Railroad Attracts Emigrants to Kansas The Dodge City Globe (Dodge City, Kansas)19 Feb 1878page 2 Coming to KansasThey are coming ti Kansas in gangs and droves; they are coming by wagon and railroad; single-handed and with families; some with children enough to found an orphan asylum and others with not enough to pick up chips; …
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A Railroad Family
In honor of National Train Day, I thought I'd share some info about our railroad heritage. One of first documents I have regarding railroad employment is a letter of recommendation for Judson Crawford. Based on the condition of the letter, I'm guessing that Judson carried it with him. (Original in possession of author) Atchison, Top[ek]a …
Judson Foster Crawford – Josie Winifred Hammond
Judson Foster Crawford was born in April 1866 in Warren County, Indiana. He was the second child born to Washington Marion and Mary (Foster) Crawford. Judson's father had only been home from the war for a year when Judson was born. At the age of 14, Judson was living with his parents in Warren County, …
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Leon Russell Crawford
Leon Russell Crawford was born in Newton Kansas on the 6th of Feb 1894. According to Leon’s wife, Winnie Crawford, the family lived in Oklahoma when Leon and his sister Bernice were young. Winnie stated: Judson Crawford worked on a ranch in Oklahoma because Josie’s sister and husband were there. The family all almost died. …
Who Is Jenny Neal?
This weeks Finally Get Organized checklist deals with applying the Genealogical Proof Standard to four generations on my Crawford line. Basically this involves evaluating the quantity (reasonably exhaustive search) and quality of sources for these four generations. The second part of the task is to re-evaluate how those sources support the events in each life …
Cowtown Masons 1973
Transcription of Names List of Officers & Members Of St. Bernard Lodge No. 222 A F.& A. M. Dodge City, Kansas December 28, 1973 Officers: Russell Snyder W.M. Jimmie Beye S. W. Arthur Hall J. W. Ed Hess Trea Homer H. Jones Sec Lee Nichols S. D. Sherman Kirby J. D. Douglas Smith S. S. …
2nd Generation Railman
Trains played a large role in my life growing up. Sometimes watching the trains was a form of entertainment. The words 'switch engine' and 'roundhouse' were parts of our vocabulary at a young age. I'm sure this is because my grandfather, Leon Crawford, was a second generation railroad worker. In our world, granddad worked for …