Crawford, James
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HISTORY OF CASS COUNTY ILLINOIS - 1915
Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.
Page 871
CRAWFORD, JAMES. - A representative of the progressive and enterprising agricultural element of Cass County, James Crawford has met with well deserved success in his ventures, and has brought himself to a position of prominence through consecutive effort and steadfast application to the vocation which he has made his life work. Still in the prime of life, with his best years before him, he has achieved a success which many men would consider acceptable after a lifetime of labor, and while his private interests have been large, he has still found the time and the inclination to contribute to the advancement of his community. Mr. Crawford was born on a farm two miles south of Virginia, Ill., October 29, 1872, and is a son of James and Jane (Elliott) Crawford, the former a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, and the latter of Cass County, Ill.
James Crawford was given good educational advantages in his youth, attending the public schools and the Virginia High school, and was reared in the atmosphere of the farm, which decided him in his choice of a career. He remained under the parental roof until his marriage, September 11, 1894, to Miss Emma Funk, of Monroe Precinct, Cass County, daughter of Conrad and Fredericka (Stoner) Funk, she being a native of Texas. After his marriage Mr. Crawford moved to his 120 acre farm located one mile south of Virginia, and there resided until 1895, when he erected a fine residence at Grand Villa, and in addition built barns and structures for the shelter of his equipment, machinery and stock. He now has sixty acres in his home farm, thirty-five acres in an adjoining tract and 125 acres one mile west of Cass Siding, and cultivates all of this land, raising corn, wheat, and oats, and being a large breeder of cattle and blooded horses. His ventures have proved very successful, and he is justly accounted one of the substantial men of his community. A Democrat in politics, he has served capably as road commissioner for three years, and has at all times endeavored to advance the best interests of his place of residence. Mrs. Crawford is a member of the Presbyterian church.
Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Crawford: Reta, who resides at home; and Gean, who died at the age of two and one-half years.
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