Father: Robert “Bob” CRAWFORD, b. Feb 1863, d. Prior to 1910, Cooper County Missouri
Robert Crawford is listed in 1900 Census Gooch Mills village, Saline township in Cooper County Missouri as Bob Crawford and gives his age as 36.. He is a farmer. He states he has been married for 15 years, On Ancestry.com he is listed as being buried in Oak Grove Cemetery of Cooper County Missouri and no dates are on his tombsotne only that he is the husband of Mattie Crawford . Oak Grove Cemetery of Cooper County is located in Billingsville, Missouri. It is my belief that Bob died prior to 1910 judging from trying to locate him on the Census in 1910 and he is not listed in the Missouri State archives online where it was mandatory after 1910 to keep death records. I encourage anyone who has deaths in Missouri to use this great free site Missouri State archives. or Missouri death index. It can be googled as such and found easily. By Dec 0f 2006 the site has announced it will have the copies of the actual death certificates to view for up to 1930 and no doubt soon after that it will have some for after 1930! What a great site for free! The Show Me State.
Mother: Mattie M COX, (daughter of (Private)), b. 30 Apr 1870, Cooper County Missouri, d. 25 Apr 1912, Cooper County Missouri
Mattie's birth and death and maiden name plus her parents names come from her actual death certificate . She died of Spinal Meningitis according to her death certificate. I encourage anyone who has deaths in Missouri to use this great free site Missouri State archives. or Missouri death index. It can be googled as such and found easily. By Dec 0f 2006 the site has announced it will have the copies of the actual death certificates to view for up to 1930 and no doubt soon after that it will have some for after 1930! What a great site for free! The Show Me State. She was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Cooper County in Billingsville, Missouri. Her tombstone has no dates on it at all, merely that she is the wife of Bob Crawford. His actual name is Robert but he is called Bob on the 1900 Census and is identified as the parent of Lon Crawford because Lon is on the 1900 Census albeit spelled as Lawn! All info fits for Lon as far as birth year and birth state to place him in the home of Bob Crawford.
Married 1885, Cooper County Missouri
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