Crawford, Frank

Frank Dewitt Crawford

• Born on April 8, 1866 in Marshaltown, Iowa to Morrell Sylvester and Margaret Idellia Crawford.

• Died on Sept. 17, 1957 in Fairmont, NE, Buried in Geneva

• Married to Pearle Margaret Justice in 1912.

• Parents of Harry and Inez.

• His parents died when he was young.

• In 1872 at the age of six, he came to live with an aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Traver.

• When he was 16, his uncle was killed by lightning. Frank and his aunt moved to Geneva.

• Attended boarding school at Parsons, KS.

• In 1887, he bought a grocery store from Hitch.

• He learned telegraphy and worked at the Burlington depot in Geneva for six years.

• He was the depot agent at Burress.

• He was an agent in Dos Palos, CA for 12 years.

• Agent for the Express Co. until it was taken over by the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad.

• Operated a grocery store from about 1922 till 1931.

• Member of Odd Fellows.