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Born 1836
From History of Coshocton County, Ohio; (1881)
CRAWFORD JAMES. Mill Creek township; farmer; postoffice, Mound; born in LSBti, in this county. His father, Oliver Crawford, was born in 1808, in Ireland. He came to this county in 1819, and was married in 1831, to Miss Jane Irwin, of this county. She was born in 1813, in Ireland, and died in 1855. They were the parents of eight children, the subject of this sketch being the third. He was married in 1862, to Miss Jane McCormick, of this county, who died in 1864. They were the parents of two children. He, in 1874, married Miss Lucinda Babcock, of this county. They have one child.
As printed in History of Coshocton County, Ohio; (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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