Brief Life History of Ora Leroy
When Ora Leroy Crawford was born on 22 August 1883, in Fairfield Township, Fayette, Iowa, United States, his father, Calvin C. Crawford, was 27 and his mother, Luetta Eleanor Page, was 18. He married Emma Mabel Voshell on 20 October 1908, in Wadena, Fayette, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Fayette, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Fayette, Fayette, Iowa, United States in 1925. He died on 7 April 1949, in Oelwein, Fayette, Iowa, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Taylorsville Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette, Iowa, United States.
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- Oley Crawford in household of Calvin C Craford, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
- Ora Leroy Crawford, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Ora L Crawford, "Iowa, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1884 · There is now a Capital Building
The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
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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