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Birth:
Marriage:
1834
Father:
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Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   Ten children were born at McConnellsburg and Fort London.  They moved outto Chapin, Franklin County, Iowa.  They were there in the 1870 and 1880Census.  They built a large house in Chapin.  Walter D. Thomas was thereand went in it and took pictures of it in 1967. Melinda and Joseph thenmoved to Arlington,Kingsbury County, South Dakota.  They lived in asod-house. Both of them were buried at Pleasant View Cemetery, south ofArlington. Joseph died September 11, 1883 and Melinda on August 30,1885.  When Walter D. Thomas visited in July 1937 the dry weeds were ashigh as his head but the tall Crawford monument could be seen above theweed. The fences were down, cattle were grazing around the tombstones.The Crawford stone was laying flat on the ground.
Malinda Adeline MCGEE
Birth:
4 Jun 1814
Death:
30 Aug 1885
Children
Marriage
1
Sarah Martha CRAWFORD
Birth:
24 Dec 1835
McConnellsburg
Death:
1927
Buried in Pleasant View Cemetery in Brookings
Notes:
                   Samuel was killed in the Civil War. Sarah moved with her little girl outto Chapin, Ia., then to Arlington, South Dakota.  Her last home was inBrookings.  She died in 1927. She was past 91 yrs.  Not many women matchSarah's record of 63 yrs. of widowhood.  She was burried in Pleasant ViewCemetery.
2
George Washington CRAWFORD
Birth:
17 Feb 1838
McConnelsburg, Pa
Death:
30 Jun 1914
buried in Old Chapin Cemetery.
Celia Ellen WILLIS 
Marr:
19 Jun 1862
Momence, Illinois 
Notes:
                   George Washington Crawford died at age 76.  He was raised at Fort London.He worked at Cooper's trade. He played a dulcimer.  In 1860 he drove ateam of oxen, along with other gold seekers to Pike's Peak.  On June 19,1862 he married Celia Ellen Willis at Momence, Illinois. They lived firstat Cedar Falls, Iowa and then in 1866 they bought a 160 acre farm nearChapin and moved to it.  Here he formed and ran the Chapin elevator.Celia was a widow four years and died March 9, 1918. Both are buried inOld Chapin Cemetery.
3
James Madison CRAWFORD
Birth:
19 Jan 1840
Death:
 
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4
David Dunwoody CRAWFORD
Birth:
24 Dec 1842
Death:
 
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5
Joseph Van Lear CRAWFORD
Birth:
11 Feb 1845
Death:
 
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6
Mary Jane Crawford CRAWFORD
Birth:
23 Feb 1847
Death:
 
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7
Emma Catherine CRAWFORD
Birth:
21 Feb 1849
Death:
 
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8
Anna Elizabeth CRAWFORD
Birth:
2 Mar 1851
Death:
 
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9
William CRAWFORD
Birth:
8 Aug 1853
Death:
 
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10
Ellsworth CRAWFORD
Birth:
16 Sep 1855
Death:
 
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