Columbiana County OhArchives Obituaries.....Crawford, Daniel  February 27 1893
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East Liverpool Crisis  28 Feb 1893  pg 1
The death of Daniel Crawford, of the West End, yesterday afternoon, which was 
announced briefly in last evening’s Crisis, came as a severe and unexpected 
shock to the community in which he was so well and favorably known. It was 
known that he was ill, but beside a circle in which was included the most 
intimate of fiends of the family, it was not known that the disease from which 
he was suffering had taken a serious turn, or that his life was in immediate 
jeopardy. Although Mr. Crawford’s last illness had extended over a period of 
perhaps four weeks, the change for the worse, giving apprehensions in the minds 
of his family and physicians that the end was at hand, came as late as Friday 
night. Then it became apparent that the abscess from which had been suffering 
had progressed until it pressed upon the brain, and that relief was a problem 
of difficult, almost impossible, solution. This advanced feature of the disease 
was merciful in that it deprived the sufferer of all sense of pain, and during 
the last twenty-four hours preceding the end he was mercifully unconscious.
	The deceased was aged sixty years and eleven months at the time of his 
death, and leaves a wife and six children – James C. Crawford, who occupies the 
old homestead in Madison township; Mrs. C.F. Boagh, of Third street, this city; 
Mrs. J.C. Bossinger, of Little Rock, Ark.; Mrs. Mina Lowrie, of Fourth street, 
this city, and Misses Mary and Lizzie Crawford, who live at home. All the 
family, with the exception of the absent son and daughter, were at the bedside 
of the sufferer, and by the most assiduous care and loving devotion endeavored 
to stay the hand of the destroyer.
	In the death of Daniel Crawford passes away one of the leading men of 
influence in the county, one who has for many years been closely identified 
with the interests of the community, a leader of the most progressive spirit of 
the people with whom he was identified,and one who agitated and often aided 
greatly in carrying into execution many of the popular movements in his 
section. He was a man of pronounced public spirit, an energetic advocate of 
projects for the betterment of the people, particularly the agricultural 
classes, with which he had been closest affiliated. He was a man conspicuous 
for an intelligent comprehension of the public needs, and being a close student 
of affairs his opinions possessed a value that was universally recognized. Upon 
every subject almost he was exceedingly well read, and this, combined with a 
genial disposition and fraternal nature, made of him a pleasant and a valued 
companion. Under these circumstances it is not surprising that he numbered his 
friends by the legion, and that his death is looked upon by the community in 
which he had spent his entire life of more than sixty years as a public 
misfortune.
	Daniel Crawford was born at the old Crawford homestead, in Madison 
township, March 27, 1832, and was consequently within thirty days of the close 
of his sixty-first year. He was reared from childhood on the old home place, 
and there spent the best years of his life. He remained on the farm until 
within the past four years, when he removed to East Liverpool, first making his 
home on Sixth street, and thence moving to the property on Lisbon street, in 
the West End, where the family still resides. For several years he conducted an 
insurance and real estate business, but retired from that two years since, and 
has not since actively identified himself with any business enterprise. Thirty-
nine years ago today (February 28, 1854) he was united in marriage with Miss 
Mary McBeth, of Wellsville – his faithful helpmeet through all the years that 
followed.
	The deceased was a man of great influence in Madison township, and 
during the more than half a century in which he made that township his home, he 
held various positions of honor and trust in the gift of the people. In 1878 he 
was a candidate on the People’s ticket – the ticket based on the reduction of 
salaries – for County Treasurer, and was defeated by the regular Republican 
nominee, William G. Bentley, by only 120 votes. He was also a prominent member 
of the Township Line Farmer’s Club and the Columbiana County Agricultural 
Society – in both of which organizations he was a leading spirit. After coming 
to East Liverpool, the deceased was elected to the term in the City Council 
from the Fourth Ward, almost as soon as he had obtained residence, and he 
attended to his duties while in that position with scrupulous dare and 
watchfulness of the interests of the people of the whole city.
	The deceased was a member of the First Presbyterian church, and had 
always taken an active part in church affairs. He was also up to late years, a 
member of the Masonic Order.
	The funeral services will be held at the First Presbyterian church 
tomorrow afternoon at 1:30; interment at Spring Grove.


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