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Crawford, Andrew J – Creamer, Thomas J

Crawford, Andrew J

railroad president, was born Nov. 7, 1837, in Montgomery county, Pa. Since 1891 he has been president of the Nashville and Knoxville railroad.

Crawford, Dugal

merchant, was born Feb. 2, 1830, in Scotland. He came to St. Louis, Mo., commenced the dry goods business, which is now one of the largest concerns in the country. He is one of the trustees of Drury college, and is the first and only president since the starting of the Congregational City Missionary society of St. Louis in 1887. .

Crawford, Henry Clay

business man, legislator, was born in 1857 in Bainbridge, Ga. He is a successful dealer in real estate at Tallahassee, Fla. In 1885 he served with distinction as a member of the Florida state legislature, and is now assistant secretary of state.

Crawford, J. P

physician, lecturer, was born Aug. 27, 1855, near Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Since 1883 he has practiced medicine and surgery continuously in Davenport, Iowa. For many years he was president of the Iowa and Illinois District Medical association, and has written pamphlets and important articles for current medical publications.

Crawford, Joel

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born June 15, 1783, in Columbia county, Ga. In 1813 he joined the army of Gen. Floyd, and served throughout the whole campaign as aidde-camp to the general. He served three years in the state legislature; and was a representative in congress from Georgia from 1817 to 1821. He died April 5, 1858.

Crawford, John Louick

physician, legislator, was born in Covington, Ga. He received his education at the Emory college and the university of Georgia. He has attained success as one of the foremost physicians of the south at Crawfordsville, Fla. He served with distinction as a state senator in the Florida legislature; and is now secretary of state for the state of Florida.

Crawford, Leonard J

lawyer, politician, was born April 29, 1860, in Newport, Ky. In 1882 he graduated from the Cincinnati Law school, and since that time has practiced in his native city. In 1892 he was a candidate for attorney-general; was president of the republican state league of Kentucky during 1892-95; and in 1897 was elected president of the national republican league. was

Crawford, S. J

governor. He was governor of Kansas from 1864 to 1869.

Crawford, Samuel Wylie

soldier, physician, surgeon, was born Nov. 8, 1829, in Franklin county, Pa. In 1851 he. became an assistant surgeon in the United States army. He served with distinction in the Shenandoah campaign, being present at the battles of Winchester and Cedar Mountain, losing one-half of his brigade in the last named action.

At the battle of Antietam he had command of a division, and was severely wounded.

Crawford, William

lawyer, jurist, was born in Virginia. He moved to Alabama in 1810; held a number of federal and state offices; was receiver of moneys for public lands; and a commissioner to settle certain claims under a treaty with England, France and Spain. He elected to the state senate; was United States district attorney for Alabama; and was judge of the United States district court for Alabama. He died April 28, 1849, in Mobile, Ala. was

Crawford, William

physician, congressman, was born in 1760 in Scotland. He was the pioneer physician of Marsh Creek, Pa.; became interested in politics, and was a representative in congress from 1809 to 1817. He died in 1823.

Creamer, Thomas J

merchant, state senator, congressman, was born May 26, 1843, in Ireland. He was elected to the state legislature in 1864, 1865 and 1866; to the state senate in 1867 and 1869; and was appointed tax commissioner for New York city in 1869, serving until 1873. He was president of the young democrats' general committee in 1870; delegate to the Baltimore national convention in 1872; and was elected to the forty-third congress as a democrat.