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CRAWFORD, WOODS. Was born in Richland County, Ohio, December 8, 1829. When he was nine years of age he, with
his parents, moved to DeKalb County, Illinois, where he received his education. At the age of eighteen he began
teaching vocal music, which he followed until March, 1850, when he went to Missouri, where he engaged in the same
vocation until 1853. He then crossed the plains with ox teams, and brought a drove of cattle. He followed mining
in Shasta County for one winter, and in the spring of 1854 came to Lake County with the Hammack party, arriving
where Kelseyville now stands, April 16th. He settled in Big Valley, and engaged in farming and carpentering for
about four years, and then turned his whole attention to farming until 1864. He then moved to Lakeport, and engaged
in the practice of law, which he has since followed. Since his residence in Lakeport he has filled the position
of District Attorney for about five years, once by appointment and twice by election. He was appointed by the Legislature
as one of the commissioners who organized Lake County. He was married, October 13, 1852, to Miss Margaret A. Hammack,
daughter of Martin Hammack. They have six living children: Florence H., Crockett M., Susan R., Mary L., Emma, and
Frank W.; they have lost one, Elizabeth R.
From:
History of Napa and Lake Counties, California
Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers
San Francisco, California 1881
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