For the past several days I’ve been working on the narrative report for my ancestor, Richmond Fisk Hammond. What should have been a relatively simple clean-up of sentences and sources has become more complicated.
Two blocks of text are proving particularly difficult. One of the blocks is about Richmond’s filing of land papers in Ford County, Kansas while the other block concerns his military record.
After reviewing the paragraph about the land holdings, I have concluded that I don’t have adequate documentation to support what I have recorded as a fact. I have reference to a deed but I do not have the actual copy of the deed. The footnote not only references the purchase of the land but also the filing of homestead papers. Thus, I at least need a copy of the deed and probably the actual homestead land file. So today’s mail contains requests for both.
The text about his military service is a different story. I have a copy of his pension file and his military service file and it is confusing. Below is a screenshot of what I currently have in RootsMagic regarding his service:
Since that is a lot of different units, I probably have a mistake in there someplace. Without re-checking his file, the only fact I’m certain of is that he was a prisoner of war at Andersonville.
The above information is consistent with an affidavit dated 29 May 1912. Unfortunately, what I have from his military file doesn’t confirm the 1st Illinois Calvary service and includes documents for service in Company H Regiment 102 of the Illinois Infantry.
An 1896 pension document confirms the August 1861 discharge date.
Roll May 25th to Aug 31 / 61 “Discharged at Ir[ino]ton Aug 20, 1861” It has this day (Aug 11, 1896) been determined by this Department from the records and evidence furnished by the auditor for the War Department that this man was discharged the service Aug. 20, 1861, for disability nature not stated. There is no certificate of disability in his case file
I also have military records indicating that Richmond Hammond was on the muster roll for Company D of the 14 Regiment of the Illinois Calvary. Richmond Hammond was shown as ‘present’ during 1863 and January/February of 1864. However, he is recorded as ‘missing in action on August 3, 1864. Richmond Hammond is mustered out on May 30, 1865.
The additional pages of a military record are for a Richmond F Hammond who was a private in Company H 102 Regiment Illinois Infantry. According to these papers
Richmond F Hammond enlisted as a private in Capt. Shinn’s Co., 102 Reg’t Ill. Inf age 22 years Appears on Company Muster-in Roll of the organization named above. Roll Dated Knoxville, Ill, Sept 2 1826
Richmond F Hammond Pvt, Co H 102 Reg’t Illinois Infantry Appears on Company Muster Roll for Nov 1, 62 to Fe 28 1836 Remarks: Deserted at Knoxville, Ill. Sept 17, 1862
Richmond F Hammond Pvt, Co H, 102 Reg’t Illinois Infantry Appears on Co. Muster-out Roll, dated Nr. Washington D.C., June 6, 1865 Last paid to One mos ad. pay Remarks: Deserted Sept. 17, 1862, Knoxville, Ill. Last heard from in 14″ Ill Vol Cavalry
Adding this stint of service (non-service), his timeline is as follows:
enlisted
Galesburg, IL
26 May 1861
Private
Co. E
17 Ills Infty Volz
discharged
[?]nton, Mo
21 Aug 1861
enlisted
1 Mary 1862
1st Illinois Cavly Vols
discharged
St. Louis, Mo
14 Jul 1862
enlisted
Knoxville, IL
2 Sep 1862
Private
Capt. Shinn’s Co.
102 Reg’t Ill Inf
deserted
17 Sep 1862
enlisted
29 Sep 1862
Private
Co D
14 Ills Cavalry
missing
Athens, GA
3 Aug 1864
discharged
Springfield, IL
16 Jun 1865
Serg’t
Co D
14 Ills Cavalry
Thus, it looks like I need to locate documentation for Richmond’s service in the 1st Illinois Cavalry. Based on the fact that I don’t have military records to document this service, I’m guessing that I did not receive a copy of his entire military file. Before trying to re-order his military and pension files, I’m going to try and locate documentation for this missing service record using other sources. Wish me luck!
Do you track your DNA statistics? At times, I’ve tried keeping track of these statistics but got frustrated when the way the information was reported would change. Thus, it became difficult to compare current data with previous data.
When it comes to ‘common ancestors,’ I couldn’t find the number reported by Ancestry. Since I don’t want to have to try and count them, I’m going to guesstimate. I recently posted my ThruLines Summary thru my 4th great grandparents. For my ‘guesstimate,’ I’m going to use 1/2 of the total number of ThruLines thru my 4th great grandparents. This isn’t an accurate calculation.
Me
Brother 1
Brother 2
parent
1/2 ThruLines thru 4th Great Grandparents
1065
1013
926
787
MY HERITAGE
Me
Brother 1
Brother 2
Matches
14,725
10,746
10,281
Theory of Relativity
28
30
31
Smart Matches
3
5
4
GEDMATCH
Me
Brother 1
Brother 2
Parent
64 cM or closer
12
13
11
17
34 cM or more
95
91
70
127
FAMILY TREE DNA
Total autosomal matches to my DNA – 6257
Total autosomal matches to brother 1’s DNA – 1677
FAMILY TREE DNA – yDNA results for brother
yDNA matches at 111 markers with genetic distance of 4 – 1
yDNA matches at 111 markers with genetic distance of 6 – 8
yDNA matches at 111 markers with genetic distance of 7 – 4
yDNA matches at 111 markers with genetic distance of 8 – 6
yDNA matches at 111 markers with genetic distance of 9 – 3
yDNA matches at 111 markers with genetic distance of 10 – 1
Big Y R-^88686 haplogroup matches – 3
With over 100,000 matches for one DNA test, there is NO WAY I’m going to be able to document all of those matchers. However, I’m using the ThruLines matches to help support my paper research. Thus, all of those matches are important to me.
On this 2[0] day of May A.D. 1921 personally appeared before me, a notary public, within and for the county and state aforesaid, Richmond F. Hammond who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is 80 year of age, and a resident of Soldiers Home county of Los Angeles, State of California; and that he is the identical person who was Enrolled at Galesburg Ills, under the hame of Richmond F Hammond on the 26th day of May, 1861, as a Private in Company E of Ills Infty Volz
in the service of the United States, in the Civil War, and was honorably discharged at [Clinton} Mo on the 21st day of August, 1861. That he also served reEnlisted March 1st 1826 1st Illinois Cavly Vols was discharged July 14 1862 at St Louis Mo Re Enlisted in Co D 14 Ills Cavlary Sept 29 1862 Discharged June 16 1865 at Springfield Ills.
That his personal description at enlistment was as follows: Height 5 feet 9 1/2 inches; complexion, light; color of eyes, blue; color of hair, dark; that his occupation was Blacksmith; that he was born November 20th 1840 at Lickin County Ohio.
That he requires the regular personal aid and attendance of another person on account of the following disabilities:
Paralysis of the hands and feet from the knees to the bottom of my feet. Feet and hands cold and numb at all times. used wheeled chair at times can move by aid of a cane & requiring aid in dressing myself; stomach and bowels out of order; heart and kidneys deficient; total physical disablity
That since leaving the service he has resided at Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and California and his occupation has been Carpenter.
That he is a pensioner under Certificate No. 118.839
That he makes this declaration for the purpose of being placed on the pension roll of the Unites States under the provisions of the act of May 1, 1920
Richmond F Hammond PO Box 542 Soldiers Home Calif
Witnesses:
George D Ingraham Soldiers Home Calif
Edward J Scott Soldiers HOme Calif
Subscribed and sowrn to before me this 26th day of May A.D. 1921 and I hereby certify that the contenst of the abov declaration were fully make known and expalined to the applicant before swearing, … and that i have no interest, direct or indirect in the presecution of this claim.
James J Fitzgenerll Notary Public Soldiers Home Calif
No. 1. Date nd place of birth? Answer. Licking Co Ohio
The name of organizations in which you served? Answer. E Co 17 Ills Infy – IL Company 14 Ills Cav
no. 2. What was your post office at enlistment? Answer. Galesburg Illinois
No. 3. State your wife’s full name and her maiden name. Answer. Mary A Hammond (Reynolds)
No. 4. When, where and by whom were you married? Answer. Oct 29 1906 at Kinglsey Kas by Probate Judge
No. 5. Is there any official or church record of your marriage? No
If so, where? Answer. At probate judges offise Kinsly Kas
No. 6. Were you previously married? If so, state the name of your former wife, the date of the marriage and the date and place of her death or divorce. If there was more than one previous marriage, let your answer include all former wives. Answer.
Yes. First wife Sarah E Ralson Jan 1st 1867 at Ontario Ills 2nd wife Mary E Myers at DOdge CIty Kansas. 5 children by 1st wife one child by second wife Hattie L Hammond
No. 7 If your present wife was married before her marriage to you, state the name of her former husband, the date of such marriage and the date and place of his death or divorce, and state whether he ever rendered any military or naval service, and, if so, give name of the organization in which he served. If she was married more than once before he marriage to you, let your answer include all former husbands. Answer.
Yes once to Wm Grims who was killed on railroad never was in army
No. 8. Are you now living with your wife, or has there been a separation? Answer
yes we are living together at Bellflower Calafornia
No. 9. State the names and dates of birth of all your children, living or dead. Answer
Stella M Hammond born Feb 9th 1867 Forrest C Hammond Nov 28 1868 Nellie E Hammond born Nov 28 1869 Josie E Hammond born Feb 6 1871 Clyde N Hammond born June 23 1872 by second wife Hattie L Hammond born April 1st 1897 First wife died Oct 12 1892 at Dodge City Kas Second wife died March 14 1901 at Dodge City Kansas
Have you heard of My Heritage’s Colorize Photos tool? Announced earlier this year, this tool takes a black and white photo and creates a color photo from it.
I’d heard of the tool but had never used it until today. When I got a request for some family pictures from a cousin, my husband suggested that I use this tool on the pictures. Thus, I tried it out – and am hooked.
In 1806, Rachel Currey married Samuel Colver in Champaign County Ohio. Rachel and Samuel had five children: Abigail, Sarah, Samuel, Rachel and Hiram. Sarah married Lyman Konkrite in 1827. By 1860 the Konkrites had migrated to Texas where Sarah died in 1874. Rachel married Robert Wilson in 1833 and moved to Illinois. Samuel married Huldah Callender in Logan County Ohio in 1843. Prior to his marriage, Samuel was in Texas where he served as a Texas Ranger under Colonel Edward Burleson. Hiram married Mariah Ward in 1841 in Madison County, Ohio.
In 1849, Samuel and Hiram had moved with their families to St. Joseph, Missouri where they were preparing to move to Oregon. In a letter dated in November (year not specified), Hiram writes his parents about their stay in St. Joseph and the desire to move west. Samuel added a note at the end of this letter. According to their respective land claims, Samuel and Hiram arrived in Oregon in 1850. The two families settled in Jackson County Oregon. In July 1851 Hiram again writes his parents describing the land and explaining why he doesn’t believe his mother would be happy in Oregon.
In 1853, Samuel and Rachel write to their sons in Oregon. The letter urges one of the sons to come back east and help them move to Oregon.
In 1857 Martha Scranton writes to her sister in Oregon.
Green Plain Feb 8 1857 Dear brother and sister I have once more been permitend to see a letter from you I had almost discouraged of hearing from you again. There was a report here that the Indians was very bad in your Vicinity and I was afraid you were all massacred – but the deads alive and the lost if found but before I proceed further I will tell you we are well my family consist of my husband self and two boys Lake and George ?my health has been very poor since you left Ohio bit it now is improving We live near homer on the Moses Patrick farm owned by James Billington land has become so high here that we hardly ever expect to buy land here if we owned but one hundred acres of land here I could be content to stay here and let them go west that love money better than I do I visited you old farm last winter it value is at 50 dollars an acre I should think Maria you might write to Lydia and I I would write if I had to take a baby on one knee and my paper on the other I want to know how many babies Sams folks have how the Old gentleman and Lady likes and so and so Lake Ellworth is with us some of the time this winter their family has grown up till they have two young men and three young woman they quite intelligent young people Lake is teaching in an adjoiny district to us I don’t know whether you have heard of Quincys death or not he died two years ago last Aug he left a little girl I had a letter from Alma last week she talks of coming back to Ohio and I believe Harlow died since you left his girl is now 20 years old she writes she thinks of visiting us in the spring Isaac has gone to Illinois he owns a little farm near Springfield Turners widow has married again I have not heard from Wales for three years the last he wrote me he was married and had a daughter he was carrying on a shop in Cleveland but his wife had gone to Cincinnatti to make her last visit they were going to California so you see I correspond with what few relatives I have left on this Earth Our old father it seemed to me suffered a great deal before he died he was in London he had rented a little shop and thought to make his living by a few little groceries he couldn’t bear liquor for six months before he died I had thought many times my heart like stone towards him but alas I pitied him he had no home and I hand none to ask him to be had spent all his property and Alma wouldn’t have him about their house and he died among strangers I believe Lydia has had two children since you left Harlow and Oscar I suppose Martha and Abi think themselves young woman now for my Lake begins to talk about the pretty girls and he is not 13 yet althougt he is a large as most boys at 16 my other is 4 and small of his age I will bring my harangue to a close for this is the second long letter I have written today excuse mistakes for Lake Ellsworth and Scranton have kept such an incessant gabbling I hardly know what I was writing. My husband joins in sending his respects to you all Martha A. Scranton To Maria Colver If you think it worthwhile to write
Transcribed by Marcia Philbrick From photocopy of letter received from Southern Oregon Historical Society 106 N. Central Ave. Medford, OR 97501 March 2002
In the matter of Richmond F Hammond, late member of Co D 14″ Reg’t Ill Cav Vols
On this 8 day of March A.D. 1898 personally appeared before me RIchmond F Hammond aged 57 years, a resident of Dodge City in the county of Ford and State of Kansas well known to me to be reputable and entitled to credit, and who, being duly sworn, declares in relation to aforesaid case as follows:
My Chronick diarehea was contracted while I was a Prisoner of War at Andersonville, Geo in summer and fall of 1864 and continued on me while I was at Charleston South Carolina and at Florence South Carolina wheas I came near loosing my life with it and it has continued on me ever sense and I farther state that the Doctor that attended me when I got home from Rebel prisons is dead so is the next one and that is the reason why I cannot get the evidence of them.
I did not serve in the Naval or military service of the United States prior to May 23, 1861 nor subsequent to June 16 1865
Affiant’s post office address is Dodge City Ford Co Kansas
Mrs. E.O. Briles St. Joseph Hospital Linwood & Prospect Kans City MO
Dear Pauline: rec’d your card and so glad to know you are getting along allright “Mary Ida” is all right now has 2 teeth now so that she can bite good and hard Fannie made $26 at the pie supper. No we didn’t go Frank saw Walter Monday went down to your folks after [c?] He was just fine Wishing you Merry Xmas. Love Myra
I received the above post card with some of my grandmother’s things. I don’t remember ever discussing this with her – and wished I had. Unfortunately, I don’t have an answer to my question, ‘Why was she in the hospital in Kansas City when they lived in Woodson county?’ All I have is speculation.
When I first realized that grandma was hospitalized in 1919, I wondered if she was suffering depression after the death of her almost 9 month old son, Kenneth, in June of that year.
However, my perspective has widened to wonder if grandma was in the hospital with influenza. According to the ‘Influenza Encyclopedia’ entry for Kansas City, it appears that the majority of influenza cases were during the winter of 1918 to spring of 1919 and not during December 1919.
In trying to figure out the ‘why’ behind my grandmother’s stay in the hospital, I looked for more information on St. Joseph Hospital. The building where she was a patient has been replaced by the Linwood Shopping Center. Thankfully, the web site KC Rag contains a timeline for the property at Linwood and Prospect on their forum, “All about the Linwood Shopping Center.”
Reading the history of the St. Joseph Hospital just reinforces the idea that my grandmother was seriously ill at the time. I just wish I had been able to ask her about her experience at St. Josephs.
1. Mary Foster1–3 was born on 28 Aug 1842 in West Lebanon, Warren, Indiana, United States.4–13 She was the child of Zebulon Foster and Caroline Ostrander.12
    Mary Foster was listed in the household of Zebulon Foster on the 1850 census in Warren County, Indiana. According to the census, Mary was 8 years old and born in Indiana..14–15 Mary Foster was listed in the household of Zebulon Foster on the 1860 census in Warren County, Indiana. According to the census, Mary was 17 years old..16
    She married Washington Marion Crawford on 4 Mar 1860 in West Lebanon, Warren, Indiana, United States.8,12,17–25
    On 3 Aug 1861. Mary Crawford’s husband, Washington Marion Crawford, enlisted as a Sergeant in Company H of the 2nd Regiment of the New York Cavlary, also known as “Harris Light Horse”.26
    On on 18 Dec 1862, Ida Kate Crawford was born in in Warren, Indiana, United States.12
     On 22 Sep 1863, Mary Crawford’s husband, Washington Marion Crawford was captured at Liberty Milles in Orange County, Virginia. He was held prisoner at Belle Isle and Andersonville before being released in December of 1864..26–27
    On on 15 Apr 1866, Judson Foster Crawford was born in in Warren, Indiana, United States.12 On on 10 Feb 1870, Carrie A Crawford was born in in Warren, Indiana, United States. On on 22 Dec 1871, Lida A Crawford was born in in Warren, Indiana, United States.12
    Mary Crawford was listed as the wife of Marion Crawford on the 1880 census in Warren County, Indiana. According to the census, Mary was 37 years old and born in Indiana..28 On on 29 Oct 1881, Nelson Garfield Crawford was born in in Warren, Indiana, United States.12
    She lived in Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States in 1884.12 M Crawford was listed as a 38 year old white female born in Indiana in the household of M Crawford in the 1885 census living in Dodge City, Kansas. Also living in the household were Ida K Crawford, J. F. Crawford, C A. Crawford, L A Crawford and N G Crawofrd. Likely boarders included R Briggs, L A. Beardsley, Robt Findley, J. D. Roy and J. J. Edwards.29
    Mary witnessed the death of Carrie A Crawford on 20 Jul 1886 in Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States.30–38 She purchased Lot 37 of the Prairie Grove Cemetery Association in May 1889 in Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States.39–41
    She witnessed the death of Washington Marion Crawford on 23 Aug 1889 in Fort Dodge, Ford, Kansas, United States.12,19,23,35,40,42–51 Mary lived in Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States on 5 Sep 1889.52 She received pension for her husband’s service during the civil war on 23 Nov 1889 in Kansas.53 She purchased a lot in Lewis Post No. 294 G.A. R. Cemetery on 24 Jan 1893 in Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States.40
    Mary Crawford was listed as a 52 year old white female boardinghouse owner who was born in Indiana on the 1895 Kansas census living in Dodge City. Also listed in the household were Lyda Crawford, a 23 year old female and Nelson Crawford, a 13 year old male. Boarders in the household included Edward Millard, Carrie Millard, Stanley Millard, Harry Leidigh and Fred Dawson.54 Mary registered to vote in 1897 in Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States.55 In 1899 she operated a boarding house in Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States.56
    Mary Crawford was listed on the 1900 US Census as the head of household. According to the census, Mary was born Aug 1843 in Indiana. Thus she was 57 years old at the time. She was listed as a widow. Also living in the household was her son, Nelson Crawford.57 In Mar 1901, she was a member of the Home Missionary Society serving as president in Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States.58 In Aug 1901 Mary had rooms for rent at the corner of 2d Ave and Elm Street in Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States.59 She had two furnished rooms for rent on 2 Oct 1902 in Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States.60 Mary Crawford was listed as a 62 year old female head of household who was born in Indiana on the 1905 Kansas census living in Dodge City, Kansas. Also living in the household was 21 year old Nelson Crawford. Probably boarders in the household were C M Sumwalt, Grace Sumwalt and Clare Sumwalt.61 She lived in Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States in 1906.62
    Mary sold by warranty deed to Peter Hinemann for $2000 the SE 1/4 Sect 31 Twp 28 Range 26 on 18 Oct 1907 in Ford, Kansas, United States.40 She sold land being lot 6 of block 47 on 30 Jan 1909 in Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States to Nelson Garfield Crawford.40
    Mary Crawford was listed as a 67 year old widowed head of household who was born in Indiana on the 1910 census in Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas. Also living in the household was a 24 year old female border, Mary Jones.63
    She witnessed the marriage of George James Allen and Bernice Crawford on 10 Nov 1911 in Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States.64–66
    Mary Crawford was listed as a 72 year old head of household who was born in Indiana on the 1915 Kansas census living in Dodge City, Kansas.67–68 Mary lived in Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States on 1 Mar 1919.69 Mary Crawford was listed as a 77 year old widowed head of household who was born in Indiana on the 1920 census in Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas. Mary Crawford was living at 911 Second Street. Also listed at that address were Charles and Leona Ramsey..70–72
    She visited West Lebanon, Indiana in Sep 1920.73
    She lived at 911 2nd in Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States in 1924.74 Mary Crawford as an 82 year old female head of household who was born in Indiana on the 1925 Kansas census living in Dodge City, Kansas.75
    Mary died on 21 Jan 1929 at the age of 86 in Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States.6,12–13,35,76–82 She was buried on 23 Jan 1929 at Maple Grove Cemetery in Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States.35,76,83–84
1. 1895 Kansas Census, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, Kansas state census, [CivilDivision], [ED], [PageID], [HouseholdID], [Person]; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : [AccessType] [AccessDate]); Kansas State Historical Society. [FileNumber]
2. , 1905 Kansas State Census, , , . (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), Ford Co. page 43, line 1, dwelling #295, family #319 (Doc. #: CRAWFORD.CEN.006).
3. 1925 Kansas Census, Ford County Kansas, [CivilDivision], [ED], [PageID] Image [Image] of [ImageTotal], [HouseholdID], [Person]; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : [AccessType] [AccessDate]). [FileNumber]
4. Tombstone, Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City Kansas read by Marcia Philbrick, 1996, Mary Crawford tombstone (CRAWFORD.KS.150)
5. Crawford, Mary, death certificate #229 880 (23 January 1929), Kansas State Board of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Topeka, Kansas.
6. Illustriana Kansas (: , 1933)
7. Ancestry Database, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Mary Crawford.
8. Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Source number: 7.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MP1.
9. Ancestry.com, Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1925 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: KS1925_49; Line: 28.
10. , Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925, Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; Roll: ks1915_88; Line: 27.
11. , Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925, Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1895 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: v115_48; Line: 7.
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13. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 19 December 2020), memorial for Mary Foster Crawford (1842-1929), Find a Grave Memorial no. #110358672, created by Marcia Philbrick, citing Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Tim Tompkins, Mary Foster Crawford.
14. 1850, Warren County Indiana, Population Schedule, Pike Township, Warren County, Indiana, Page 6 Image [Image] of [ImageTotal], family 56, Zebulon Foster; digital image, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017); NARA microfilm publication M432
15. 1850, Warren County Indiana, Population Schedule, [CivilDivision:Abbrev], [ED], [PageID], [HouseholdID:Abbrev], [Person].[FileNumber]
16. 1860 U.S. Census, Warren County, Indiana, population schedule, Jordan Township, Warren County, Indiana, page 23, household 161, Washington Crawford; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017); NARA microfilm publication M653
17. Certified Copy of Marriage License, Warren County, Indiana, Washington M Crawford / Mary Foster.
18. Indiana WPA, compiler, Index to Marriage Records Warren County, Indiana 1853-1920 (: , 1939), book 4, page 377 (Crawford.IN.042).
19. “Warren Republican”, (Warren County Indiana), Obituary of Marian Crawford 5 Sept 1889;
20. Marriage Record, (Crawford.IN.094).
21. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7836/). Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 : viewed online 2005.
22. Washington M. Crawford, Military and pension record of Washington M. Crawford (: U.S. Government), Affidavit of Cobrath Hall.
23. Washington Marion Crawford family, The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments with the Apocrypha (Philadelphia: John Edwin Ptter, 1865); Marcia Philbrick, Seneca, KS. Hereinafter cited as Family Bible Washington M. Crawford.
24. “Indiana, Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online October 2017), Washington Crawford.
25. “Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941,”Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : viewed online (December 2018), Mary Foster.
26. Washington M. Crawford, Military and pension record of Washington M. Crawford, (Crawford.Washington.Notebook).
27. Washington M. Crawford, Military and pension record of Washington M. Crawford, Affidavit of James A Miller.
28. 1880 U.S. Census, Williamsport, Warren, Indiana, population schedule, Washington Township, SD 4, ED 64, page 20 Image [Image] of [ImageTotal], household 223, Marion Crawford; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2016); NARA microfilm publication T9
29. 1885 Kansas State Census, Ford County, Kansas, Kansas state census, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, Page 23, household 6, M Crawford; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017); Kansas State Historical Society
30. Tombstone, Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City Kansas read by Marcia Philbrick, 1996, Carrie A. Crawford tombstone (CRAWFORD.Washington.NOTEBOOK).
31. Obituary, Dodge City Democrat, Dodge City, KS, 24 July 1886, Page 3, col 3, (Doc. #: Crawford.KS.015).
32. Tombstone, Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City Kansas read by Marcia Philbrick, 1996, (Doc. Crawford.KS.151).
33. “Miss Carrie Crawford …,” digital image, Dodge City Times (Dodge City, Kansas), 22 July 1886; digital image, Chronicling America (chroniclingamerica.loc.gov : viewed online April 2017).
34. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online November 2016), memorial for Carrie A. Crawford (?-1886), Find a Grave Memorial no. #112673752,
35. Database, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current.
36. “Dust to Dust,” obituary Carrie Crawford, Dodge City Times (Dodge City, Kansas), 27 July 1886, page 5; Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online April 2018).
37. “Miss Carrie Crawford,” page 4.
38. “Dust to Dust,” The Dodge City Globe (Dodge City, Kansas), 27 July 1886, page 5; digital images, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online November 2019).
39. “Real Esate Transfers,” page 2.
40. Ford County Kansas, , [VolumePage]; [ItemOfInterest], [RecordDate]; Register of Deeds, Dodge City Kansas.
42. Tombstone, Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City Kansas read by Marcia Philbrick, 1996, Marion Crawford tombstone (CRAWFORD.Washington.NOTEBOOK).
43. Dropped Dead, Ford County Republican, Dodge City, Kansas, Aug 21 1889, Aug. 21, 1889, vol. 3 no. 43,.
44. Obituary, Dodge City Times, Dodge City, KS, 29 Aug 1889, 5, col. 4 (Crawford.Washington.Notebook).
45. Report of Coroner’s Inquest in death of Washington M. Crawford: Report of Coroner’s Inquest (Crawford.Washington.Notebook), (23 Aug 1889). Hereinafter cited as Coroner’s Inquest Death of Washington M. Crawford.
46. “United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/DGS-004763357_00251?cc=1913388 : accessed 12 February 2016), Cooper, A. D. – Dery, Edward > image 251 of 876; citing NARA microfilm publication M1845 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
47. Resolution, Dodge City Times, Dodge City, KS, 29 Aug 1889, 5, (Crawford.Washington.Notebook).
48. Ancestry.com, Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1861-1904 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007), The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Card Records of Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, ca. 1879-ca. 1903; NAI Number: 616171; Record Group: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General; Record Group Number: 92; Series Number: M1845; Roll: 5.
49. “Mustered Out,” The National Tribune (Washington, District of Columbia), 17 October 1889; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online February 2019).
50. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online March 2019), memorial for Washington Marion Crawford (1838-1889), Find a Grave Memorial no. #110358581,
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58. [ArticleTitle], Dodge City Globe Republican (Dodge City, Kansas), Dodge City, Kansas, [Date], [Page], 14 March 1901 page 5 col. 4 (Crawford.KS.129).
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62. “Watseka Republican”, (Watseka, Illinois), “Obituary of Mrs. Harriet Foster Fleming” 7 March 1906;
63. 1910 U.S. Census, Ford County, Kansas, population schedule, Ward 3, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, Ed 46, sheet 11B, household 16, Mary Crawford; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online October 2017); NARA microfilm publication T624
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73. “Local News,” West Lebanon Gazette (West Lebanon, Indiana), 30 September 1929, page 1; digital image, Newspaper Archives (www.newspaperarchive.com : viewed online August 2019).
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75. 1925 Kansas Census, Ford County Kansas, Dodge City, page 4 (image 92 of 202), 911 2nd, Mary Crawford.
76. Tombstone, Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City Kansas read by Marcia Philbrick, 1996, Mary Crawford tombstone (CRAWFORD.KS.151).
77. Dodge City Daily Globe, , “Funeral Wednesday for Mrs. Crawford” 22Jan 1929, page 1, col. 3.
78. [Name], [Jurisdiction] death certificate [CertificateNo] ([Date]).
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80. “Dodge City Journal”, (Dodge City, Kansas), “Mr. Mary Crawford, Pioneer Is Dead,” 24 Jan 1929;
81. “Death Comes Suddenly to Mother of Dodge Postmaster,” obituary, Hutchinson News (Hutchinson, Kansas), 22 January 1929; online image, MyHeritage (www.myheritage.com : viewed online May 2016).
82. “Attica,” Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Indiana), 28 January 1929, page 7; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online August 2019).
83. Computer Printout for Maple Grove Cemetery (Dodge City, KS: Dodge City, Kansas, 5/29/1985), Record #13017 Z2, Lot 7 Block 60 WGAR (Crawford.KS.080)
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