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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Crawford, John W., congressman. He was member of congress from the fourth district of Texas. He died March 3, 1899, in Washington, D.C. Crawford, John Wallace, poet, scout, was born March 4, 1847, in Ireland. He joined the forty-eighth regiment Pennsylvania volunteers; and was severely wounded. He became government scout in the west; served under General Crook in the Sitting Bull campaign; and in 1876 was appointed chief ot a

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scouts.

army

life in

New 1886.

a candidate for attorney-general;

was

presi-

dent of the republican state league of Kentucky in 1892-95; and in 1897 was elected president of the national republican league. Crawford, Martin Jenkins, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born March 17, 1820, in Jasper county, Ga. He was a member of the Georgia state legislature in 1845-47; and in 1853 was appointed judge of the superior court. In 1855-61 he was a representative from Georgia to the thirty- fourth, thirtyfifth and thirty-sixth congresses. He joined the great civil war as a member of the eonfederate congress; and was a commissioner to Washington. He died July 32, 1883, in Columbus, Ga. Crawford, Mary Caroline, journalist, author, was bom May 5, 1874, in Boston, Mass. In 1898-1902 she was literary critic for the Boston Budget. She is the author of The Romance of Old England Roof Trees.

Crawford, Nathaniel Morton, clergyman, college president, author, was bom March 22, 1811, in Oglethorpe county, Va. He was

a baptist minister of Kentucky; and was president of Georgetown college in 1865-71. the author of Christian Paradoxes. Oct. 37, 1871, in Walker county, Va. Crawford, Russell Tracy, educator, astronomer, scientist, was born March 26, 1876, in

He was He died

Davisville, Cal. In 1902-03 he was examiner in the United States civil service commission; and since 1903 has been instructor of practical astronomy in the university of California. He has made valuable researches on constant of refraction; Comet orbits; and Perturbations of minor planets. Crawford, S. J., governor. He was the third governor of Kansas in 1864-69. He died in Kansas.

Crawford, Samuel, lawyer, 55 he

Crawford, Samuel Wylie, soldier, physiwas born on Nov. 8, 1829, in Franklin county, Pa. In 1851 he became an assistant surgeon in the United States ar-

cian, surgeon,

my. He received his commission as brigadier-general

was an

jurist. In 1853associate justice of the su-

preme court of Wisconsin. Crawford, Samuel Johnson, soldier, was bom in Indiana. In 1861 he was captain in the second regiment Kansas cavalry; and in

in

1862;

and served with

dis-

tinction in the Shenandoala campaign, being present at the bat-

Mexico; and retired from He is the author of The

Poet Scout; A Book of Song and Story; Campfire Sparks; and Tat, a Drama in Three Acts; and other works. Crawford, Leonard Jacob, lawyer, politician, was born April 29, 1860, in Newport, Ky. In 1882 he graduated from the Cincinnati law school; and since that time has practiced in his native city. In 1891 lie was

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1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers.

served in campaigns against the

Apaches in

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Winchester and Cedar Mountain, losing

tles of

one-h:;lf of his brigade in the last named action. At the battle of command of a division, and

Antietam he had was severely wounded. He was retired in 1873. He died Nov. 3, 1892, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Crawford, Thomas, sculptor, artist, was born ilarch 22, 1814, in New York City.

Some

of his

most celebrated works are The

Genius of Mirth; Adam and Eve; also David Before Saul; and Flora. He died Oct. 16, 1857, in London, England. Crawford, Thomas, merchant, real estate, banker, was born Feb. 22, 1836, in Ireland. He received a thorough education in the public and private schools. Since 1850 he has been a resident of the state of New York; and in 1857-71 was in the dry goods business. For many years he has been extensively engaged in real estate transactions;

and of

is

president of the

New York

Harlem savings bank

City.

Crawford, Thomas Hartley, la-svyer, jurist, congressman, Avas born on Nov. 14, 1786. in Chambersburg, Pa. In 1829-33 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the twenty-first and twenty-second congresses, and during the last named year was elected to the state legislature. In 1838-45 he was commissioner of Indian affairs. In 1845-63 he was judge of the criminal court of the District of Columbia. He died Jan. 27, 1863, in

Washington, D.C.

Crawford, West James, soldier, merchant, was bom Nov. 1, 1844, in Madison county. Miss. He served throughout the civil war. In 1885 he was president of the Memphis cotton exchange; and in 1889 he was president of the Commercial publishing company. Crawford, William, soldier, surveyor, was bom in 1732 in Berkeley county, Va. He was a surveyor: and the associate of Washington, under whom he served. He served in the French and Indian wars; in 1761 was promoted to captain; and in the revolutionary war became a colonel. Colonel Crawford fell into the hands of the Indians; and was burned to death by them June 11, 1782, in Wyandot county, Ohio. Crawford, William, physician, congressman, was born in 1760 in Scotland. He was the pioneer physician of Marsh Creek, Pa.;