The Augusta Cemetery Family Trees

From: "Commemorative Biographical Record of Carroll Co, OH"; J.H. Beers & Co.; 1891; pg 853

WILLIAM B. CRAWFORD. Among the respected families of Augusta Township, Carroll County, prominent for honesty and straightforwardness, as well as for success in business affairs, none are more conspicuous than the Crawfords. They can trace their ancestors as far back as William Crawford, Sr., grandfather of the subject of this biographical sketch; he was a farmer in Ireland, but immigrated to America in 1800, where he and his little family found a home in Washington County, Penn., where he followed farming as a means of support until he died. William Crawford, the father of William B., was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1794, and when six years of age came with his parents to America. In Pennsylvania he received his education; at the same time he was obliged to help his father on the farm. On reaching maturity he married Miss Isabell ORR, who was a native of Washington County, Penn. In 1840 Mr. and Mrs. Crawford left their home in Pennsylvania for one in East Township, Carroll Co., Ohio. After a long life of hardships, interspersed with golden moments of sunshine, Mr. Crawford quietly passed away in 1872. Mrs. Crawford still lives to mourn her husbandÂ’s death. Mr. Crawford was a leading man of his time, was elected trustee and to other offices by his fellow citizens, and was a man respected by all.

William B. Crawford, the gentleman whose name heads this article, is the eldest of the ten children born to his parents, and first saw the light in East Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, August 8, 1843. There, in the vicinity of his home, he received his earliest instruction by attending the district school; but, not being contented with this amount of education, he attended the academy at New Hagerstown, Ohio, for a number of terms, and thus perfected his own education by instructing others. At the age of twenty-five he married Miss Harriet Elvinah RINEHART, who was reared in Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio. The Rinehart family are of German descent, as the name plainly signifies. To this union were born six children, two of whom are now deceased. Soon after marriage Mr. and Mrs. Crawford moved to East Township, Carroll County, where they lived three years, after which Mr. Crawford bought his present farm, and has been a resident of Augusta Township ever since. Mr. Crawford has a well improved farm of 146 acres. He is a grain producer and stock raiser, taking much pride in raising blooded stock, such as Short-horn cattle, Spanish Morino sheep, etc. In politics Mr. Crawford is a Republican, and has held the offices of township trustee, treasurer, etc., and once was nominated for member of the board of equalization in this district. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford are members of the United Presbyterian Church, and have a large circle of friends, who are unanimous in expressing their high regard and esteem.