When Samuel Crawford was born in 1894, in Athens, Clarke, Georgia, United States, his father, James Crawford, was 22 and his mother, Landora Crawford, was 21. He married Rose Mae Thorpe in 1929, in Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in District 1140, Early, Georgia, United States in 1900 and Urquhart, Early, Georgia, United States in 1910. He died in 1974, in Donora, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 80.