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Portrait and biographical album of Newayco (sp) County, Mich.
containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and
representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and
biographies of all the governors of Michigan and of the presidents
of the United States: also containing a complete history of the county,
from its earliest settlement to the present time.

Published by Chapman Bros., Chicago, IL, 1884

Transcribed and submitted by Joyce Pearson
May 10, 2011

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CRAWFORD, Holly W.
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Holly W. Crawford, farmer, section 31, Sheridan Township, is a native of
Macomb Co., Mich., and was born June 2, 1837. His parents, David and Lydia
(Farr) Crawford, were natives of New York, and settled in Macomb County in
a very early day. They afterwards moved to Oakland County, where the father
died, and the mother came to Fremont, this county, and afterward died.
Holly W. was 12 years old when his parents removed to Oakland County. He
lived there three years and then returned to Macomb County, where he lived
until he obtained his majority, then went to Illinois and remained about
three years.

In June, 1861, he enlisted in the 11th Ill. Inf. And served three years. He
was wounded in the hand and shoulder in the battle of Fort Donelson, and
received a furlough of two months. He was honorably discharged at
Springfield, Ill., and returned to Macomb County, where he lived one year,
and August, 1865, he came to Newaygo County and purchased 80 acres of wild
land in Sheridan, in what was then Bridgeton Township, where he now lives,
and has 50 acres under cultivation. He was married in Sheridan Township, in
1869, to Luella A., daughter of John and Sarah Nelson, natives of Ontario,
Canada, and New York, respectively. She is a native of Ontario, Canada,
where she was born Feb. 16, 1852. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford are the parents of
seven children: Rilla M., John C., Reuben E., Perrin H., Guy W., Lydia A.
and Geo. N.

Mr. Crawford has held the office of Township Clerk two years, Justice of
the Peace 17 years and Supervisor one year. He was appointed Postmaster at
Sitka n 1868, under P. M. Gen. Randall, and has since held that office. He
is a staunch Republican.

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