Individual Details
Nelson Garfield CRAWFORD
(29 Oct 1881 - 10 May 1957)
Events
| Birth | 29 Oct 1881 | West Lebanon, Warren, Indiana, United States |  | ||
| ChildParent | | ||||
| Residence | 1 Jul 1885 | a 3 year old white male born Indiana and was listed as N G Crawford - Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Education | Apr 1891 | neither absent from or tardy for school - 2nd Ward, Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Religion | Bet 1892 and 1957 | member of Methodist church | | ||
| Residence | 1 Jul 1895 | a 13 year old white male born Indiana and was listed as Nelson Crawford - Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 15 Jun 1900 | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Occupation | Jul 1905 | clerk in the post office - Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1 Jul 1905 | a 21 year old white male born Indina and was listed as Nelson Crawford - Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Member | Jun 1906 | of the A.O.U.W. Lodge and elected to the office of Master workman - Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Vacation | Jun 1907 | Colorado Springs - Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 7 Jul 1907 | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States - Cora B. ADAMS | | ||
| Land-Sold-shared | 18 Oct 1907 | (Mary FOSTER) by warranty deed to Peter Hinemann for $2000 the SE 1/4 Sect 31 Twp 28 Range 26 - Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Land-Purch | 30 Jan 1909 | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States |  | | |
| Land-Sold-shared | 30 Jan 1909 | (Mary FOSTER) being lot 6 of block 47 - Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 22 Apr 1910 | a 28 year old male postal clerk who was born in Indiana and was listed as Nelson Crawford - 909 Second, Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Marriage-shared | 10 Nov 1911 | (George James ALLEN and Bernice CRAWFORD) Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Residence | 1915 | 909 2d Ave, Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Residence | 1 Jul 1915 | a 33 year old male born Ind and was listed as Nelson G. Crawford - Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Military | 12 Sep 1918 | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1920 | 909 2nd Ave, Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 7 Jan 1920 | Relation to Head: Head; Residence Marital Status: Married - 909 2nd Avenue, Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Residence | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | |||
| Occupation | employed at the post office - Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | ||||
| Residence | 1924 | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Member | 1924 | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Residence | 1 Jun 1925 | 909 2nd Ave, Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Occupation | Bet 1 Mar 1928 and Apr 1936 | postmaster - Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 23 Apr 1930 | Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head - Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Occupation | 5 Feb 1932 | postmaster - Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1935 | Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son - Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Occupation | Bet 1936 and 1948 | superintendent of mails - Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Land-Purch | 30 Sep 1937 | Lot 7, Block 47, Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 23 Apr 1940 | Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 909, Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Residence (family) | 1942 | 909 2nd Ave., Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States - Cora B. ADAMS | | ||
| Military | 1942 | 909 2nd Ave, Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Mortgage | 1 Sep 1942 | for $1500 from A. O. U. W. of Newton, Kansas - Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 30 Jun 1948 | retired from post office - Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Member | Feb 1949 | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Member | Bef 1950 | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Member | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | ||
| Marriage | 24 Dec 1950 | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States - | | ||
| Vacation | Jan 1951 | | | ||
| Residence | 1953 | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1955 | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1957 | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Death | 10 May 1957 | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Burial | 13 May 1957 | Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Cora B. ADAMS (1882 - 1947) |
| Father | Washington Marion CRAWFORD (1838 - 1889) |
| Mother | Mary FOSTER (1842 - 1929) |
| Sibling | Ida Kate CRAWFORD (1862 - 1934) |
| Sibling | Judson Foster CRAWFORD (1866 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Carrie A CRAWFORD (1870 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Lida A CRAWFORD (1871 - 1945) |
Notes
Land-Purch
by warranty deed lots 6 and 7 of block 47 for $500 from Ida K. Sherman and A. O. Shrman, her husband, J. F. Crawford and Josie Crawford, his wife, Lida A. Lighter and A. H. Ligher, her husband, Mary Crawford, a widow, who with the grantee are the sole andonly heirs at law of Washington M. Crawford, deceasedResidence
Nelson Crawford was listed as a 28 year old male born in Indiana on the 1910 census. He and his wife, Cora B. Crawford, had been married 3 years. Nelson was a clerk in the post office.Marriage-shared
Bernice Crawford and George Allen were married at the Crawford home.Residence
employed as assistant post masterResidence
Nels G Crwford was listed on the 1915 Kansas census as a 33 year old male.Residence
a 38 year old white male born IN working as assistant postmaster and was listed as Nelson G. CrawfordNelson Crawford was listed as a 38 year old male born in Indiana on the 1920 census. He was the assistant postmaster.
Residence
employed as assistant Post MasterMember
Commander; Dodge City Commandery No. 35; Masons;Residence
as a 43 year old male born in Indiana employed as the assistant post master who was listed as N. G. CrawfordResidence
a 48 year old male born in Indiana who is employed as post master and was listed as Nelson G. CrawfordNelson G Crawford was listed on the 1930 census as a 48 year old male born in Indiana. He was employed as the postmaster. Nelson married his wife at age 26.
Residence
as an 18 year old male born in Indiana and employed as a telegraph messenger who was listed as Nelson CrawfordNelson was listed on the 1900 census living in the household of his mother, Mary Crawford. Nelson was 18 years old and born in Indiana. He was working as a telegraph messenger.
Residence
a 58 year old male born in Indiana who was employed at the post office and was listed as Nelson CrawfordNelson Crawford was listed on the 1940 census as a 58 year old male born in Indiana. He was living at 909 N. 2nd. He was employed as a clerk in the post office. [Note: the house at 911 2nd was being rented.]
Member
of the First Methodist church for 50 yearsMember
Sons of the PioneersMember
St. Bernard Lodge No. 222, A. F. and A. M. Dodge City Chapter No. 75 Royal Arch Masons, Dodge City Council No. 16, Royal and Select Masters, Dodge City Commandery No. 35, Knights Templar and Midian Shring Temple of WichitaVacation
11 southern states and returned by the way of Topeka and attended Kansas Day activitiesEndnotes
1. Tombstone, Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City Kansas read by Marcia Philbrick, 1996, 1881-1957. (Doc. #: CRAWFORD.NOTEBOOK). ()
2. Dodge City Daily Globe, , Obituary of Nelson G. Crawford; Vol. 46, No. 130; 10 May 1957; page 1; (Doc. #: CRAWFORD.KS.093).
3. , death certificate , Kansas State Board of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Topeka, Kansas.
4. Illustriana Kansas (: , 1933)
5. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online November 2016), memorial for Nelson Garfield Crawford (1881-1957), Find a Grave Memorial no. #110360685, created by Marcia Philbrick, citing Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Tim Tompkins, Nelson Garfield Crawford.
6. Natioanl Archives, "World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database on-line, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2016), Nelson Crawford.
7. Ancestry, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
8. Ancestry.com, Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; Roll: ks1915_88; Line: 21.
9. Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Registration State: Kansas; Registration County: Ford; Roll: 1643516.
10. Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of Kansas; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System, 1926-1975; Record Group Number: 147; Box or Roll Number: Box 293.
11. "Death Message," Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Indiana), 26 January 1929, page 11; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online August 2019).
12. 1885 Kansas State Census, Ford County, Kansas, Kansas state census, , ; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ); Kansas State Historical Society.
13. 1885 Kansas State Census, Ford County, Kansas, Kansas state census, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, Page 23, household 6, M Crawford; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017); Kansas State Historical Society.
14. Dodge City Times, Dodge City, KS, 1 May 1891, page 3, col. 4.
15. Dodge City Daily Globe, , Obituary of Nelson G. Crawford; Dodge City Daily Globe; Vol. 46, No. 130; 10 May 1957; page 1; (Doc. #: CRAWFORD.KS.093).
16. 1895 Kansas Census, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, Kansas state census, , ; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ); Kansas State Historical Society.
17. 1900 U.S. Census, Warren County, Indiana, population schedule, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, ED 49, Sheet 1B, household 273, Mary Crawford; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017); NARA T623.
18. United States, Register of Civil, Military and Naval Services, 1863-1959, Nelson Crawford, July 1905; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online August 2019).
19. 1905 Kansas State Census, , , , Ford Co. page 43, line 1, dwelling #295, family #319 (Doc. #: CRAWFORD.CEN.006).
20. "Local News," The Globe-Republican (Dodge City, Kansas), 7 June 1906, page 7; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online April 2018).
21. "Local News," The Globe-Republican (Dodge City, Kansas), 18 July 1907, page 4; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online April 2018).
22. Ford County Kansas Marriage Records: Book C page 25 (Doc. #: Crawford.KS.003a), Ford County Clerk, Dodge City, Kansas
23. Dodge City Daily Globe, , Obituary of Nelson G. Crawford; Vol. 46, No. 130; 10 May 1957; page 1; (Doc. #: CRAWFORD.KS.093).
24. Dodge City Globe Republican (Dodge City, Kansas), Dodge City, Kansas, Wedding announcement; Thursday, July 11, 1907; page 1; col. 2. (Doc. #: CRAWFORD.KS.045).
25. Illustriana Kansas (: , 1933)
26. Dodge City Daily Globe, , Obituary of Mrs. Nelson G. Crawford; 6 Dec 1947; vol. 36, no. 39; page 1, col. 6; (Doc. #: Crawford.KS.093).
27. Ford, Kansas, Marriage Records, Nelson G. Crawford - Cora B. Adamsimage, "Kansas County Marriages, 1840-1935," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed March 2017).
28. Ford County Kansas, , ; ; Register of Deeds, Dodge City Kansas.
29. Ford County Kansas, , ; ; Register of Deeds, Dodge City Kansas.
30. Ford County Kansas, , ; ; Register of Deeds, Dodge City Kansas.
31. 1910 U.S. Census, Ford County, Kansas, population schedule, , ; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ); NARA microfilm publication T624.
32. Crawford, Judson F., Judson F. Crawford Family Bible (: , ); Marcia Philbrick, Seneca, KS, photocopy in Crawford.Washington.Notebook. Hereinafter cited as Family Bible Judson F. Crawford.
33. Dodge City Globe Republican (Dodge City, Kansas), Dodge City, Kansas, 16 Nov 1911, page 5, col. 1 (Doc. #: Crawford.KS.013).
34. Ford County Kansas Marriage Records: License Book 1903-1912 p447 / Affidavit Book C p 447, Ford County Clerk, Dodge City, Kansas
35. Dodge City Directory (: ), 1915-1916 Vol. 1, p.39
36. 1915 Kansas State Census, Ford County, Kansas, population schedule, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, page 16, family 124, Nels G Crawford; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online August 2017); Kansas State Historical Society.
37. Selective Service System, "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2016), Nelson Crawford.
38. Etrick's Directory of Ford County 1920 (Dodge City, Kansas: Etrick Printery, 1920), 27, Crawford; digital image, Heritage Quest (interactive.ancestryheritagequest.com : viewed online September 2016).
39. , Etrick's Directory of Ford County 1920 (Dodge City, Kansas: Etrick Printery, 1920), ; digital image, Heritage Quest (interactive.ancestryheritagequest.com : accessed ). (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), viewed online; September 2016; 27; Crawford.
40. 1920 U.S. Census, Ford County, Kansas, population schedule, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, ED 55, sheet 5B, Household 128, Nelson G Crawford; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online August 2017); NARA microfilm publication T625.
41. "Injury Fatal to M. R. Crawford", Dodge City Journal, (Dodge City Kansas), 29 July 1920, p. 1 col. 1; Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, KS.
42. Ford County (Kansas) Directory (: , ), 1924, City of Dodge City (Doc. #: Crawford.KS.008).2
43. Lifetime Pass Certificate, Christmas program (Crawford.Washington.Notebook), The Atchison, Topkea and Santa Fe Railroad
44. 1925 Kansas Census, Ford County Kansas, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, page 17, 909 2nd, N. G. Crawford; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2016).
45. Dodge City Daily Globe, , Obituary of Nelson G. Crawford; Vol. 46, No. 130; 10 May 1957; page 1; (Doc. #: CRAWFORD.KS.093).
46. 1930 U.S. Census, Ford County, Kansas, population schedule, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, ED 7, sheet 16A, household 332, Nelson G Crawford; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online August 2017); NARA T626.
47. Lifetime Pass Certificate, Certifictae of appointment (Crawford.Washington.Notebook), The Atchison, Topkea and Santa Fe Railroad
48. 1940 U. S. Census, Ford County, Kansas, population schedule, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, ED 29-10, sheet 6A, household 128, Nelson Crawford; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online August 2017).
49. Dodge City Daily Globe, , Obituary of Nelson G. Crawford; Vol. 46, No. 130; 10 May 1957; page 1; (Doc. #: CRAWFORD.KS.093).
50. Ford County Kansas, , Book 68 p. 303; Quit Claim Deed. Judson F. Crawford et. al. to Nelson G. Crawford and Kenneth Lighter, 30 September 1937; Register of Deeds, Dodge City Kansas.
51. 1940 U. S. Census, Ford County, Kansas, population schedule, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, ED 29-10, sheet 6A, household 128, Nelson Crawford; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online August 2017).
52. Ford County (Kansas) Directory (: , ), 1942 page 44 (Doc. #: Crawford>KS.023).2
53. Natioanl Archives, "World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database on-line, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2016), Nelson Crawford.
54. "U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," digital images, NARA Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online August 2017), Nelson G. Crawford; citing .
55. First Mortgage Note Secured by Real Estate, singed by Nelson G. Crawford, Cora B. Crawford. and Kenneth A. Lighter; Crawford Family Papers; privately held by Marcia Philbrick, Seneca, Kansas, 2016. A. O. U. W. of Newton, Kansas. passed down to Marcia Philbrick by Winnie Crawford.
56. Dodge City Daily Globe, , Obituary of Nelson G. Crawford; Vol. 46, No. 130; 10 May 1957; page 1; (Doc. #: CRAWFORD.KS.093).
57. Dodge City Daily Globe, , 5 Feb 1949 (Crawford.KS.078).
58. Photograph of the Sons of the Pioneers, Dodge City, Kansas, Photography (: , abt 1950), (Crawford.KS.165)
59. Dodge City Daily Globe, , Obituary of Nelson G. Crawford; Dodge City Daily Globe; Vol. 46, No. 130; 10 May 1957; page 1; (Doc. #: CRAWFORD.KS.093).
60. Dodge City Daily Globe, , Obituary of Nelson G. Crawford; Dodge City Daily Globe; Vol. 46, No. 130; 10 May 1957; page 1; (Doc. #: CRAWFORD.KS.093).
61. Ford County Kansas Marriage Records: Record P, 13 Oct 1947 to 16 Sept 1954, #366 (Crawford.KS.160), Ford County Clerk, Dodge City, Kansas
62. Dodge City Daily Globe, , 6 Feb 1951 page 2, col. 2-3 (Crawford.KS.174).
63. Polk's Dodge city Directory 1953: Including Ford County (Kansas City, MO: R. L. Polk & Co, 1953), page 48, Crawford; digital image, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017).
64. Polk's Dodge City (Ford County, Kanas) Directory 1955 (Kansas City, MO: R. L. Polk & Co, 1955), page 48, Crawford; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017).
65. "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995", database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017), page 109, Crawford; citing "Polk's Dodge City Directory 1957: Including Ford County (Kansas City, Missouri: R. L. Polk & Co., 1957)."
66. Tombstone, Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City Kansas read by Marcia Philbrick, 1996, 1881-1957. (CRAWFORD.Washington.NOTEBOOK). ()
67. Dodge City Daily Globe, , Obituary of Nelson G. Crawford; Vol. 46, No. 130; 10 May 1957; page 1; (Doc. #: CRAWFORD.KS.093).
68. , death certificate , Kansas State Board of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Topeka, Kansas.
69. , death certificate , Kansas State Board of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Topeka, Kansas.
70. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online November 2016), memorial for Nelson Garfield Crawford (1881-1957), Find a Grave Memorial no. #110360685, created by Marcia Philbrick, citing Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Tim Tompkins, Nelson Garfield Crawford.
71. Ancestry, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
72. Computer Printout for Maple Grove Cemetery (Dodge City, KS: Dodge City, Kansas, 5/29/1985), Record # 10168 Z2, lot 2, block 41, sec 14 (Doc. #: CRAWFORD.KS.080)
73. , death certificate , Kansas State Board of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Topeka, Kansas.
74. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online November 2016), memorial for Nelson Garfield Crawford (1881-1957), Find a Grave Memorial no. #110360685, created by Marcia Philbrick, citing Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Tim Tompkins, Nelson Garfield Crawford.
75. Ancestry, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).