Alexander Crawford, Sr., born in 1790, was nearly ten years old when his parents settled near the present site of Centerfield. He hunted and played with Indian boys in a natural meadow near his cabin home. For years, the vicinity around the Crawford home was called "Crawford's Thicket." Young Crawford knew several Indian Chiefs, including the celebrated Tecumseh and the Shawnee Chief, Captain John, who taught him to hunt and fish.
He related in later years how he had gone with his father to the wigwam of Waw-Wil-a-Way before he was murdered. He was present at the ceremonies in Old Town (now Frankfort) when peace was established between Wolfe, who murdered the Chief, and the victim's sons. When the War of 1812 was declared, he fought against his Indian friends, in defense of his country.
Elizabeth, daughter of Benoni Brown, became the wife of Alexander Crawford Sr. Their children were Memima (Mrs. Solomon Mershon), Jackson, John, who was accidentally killed in Kentucky during the Civil War; Mary (drowned as an infant), Catherine (Mrs. S. G. Gough), Alexander Jr., 1827-1910; Jesse, 1829-1915; and Anna (Mrs. John O'Neill).
The father was in his eighty-fifth year when he died May 15, 1874, having survived his wife for thirty-three years. His sons, Alexander Jr. and Jesse, followed the family trade and became excellent millwrights. Jesse married Ruth Wheaton of Madison Township. They became the parents of Emma (Mrs. Joseph Burgess), Elizabeth (Mrs. Albert McCoy), Luana (Mrs. Russell Hughey), and Jessie (Mrs. Samuel Bucks).
The name Crawford is prominent among the early names in Fairfield, Madison, as well as Paint Twp. The story of their settlement at Centerfield when Indians were the constant companions of the sons, is related in the happenings of Fairfield Twp. In 1805, Alexander Crawford the eldest, moved his family to a point in Paint Twp. of Ross Co. In 1807, he erected a grist mill on the Highland County bank of Paint Creek, which he operated with the help of his son, Alexander Sr., until 1823. That year, the elder Crawford lost his life when a canoe upset with him in the high waters of Paint Creek.
Alexander Sr. had moved to a location near the mill in 1815 and remained until 1825. That year he moved to a location on Plum Run and established a saw mill. He operated it until 1865, when it was washed down stream. In 1856, Alexander Jr. and Jesse Crawford, sons of Alexander Sr. purchased a large farm in the area of New Petersburg, which they improved and lived on for most of the remainder of their lives.
Taken from "Highland Pioneer Sketches & Family Genealogies" by Elsie Johnson Ayres , H.K. Skinner Publishers, Springfield, Ohio 1971
He related in later years how he had gone with his father to the wigwam of Waw-Wil-a-Way before he was murdered. He was present at the ceremonies in Old Town (now Frankfort) when peace was established between Wolfe, who murdered the Chief, and the victim's sons. When the War of 1812 was declared, he fought against his Indian friends, in defense of his country.
Elizabeth, daughter of Benoni Brown, became the wife of Alexander Crawford Sr. Their children were Memima (Mrs. Solomon Mershon), Jackson, John, who was accidentally killed in Kentucky during the Civil War; Mary (drowned as an infant), Catherine (Mrs. S. G. Gough), Alexander Jr., 1827-1910; Jesse, 1829-1915; and Anna (Mrs. John O'Neill).
The father was in his eighty-fifth year when he died May 15, 1874, having survived his wife for thirty-three years. His sons, Alexander Jr. and Jesse, followed the family trade and became excellent millwrights. Jesse married Ruth Wheaton of Madison Township. They became the parents of Emma (Mrs. Joseph Burgess), Elizabeth (Mrs. Albert McCoy), Luana (Mrs. Russell Hughey), and Jessie (Mrs. Samuel Bucks).
The name Crawford is prominent among the early names in Fairfield, Madison, as well as Paint Twp. The story of their settlement at Centerfield when Indians were the constant companions of the sons, is related in the happenings of Fairfield Twp. In 1805, Alexander Crawford the eldest, moved his family to a point in Paint Twp. of Ross Co. In 1807, he erected a grist mill on the Highland County bank of Paint Creek, which he operated with the help of his son, Alexander Sr., until 1823. That year, the elder Crawford lost his life when a canoe upset with him in the high waters of Paint Creek.
Alexander Sr. had moved to a location near the mill in 1815 and remained until 1825. That year he moved to a location on Plum Run and established a saw mill. He operated it until 1865, when it was washed down stream. In 1856, Alexander Jr. and Jesse Crawford, sons of Alexander Sr. purchased a large farm in the area of New Petersburg, which they improved and lived on for most of the remainder of their lives.
Taken from "Highland Pioneer Sketches & Family Genealogies" by Elsie Johnson Ayres , H.K. Skinner Publishers, Springfield, Ohio 1971
Alexander Crawford, Sr., born in 1790, was nearly ten years old when his parents settled near the present site of Centerfield. He hunted and played with Indian boys in a natural meadow near his cabin home. For years, the vicinity around the Crawford home was called "Crawford's Thicket." Young Crawford knew several Indian Chiefs, including the celebrated Tecumseh and the Shawnee Chief, Captain John, who taught him to hunt and fish.
He related in later years how he had gone with his father to the wigwam of Waw-Wil-a-Way before he was murdered. He was present at the ceremonies in Old Town (now Frankfort) when peace was established between Wolfe, who murdered the Chief, and the victim's sons. When the War of 1812 was declared, he fought against his Indian friends, in defense of his country.
Elizabeth, daughter of Benoni Brown, became the wife of Alexander Crawford Sr. Their children were Memima (Mrs. Solomon Mershon), Jackson, John, who was accidentally killed in Kentucky during the Civil War; Mary (drowned as an infant), Catherine (Mrs. S. G. Gough), Alexander Jr., 1827-1910; Jesse, 1829-1915; and Anna (Mrs. John O'Neill).
The father was in his eighty-fifth year when he died May 15, 1874, having survived his wife for thirty-three years. His sons, Alexander Jr. and Jesse, followed the family trade and became excellent millwrights. Jesse married Ruth Wheaton of Madison Township. They became the parents of Emma (Mrs. Joseph Burgess), Elizabeth (Mrs. Albert McCoy), Luana (Mrs. Russell Hughey), and Jessie (Mrs. Samuel Bucks).
The name Crawford is prominent among the early names in Fairfield, Madison, as well as Paint Twp. The story of their settlement at Centerfield when Indians were the constant companions of the sons, is related in the happenings of Fairfield Twp. In 1805, Alexander Crawford the eldest, moved his family to a point in Paint Twp. of Ross Co. In 1807, he erected a grist mill on the Highland County bank of Paint Creek, which he operated with the help of his son, Alexander Sr., until 1823. That year, the elder Crawford lost his life when a canoe upset with him in the high waters of Paint Creek.
Alexander Sr. had moved to a location near the mill in 1815 and remained until 1825. That year he moved to a location on Plum Run and established a saw mill. He operated it until 1865, when it was washed down stream. In 1856, Alexander Jr. and Jesse Crawford, sons of Alexander Sr. purchased a large farm in the area of New Petersburg, which they improved and lived on for most of the remainder of their lives.
Taken from "Highland Pioneer Sketches & Family Genealogies" by Elsie Johnson Ayres , H.K. Skinner Publishers, Springfield, Ohio 1971
He related in later years how he had gone with his father to the wigwam of Waw-Wil-a-Way before he was murdered. He was present at the ceremonies in Old Town (now Frankfort) when peace was established between Wolfe, who murdered the Chief, and the victim's sons. When the War of 1812 was declared, he fought against his Indian friends, in defense of his country.
Elizabeth, daughter of Benoni Brown, became the wife of Alexander Crawford Sr. Their children were Memima (Mrs. Solomon Mershon), Jackson, John, who was accidentally killed in Kentucky during the Civil War; Mary (drowned as an infant), Catherine (Mrs. S. G. Gough), Alexander Jr., 1827-1910; Jesse, 1829-1915; and Anna (Mrs. John O'Neill).
The father was in his eighty-fifth year when he died May 15, 1874, having survived his wife for thirty-three years. His sons, Alexander Jr. and Jesse, followed the family trade and became excellent millwrights. Jesse married Ruth Wheaton of Madison Township. They became the parents of Emma (Mrs. Joseph Burgess), Elizabeth (Mrs. Albert McCoy), Luana (Mrs. Russell Hughey), and Jessie (Mrs. Samuel Bucks).
The name Crawford is prominent among the early names in Fairfield, Madison, as well as Paint Twp. The story of their settlement at Centerfield when Indians were the constant companions of the sons, is related in the happenings of Fairfield Twp. In 1805, Alexander Crawford the eldest, moved his family to a point in Paint Twp. of Ross Co. In 1807, he erected a grist mill on the Highland County bank of Paint Creek, which he operated with the help of his son, Alexander Sr., until 1823. That year, the elder Crawford lost his life when a canoe upset with him in the high waters of Paint Creek.
Alexander Sr. had moved to a location near the mill in 1815 and remained until 1825. That year he moved to a location on Plum Run and established a saw mill. He operated it until 1865, when it was washed down stream. In 1856, Alexander Jr. and Jesse Crawford, sons of Alexander Sr. purchased a large farm in the area of New Petersburg, which they improved and lived on for most of the remainder of their lives.
Taken from "Highland Pioneer Sketches & Family Genealogies" by Elsie Johnson Ayres , H.K. Skinner Publishers, Springfield, Ohio 1971
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