East Liverpool, the deceased was elected to the term in the City Council from the Fourth Ward, almost as soon as he had obtained residence, and he attended to his duties while in that position with scrupulous dare and watchfulness of the interests of the people of the whole city. The deceased was a member of the First Presbyterian church, and had always taken an active part in church affairs. He was also up to late years, a member of the Masonic Order. The funeral services will be held at the First Presbyterian church tomorrow afternoon at 1:30; interment at Spring Grove. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 5.4 Kb