Washington Co., AR - Biographies - Leonidas E. Crawford

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Leonidas E. Crawford deserves honorable mention as a successful 
farmer and stock raiser of Washington County, Ark. He was born on 
the farm on which he now resides, November 11, 1850, being one of 
six children born to R. D. Crawford, who was born in Tennessee in 
1818, and left that State at the age of twelve years, locating in 
Washington County, Ark. Here he was married to Eliza Henderson, 
and afterward bought the place known as the Henderson farm, which 
consists of 500 acres, and as he is unable to care for all his 
land, [p.931] his boys left their cattle ranch in Texas, and are 
now cultivating the farm and raising stock. His orchard consists 
of 800 bearing trees of fine varieties of apples peaches and 
pears, and his residence is commodious and comfortable. Mr. 
Crawford was captain of a company of militia five years in early 
times. He and wife are worthy and consistent members of the 
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Leonidas E. Crawford grew to 
mature years on his father's farm, and in 1879 went to Texas, 
where he and his brothers were ranching cattle; spent one year in 
the management of the cattle, the herd consisting of 1.000 head, 
branded thus: E. W. T. November 15, 1880, while in Western Texas 
he was united in marriage to Miss Sallie E. Woodruff, who was born 
in Washington County. Ark., and a daughter of F. M. Woodruff, a 
native of Tennessee, and an early settler of Washington County, 
and their union has been blessed in the birth of three sons; 
Francis R., Clifford P. and Clyde. In 1880 Mr. Crawford left Texas 
and returned to Arkansas, but for several years retained his 
interest in the cattle ranch in the Lone Star State. Since his 
return he has resided on and managed a part of the old farm. He 
and his brothers are extensively engaged in stock dealing (1888).