| JamesCrawford |
JAMES CRAWFORD, of township 17, range 10, Virginia,is a native of Ireland born in 1833. His parents were William and Margaret(Patterson) Crawford, both natives of Ireland who came to America aftermarriage, about 1843. They located near what is now Virginia, where theyspent their lives. Both parents are interested in the Virginia cemetery.They had four children, two of whom are now living.
James grew to manhood on his father’s farm.He has always worked hard and has accumulated property valued at thousandsof dollars, all the result of his own industry and economy. He owns 540acres of land surrounding the town of Virginia, for which he has refused$100 an acre. He gives his whole attention to stock-raising and feeding.He and his son are now feeding about 500 head of three to four year oldsteers. He is raising about 300 acres of corn this year (1892). The votersof the family are Democrats, and the family are among the representativecitizens of Virginia. They have been raised in the Presbyterian faith.This is not a long-lived family, the members generally dying young.
He was married in Jacksonville, in 1868,to Miss Jane Elliott, of Virginia, born in 1841. They have five children:Fannie, Willie, James, Maggie and Floy; two died in infancy, –Henry C.and Thomas Elliott. Willie is now of age and is supporting himself by farminga portion of the homestead, feeding 125 head of cattle.
Mr. Crawford is an outspoken man, who speaksexactly what he thinks, and these qualities indicate the honesty of hisnature, as he scorns to gain the favor of men by flattery. He has givenhis children a good education. He is a man of almost unlimited means, yethe spends his days in toil, feeling that his work is not yet accomplished,though he feels the weight of advancing years. He is a man of sterlinghonesty and the county is indebted to such men as he for much of its prosperity.He has resided for forty-five years on his farm.
Biographical Review of Cass, Schuylerand Brown Counties, Illinois, Biographical Review Publishing Co., Chicago,1892, page 170.
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