Husband Claire C. Crawford 1
Born: 26 Aug 1890 - Pioneer, Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
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Father: Robert W. Crawford (1849-1922) 1 2
Mother: Erie Hogg (1850-1939) 1 2
Marriage: 6 Apr 1914 1
Wife Irene E. McCosh 1
Born: - Chester, Delaware Co, PA
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Father: Thomas McCosh ( -Aft 1943) 1
Mother: Anna Grace [Unk] ( -Bef 1943) 1
Children
1 M Harold Robert Crawford 1
Born: 28 Feb 1915 1
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2 F Edith G. Crawford 1
Born: 12 Jan 1918 1
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General Notes: Husband - Claire C. Crawford
He attended district schools in Petroleum, Pennsylvania, and later was a student at Cincinnati Business College. He then went to Lincoln University, at Lincoln, Nebraska, where he spent a year, and subsequently he was in the telegraph service, serving in both the railroad and commercial departments. For a time he was associated with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad; later he spent two years with the Santa Fe Railway as telegraph operator and station agent; then performed the same kind of work with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for five years at Rockmere, near Oil City, Pennsylvania. For four years he was associated with the Oil Well Supply Company's auditing department.
Then came Mr. Crawford's entry into a new profession, for which he prepared himself at the Cincinnati College of Embalming. Graduated there in 1924, he took up the practice of his profession in Titusville and later in Oil City, until November, 1927, when he established his Oil City headquarters as a funeral director at No. 212 Elm Street. Two years later he removed to No. 15 Spring Street, where he remained until 1937. In that year he bought the Kern property, at the corner of Hoffman and Seeley avenues, and remodeled it to meet his business needs. His son, Harold Robert Crawford, was associated in business with him, and they operated a quick and efficient ambulance service.
Also interesting himself in the affairs of his community, Claire C. Crawford was a Republican, active in the First Presbyterian Church and the Sunday school connected with it, and a leader in fraternal and social affairs. He belonged to Lodge No. 589, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias Lodge in Oil City, the Loyal Order of Moose, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and Lodge No. 78, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Mr. Crawford was also associated with the Lions Club, the Chamber of Commerce and the Young Men's Christian Association. He organized and became the owner of the Crawford baseball team of Oil City, a team that was credited with twenty-seven winnings out of a total of thirty-five games.