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Subject: [OHHURON-L] Re: Crawfords
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 10:02:24 EST


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Date: 1/31/02 9:54:09 PM Eastern Standard Time
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Hello Ken, I just found out that my ggrandfather was born in Huron County,
Ohio....James Levi Crawford April 1829. He married Clarissa Houck and I
believe she was also from Huron Co. but I'm not sure. At some time
they moved and then married in Jay Co IN when he was 19 and she was 21. I
am very interested in birth certificates and/ or to find out his father and
mother's names and anything else you might dig up. Maybe something on
census. Can you help me? Thank you very much, Ann Chamness Chambers >>


Hi Ann,

Sorry, but I was unable to come up with anything definite on your James
Crawford and Clarissa Houck in our Huron County, Ohio publications.

There was only one very brief mention of a Crawford family in our History of
the Fire Lands, by W.W. Williams, 1879. In the chapter on Fairfield Township,
Huron County, Ohio, under the heading of "Early Settlers," the following
appears: "The Crawfords--- John, Joseph, and James, came in (to the township)
about this time (circa 1821 according to the preceding paragraph), but did
not remain long." Don't know if this could relate to your Crawford family or
not.

I found one other reference that might relate to your James Levi Crawford. It
appeared in Ancestry.com in one of their Civil War links.

Details:

Name: James L. Crawford.
Residence: Jay County, Indiana
Enlisted in Company A, 12th Infantry Regiment, Indiana 30 Dec 1864.
Transferred 8 June 1865 in Washington D.C.
Transferred in 59th Infantry Regiment, Indiana 8 June 1865.

The residence, and age (about age 35 when enlisted), could fit your James
Levi Crawford.

If you think he might be yours, perhaps you could get more information by
writing to National Archives, Washington, D.C for a copy of his military
records.

Regards,

Ken Shute, in Maryland ().

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