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id	first	middle	last	dob	dod	cod
42	George		Crawford	4/5/1865	9/21/1878	typhoid fever

veteran	exhumed	purchaser	cemetery
	FALSE		Adams Street

lot	plot
	R1 G2 note from WRHS: "buried in or near Woodworth plot"

relations

Benjamin Crawford (adopted father) Harriet Belinda Crawford (adoptive mother, maiden name Richards) Maggie A. Woodworth (cousin) William Woodworth (cousin)

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Tombstone inscription reads: "Geo., adopted son of B. and H. B. Crawford, d. Sept. 20, 1878, ae 13 yrs" Shares stone/lot with "Maggie A. Woodworth, niece of Benj. Crawford, d. Oct 26, 1878, ae 16 yr 2 mo." The Grindstone Advertiser reported his death on Sept 26th, 1878: "A ten-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Crawford died Friday of typhoid fever. Funeral Sunday at the Brick Church." Enumerated in 1870 census, living in Strongsville with Benjamin Crawford, a wealthy farmer (35) from Scotland, with real property worth $3,000, Benj.'s wife Harriet (29), and Margaret Woodworth (7, a niece), and an aged handicapped pauper, Joel Tiffk. Benjamin Crawford enumerated in 1880 census, age 45, still in Strongsville, with wife Belind H [probably H. Belind] (39), and William Woodworth (13, nephew). Numerous deeds listing Benjamin Crawford or Benjamin and H. B. Crawford. They sell 15 acres in Berea to Wm. Carman for $3,000 in Apr 1870. They also buy and sell land in Strongsville. Benjamin Crawford is listed as one of the "wardins" [sic] of St. Thomas's Episcopal Church in Berea. H.Belinda and Benjamin Crawford are listed among the heirs of John Pembroke, along with Harriet Cartwright; LA, Jno B, Wm, and Lillie Richards, Alice and Chas. J. Fish, and Nancy Bowman. Between 1870 and 1877, Harriet Belinda begins to go by her middle name: "H. Belinda." Benjamin appears in a deed with a "Hannah B" as wife in 1884 (misprint?) (Benjamin Crawford deeds, Cuyahoga County Recorders Office online). No obvious grave for Benjamin or Harriet Belinda Crawford on findagrave.com in Ohio. There is a large Crawford/Squires monument in Woodvale Cemetery, Sec. B1, with a large lot and only one headstone reading "Benj. Crawford 1835-1900." They are probably there. A poem appears, in memory of little Georgie, in the 21 November 1878 Grindstone Advertiser: "In Memory of Little Georgie, Georgie Crawford died September 21st, aged 13 years. Grieve not for your little Georgie, Silent now in death’s embrace; For his spirit rest in heaven, And beholds the Savior’s face. Jesus loves the little children; Suffer them to go to him, When he calls them, through the shadows Hovering round them vague and dim. Better far to dwell with Jesus, Than to suffer here below; For he gives a precious promise, He will wash them white as snow. “White as snow,” how sweet to think it, When we bid our friends farewell; We shall greet them, pure and spotless, If we live our lives full well. Calmly rest then, “little Georgie,” Till we meet thee bye and bye; When the shadows are all lifted, May we greet thee, up on high." George Crawford's tombstone was cleaned with D-2.

sources

Loomis, E. S., D. T. Gould, "Inscriptions from the Old Berea Cemetery," 1904, Berea Historical Society (gives Harriet's middle initial as R) "Cuyahoga Cemetery Inscriptions," Vol. I, Western Reserve Historical Society, compiled 1934 Grindstone Advertiser, 26 Sept 1878 1870 US Federal Census, Benj Crawford household, series M593, roll 1193, p. 623. 1880 US Federal Census, Benjamin Crawford household, series T9, roll 1010, p. 369. Benjamin Crawford marriage license to Harriet B. Richards, vol. 12, p. 255, Cuyahoga County Historical Marriage License Index online; Marriage License collection, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Fairview Park. Benjamin Crawford deeds, 1866-1895, Cuyahoga County Records Office online. "Number of burial lots and price," Adams St Cemetery folder, Berea Historical Society Benjamin Crawford monument, Woodvale Cemetery, Middleburg Heights, OH. Grindstone Advertiser, 21 November 1878 Sample Survey Sheet for Individual Burial Markers, George Crawford, J. Orlando, 14 August 2009.