| Birth: | Apr. 10, 1835 | | Death: | Oct. 21, 1913 | 
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, 3rd Kansas Governor. Entered the Civil War as a Captain in the 2nd Kansas Volunteer Infantry, which in time was converted to cavalry, and was redesignated as the 2nd Kansas Cavarly. He was then commissioned Colonel and commander of the 83rd United States Colored Troops. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "meritorious services". Two months before that, he had been elected as Governor of Kansas, an office he served in from January 1865 to November 1868. (bio by: Russ Dodge)
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Parents:
William Crawford (1780 - 1845)
Jane Morrow Crawford (1793 - 1867)
Children:
Florence Crawford Capper (1868 - 1926)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Samuel Crawford | | | Burial:
Topeka Cemetery
Topeka
Shawnee County
Kansas, USA
Plot: Section 58, Lot 46 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Nov 24, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 5993557 |
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