Brief Life History of Andrew B.
Andrew B. Crawford was born on 25 June 1827, in Virginia, United States as the son of James Crawford. He married Mary Jane Nichols on 5 March 1850, in Greene, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Wilsonville Election Precinct, Furnas, Nebraska, United States in 1900 and Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1910. He died on 11 February 1913, in Bates, Missouri, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Wilsonville, Furnas, Nebraska, United States.
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- andrew crawford, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Andrew B. Crawford - Census record: birth-name: Andrew B. Crawford
- Andrew Crawford, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1833
Historical Boundaries 1833: Bates County created from Jackson, Lafayette and Non-county Area 16. Attached to Jackson for civil matters. 1835: Detached from Jackson and attached to VanBuren 1841: Detached from VanBuren and fully organized.
1854
On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: habitational name from any of various places called Crawford, primarily the one in Lanarkshire (Scotland), and possibly also from the one in Lancashire. Both are named in Old English with crāwe ‘crow’ + ford ‘ford’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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