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Show HISTORY OF SANPETE COUNTY. 118 he is eitv. Utah the a stockholder in nearly every corporation in He was one of the incorporators of the Central Wool Company, of the Manti City Savings Bank, the new Union Roller Mills, the Manti Publishing Company, and is also a stockholder in the Orangeville floor ing mills in Emery County, where he resided from 1883 to 1890, engaged in stock business and wool-growing. Mr. Crawford was married in St. George, Utah, October 27, 1881, to Hannah E., daughter of Amasa E. and Olive D. (Lytle) Merriam, born in San Bernardino, California, November 14, 1861. Six children have been born to them, Ella May, born July 25, 1882, Edwin M., born September 12, 1881; Jennie L., born October 22, 1886; Jedediah G., born January 6, 1890; Melvin, born October 24, 1894, and died December 1<>, 1894; Lura, born February 11), 1897. Mrs. Crawford's father died in Manti February 2, 1897; mother still living. /JnKAYYFOKD, JOHN, farmer, of Manti, is one of a fainand was born in Wickston, l'eebleshire, Scotland, September 30, 1829. His parents were James and Elizabeth (Brown) Crawford. His father was \. ilj of four a flax weaver, making fancy linen cloth. John spent the early years of his life on a farm till he was 1<> years of age, and when 14 joined the Mormon church. He worked at track-laying on the railroad till the fall of 1849, when he emigrated to the United States, coming across from Liverpool in the sailing vessel Zetlin. The voyage took six weeks and two days and he landed in New Orleaus on Christmas day, 1849. He journeyed up the Mississippi river To St. Louis, where he remained the balance of that winter. In the spring he continued up the river to Kainsville, where himself and brother James rented a farm and put in Ten acres of wheat and twenty-five acres of corn. In July Kinkade and Livingston fitted up a train of thirty-five wagons drawn by ox teams to haul merchandise to Salt Lake and John hired out to them to drive one of the teams of four yoke of oxen. They left (dd Fort. Kearney on the Missouri August 3rd., A. O. Smoot, late of Provo, being their captain, and arrived in Salt Lake City September 28th. That winter he worked |
