Marion Crawford was a son of Jephthah Martin Crawford and Catherine Elizabeth "Betsy" Harris.
His father, Jephthah, was murdered by a Federal patrol in January, 1863. His married sisters Susan and Armenia were arrested by Yankee jayhawkers and were later killed in the Kansas City jail collapse. His mother learned that Confederate Captain William Clarke Quantrill was camped nearby. Catherine took her four sons, William, Marshall, Marion and 13-year-old Riley, to the guerrillas' camp. With her sons beside her she approached Quantrill and said "These are all I have left. Take them and make soldiers of them."
Quantrill's Raiders were the best-known of the pro-Confederate partisan rangers (aka, "bushwhackers"), who fought in the American Civil War. The Raiders included Jesse James, his brother Frank James and Cole Younger. Marion and his brothers fought for their lives and sought revenge for the deaths of their family members.
Marion married to Susan "Susie" Elizabeth St. Clair on 11 Oct 1869, in Jackson County, MO. They had no children before his death. Susan remarried to Richard "Dick" Merritt, Jr. about 1879, and they had two sons.
Marion Crawford was a son of Jephthah Martin Crawford and Catherine Elizabeth "Betsy" Harris.
His father, Jephthah, was murdered by a Federal patrol in January, 1863. His married sisters Susan and Armenia were arrested by Yankee jayhawkers and were later killed in the Kansas City jail collapse. His mother learned that Confederate Captain William Clarke Quantrill was camped nearby. Catherine took her four sons, William, Marshall, Marion and 13-year-old Riley, to the guerrillas' camp. With her sons beside her she approached Quantrill and said "These are all I have left. Take them and make soldiers of them."
Quantrill's Raiders were the best-known of the pro-Confederate partisan rangers (aka, "bushwhackers"), who fought in the American Civil War. The Raiders included Jesse James, his brother Frank James and Cole Younger. Marion and his brothers fought for their lives and sought revenge for the deaths of their family members.
Marion married to Susan "Susie" Elizabeth St. Clair on 11 Oct 1869, in Jackson County, MO. They had no children before his death. Susan remarried to Richard "Dick" Merritt, Jr. about 1879, and they had two sons.
Family Members
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Susan Jane Crawford Vandever
1835–1863
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Laura Frances Crawford Whitsitt
1835–1917
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Ann Eliza Crawford Selvey
1836–1874
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Armenia Crawford Selvey
1838–1863
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Mary Elizabeth Crawford Bowman
1840–1919
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Riley Crawford
1847–1864
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Riley Crawford
1847–1864
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Jeptha Dudley Crawford
1850–1878
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Volentine T Crawford
1856–1920
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