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Born 1836, Keene township
From History of Coshocton County, Ohio; (1881)
CRAWFORD THOMAS W.,0.ford township; farmer; White Eyes Plains postoffice: son of Alexander and Elizabeth (Wilson) Culbertson,both of this county. Mr. Culbertson was raised from the age of ten years by Mr. Solomon Vail, one of the pioneers of this county. The subject of this sketch was born in Keene township, in 1836, and was married to Miss Martha J. Rehard, of this township. They have had seven children, as follows: Ellsworth, two years, deceased; Clara B., Walter, Leonio, Charles, deceased; Lucy and Ora O. Mr. Crawford went out in Comi)aiiv E, One Hundred and Forty-second O. N.G.. for ItK) days; then, in January, 1865, he enlisted in the Eightyeighth regiment, and served five months and twenty days, until mustered out by order of the secretary of war. Mr. Crawford 'and wife are members of the Protestant Methodist church, and are highly respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. His daughter, Clara, is also a member of the.same church. He owns a good farm of ninety-seven acres in this township, and is an enterprising citizen. His mother jjassed away in 1851, and his father afterward married Jliss Jennie Powelson, who died in April, 1858, and he died in May, 1859, one year and one month after his second wife.
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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