Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Portrait and Biographical Album of Huron County, Michigan Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884 [308] CHARLES CRAWFORD, manager of the hardware business of his father, F. CRAWFORD, at Caseville, was born July 31, 1859, at Cleveland, Ohio. His parents came to Caseville, in this county, when he was in his early years, and he received his elementary education at the public schools of Huron County. Later he went to Ann Arbor, where he spent three years, after which he took a course of commercial study in the business college at Poughkeepsie, where he was graduated in the fall of 1878. On his return to Caseville he engaged in the business of a butcher, which fhe pursued several years. In 1883, he took charge of the hardware interests of his father. The relations of the establishment are the most extensive in Huron County, with the single exception of that of MR. JENKS at Sand Beach. The building is 30 x 70 feet on the ground, and the assortment of articles includes all varieties of merchandise common to similar establishments. MR. CRAWFORD is a Republican, and cast his first Presidential vote for JAMES A. GARFIELD. Nearly the entire course of his life has been spent under Republican administration. =========================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access more of our growing collection of FREE online information by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/ ===========================================================================