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- According to "The William Crawford Memorial" (1904), Jefferson "remained at the old Crawford home in
Greene County, Pennsylvania, until he was about twenty-one years of age, when he, with some toher young men
of the place, went to Hazel Green, Wisconsin, where he at once engaged in prospecting for lead ore. He was fairly
successful from the start and soon became a large operator in both mining and smelting, continuing the business
throughout his lifetime. In stature he was over six feet, well porportioned and of fine appearance. in his boyhood
years he excelled in the outdoor sports, was fond of hunting and was an expert wing shot. Truly, for one who was
to spend at least forty years of his life as a frontiersman, he was well equipped...Mr. Crawford was a publicspirited
citizen, always active in promoting the best interests of the community. Especially was this true in respect
to educational matters. At the time of the Civil War he was past the age for military duty, but was of great
assistance to the Government in getting soldiers in the field and his kindness to them and their families at home
were well known and will be gratefully remembered my many. At the battle of Shiloh many soldiers from Hazel
Green and vicinity were wounded. He went to the front to assist in caring for them and to bring home such as
were unfitted by wounds for further immediate service. On of these, a very large man, was in danger of being left
behind owing to the lack of ambulances to convey the wounded to the transport; whereupon Mr. Crawford took
him upon his shoulders and carried him to the steamer. The kinkly ministrations of Mr. and Mrs. Crawford were
not limited and their families, but were extended to the sick, the unfortunate and the needy ones throughout the
neighborhood".
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 26
page 197
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1809 - 1868 (59 years)