Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Volume I and Volume II, Lewis
Publishing Company, 1904, pp. 94-95.  Graves Co.

ALFRED B. CRAWFORD

     Alfred B. Crawford is a prosperous and highly respected resident of
Vulton Creek, Graves county, Kentucky.  He is the son of Byrum S. and
Malvina (West) Crawford, and was born in that county, April 5, 1854.  His
father was born in Alabama, while his mother was a native of Tennessee.
The paternal grandfather was Alfred Crawford, born in Alabama, of English
ancestry.  Byrum S. Crawford was a farmer, and made his home in Graves
county from the time he was nine years of age.  In politics he was a
Democrat, and religiously was a member of the Missionary Baptist church, in
which faith he died May 6, 1895, aged sixty-eight years, seven months and
nineteen days.  The wife died August 2, 1883, aged fifty-six years, nine
months and nine days.  Their children were as follows:  Martha J., Mary C.,
Ann E., Alfred B., Levina F., deceased, John R., Harriet S., James T., Lula
B., deceased, and Alice G.
     Alfred B. Crawford was reared in Graves county, Kentucky, within a
quarter of a mile of his present home, and after attending the public
schools of that period he went to school in Mayfield, and was under the
instruction of Professor Greenup.  After finishing his literary training
Mr. Crawford taught school for eleven years in Graves county, when he
embarked as a merchant and carried a full line of dry-goods and groceries,
and in this connection has also operated a large farm, now owning two
hundred and forty-one acres of land, well improved, nearly all of which is
under cultivation.  His business career has been a successful one, although
he started out in life without capital save that of a determination to win,
energy and a realization of the value of a dollar.  In his political faith,
like his father, he is a Democrat, and he is also a member of the
Missionary Baptist church.
     In 1876 Mr. Crawford was united in marriage with Miss Mary E.
Hargrove, who was born in Graves county,where she was educated.  Her death
occurred April 12, 1885, when she was twenty-seven years of age.  The
children born to Mr. and Mrs. Crawford were as follows: Manton G., Susan
Z., deceased, Verdie R. and Ernest C.  In 1887 he was married to Miss Alice
B. Gallemore, who was born in Graves county and educated in Mayfield.  She
taught school in that county and in Calloway county, and was very popular
with instructors and children alike.  Two children have been born to Mr.
and Mrs. Crawford, namely: Fred A. and Ligon.

Crawford West Greenup Hargrove Gallemore
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TN AL Calloway-KY

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