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Dr. Milo B. Brooks of 2047 Malcolm avenue, Westwood Hills will leave tomorrow for Boston, Mass., where he will take a postguraduate course at harvard Medical school in the care of infants and children. dr. Brooks will attend the American Pediatrics Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio en route and will visit John Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore before he returns in several weeks.
Eva Mae Crawford moved to Missouri with her family in 1903, where they lived first in Haton, then Auxvasse, ant in bellflower, Missouri, leaving there and moving to Cameron, Missouri in 1915, where Eva attended Cameron High School and Missouri Wesleyan college. She taught music in Everest, Kansas grade school and high school for three years, 1927, '28, & '29. She then taught one year in Corning, Iowa. She met Milo Brooks while she was teaching in Everest, Kansas. Milo was coach and taught manual training classes in nearby Robinson, Kansas. He then went to iowa to attend medical school. They lived most of their married life in california, where Milo had amedical practice.
On February 19, 1992, Eva died, in LaJolla, Ca., and was burried in Forest Lawn cemetery, Los Angeles, Ca., in a Lawn Crypt on the hill in the Garden of Remembrance, near the statue of David, where her two sons and husband, Milo, are also buried.
Marriage Notes for Milo B Brooks and Eva Mae Crawford-5009
Crawford-Brooks - Popular Young Lady Married to Iowa M.D.--to California for the Present
Miss Eva Crawford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Crawford, and dr. Milo B. Brooks, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.E. Brooks of Charles City, Iowa, were married at 10:00 o'clock Saturday morning at the home of the bride's parents. The double ring service was read by the Rev. C.C. James before an improvised altar of yellow poreopsis, shasta daisies, and ferns. Preceding the ceremony Mrs. Russell Wood sang "At Dawning" and "Because" accompanied by Miss Lucille Grosfield at the piano. Mrs. Wallace theilmann played the Mendelssohn Wedding march. during the ceremony Miss Komora Williams played on the violin "The Shepherds' Serenade."
The bride wore a princess gown of white net with flounced skirt made ankle lingth. she wore a full length tulle weil with a close fitting cap trimmed with seed pearls and held at the sides with clusters of orange blossoms. she carried a shower bouquet of bride's roses and lilies of the valley. She was attended by her sister, Miss Dorothy Crawford, as maid of honor who wore a gown of orchid taffeta with a corsage of ophelia roses and orchid sweet peas. Mr. Walter Brooks, brother of the groom acted as best man. The bride's going away ensemble was of egg shell crepe with hat, shoes and hose to match.
After the three course wedding breakfast, which was served at small tables, Dr. and Mrs. Brooks left by auto for Los Angeles, Calif. where they will be at home after July 1st. The bride attended Cameron High School and graduated from the music department of Missouri Wesleyan College. For the past year she has taught music in the Corning, Iowa schools. She is one of Cameron's most popular young ladies and is held in high esteem by all who know her. She possesses a very pleasing personality which has won for her a large circle of friends.
The groom received his M.D. from the Iowa State University at Iowa City this spring. He will serve an internship in the Methodist Hospital at Los Angeles.
The Progress joins their many friends in wishing for them a happy and properous wedded life.
Out of town guests at the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. E.E. Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Robison and Walter Brooks of Charles City, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Paul W.
Smith, Keytesville, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. H.B. Grosfield, Willis, Kan.; Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Theilmann, Hamlin, Kan.; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Alber, Bendina, Kan.; Miss Lucille Grosfield, Everest, Kan.; Mr. and Mrs. John Debner, Norway, Iowa; Dr. and Mrs. Russell Wood, Hamilton.
DEATH: Grandson Dies - Mr. and Mrs. S.C. Crawford received a message last evening bearing the sad news of the death of their grandson Richard Lee Brooks, at the age of 5 years and 6 months, following complications since an attack of influenza suffered near Christmas time and was thought to be improving. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Milo B. Brooks of Los Angeles, Calif.
All that human hands and medical science could do for this little lad was done, but to no avail. He leaves to mourn his loss, his mother, formerly Miss Eva Crawford, the father, one sister and a brother; the grandparents of this city, Mr. and Mrs. S.C. Crawford and many other relatives.
Samuel Crooks Crawford, known as "Sam," in 1872, at the age of three came with his family to Miles, Iowa. As was common at that time, he spent few years in formal schools, but was very sharp in mathematics. He joined the United Methodist Church in 1894 remaining faithful throughout his life.
Sam farmed in various areas starting in Adams county in western Iowa. In 1895 in Sabula, Iowa he married Laura Burton, a school teacher. He lived in Ida Grove in 1897, where his first child, Olga Lucille was born. He made his way back to Miles, Iowa where Olga started in the first grade. He left Iowa in 1903 and the family moved to Calloway county, Missouri, in the Hatton area, then to Auxvasse, Missouri.
In 1907 he had a Hardware & Tinning business. In 1909, Crawford and Murphy opened a Hardware store in Bellflower, Missouri. As Bellflower had only a two-year high school, the family moved to Cameron, Missouri in 1915 where there was a four-year high school and Missouri Wesleyan College. Sam continued in the hardware business until his retirement.Taken from the land records of Callaway county, Fulton, Missouri
Sam C. Crawford from Smith, Feb. 9 1903, the NE qtr. of Sec. 32, Twp. 49, Rg. 10 W. consisting of 160 acres, for the sum of $6,400.00. Sam borrowed on the 28th of Feb. 1903, 4,500.00 from his father, Gardner Crawford, on a ten year note.
Satisfaction of Mortgage - Know all men by these presents, that we, Alexander Crawford of Linn Co., Iow, and robert Crawford of the County of Callaway and state of Missouri, executors of the estate of Gardner Crawford deceased, do hereby acknowledge that a certain indentrue of real estate mortgage bearing date the 28th day of February A.D., 1903, madan executed by S. C. Crawford and laura E. Crawford his wife to Gardner Crawford, on the following described Real Estate in Callaway county, state of Missouri, to wit; The North East quarter of Section thirty-two, twonship forty nine, Range ten west, in the office of Recorder of Deeds of the county of Callaway, state of Missouri in Book 5 of Martgages page 621 on the 26th day of January A.D. 1905 at one o'clock p.m. is redeemed, paid off, satisfied, and discharged in full.
Dated this 28th day of Dec. 1907.
/s/ Alexander Crawford, Executor
/s/ Robert CrawfordBIOGRAPHY: S.C. Crawford and wife to E.B. Campbell, jan 4, 1908 for the sum of $10,000.00 The NE qtr of Sec. 32, twp 49, Rg. 10, containing 160 acres.
This is the farm where Arthur, Ruth and Dorothy were born. When this sale was recorded the papers were mailed to Auxvasse, Missouri On Jan 18, 1909 Laura Crawford wrote a letter to her sister, Becca, from Auxvasse, Missouri. sam had bought a 260 acre farm in Montgomery Co., near Wellsville, Missouri, Aug. 8, 1908, but in the letter laura said that she had not see the farm, but was told it was beautiful, but there was better education for the children in Auxvasse. Sam sold the farm Feb. 1, 1910, apparently they never lived there.
In Jan 1910 they bought property in Bellflower, Missouri and sam built a home there.General Warranty Deed - Book 5 pg. 199, Montgomery co., Missouri.
This indenture - Aug. 10, 1908, from Thos. A. & Emma powell to S.C. Crawford of Callaway county, Missouir for the sum of $15,000.00 the following real estate. The North 1/2 of the NW qtr. of Sec 30, & a strip of land 15 feet wide off the east side of a one-acre tract of the NE corner of the SE qtr. of the NW qtr. of said Sec. 30. Also the SW qtr. of the NW qtr. of Sec. 19 lying south of the right of way of the Wabash Railroad, also 3 acres off of the SW corner of the East half of the NW qtr. of Sec. 19 lying south of the South line of the right of way of the Wabash Railroad, all in Township 50 North Range 6 West.
This deed is made & accepted subject to a deed of trust for $5,600.00 in favor of union Central Life Ins. Co., & which the grantee assumes & agrees to pay.Feb. 28, 1910, S.C. & Laura E. Crawford sold the above property to Hupe, Clare & Gooch, for the sum of $17,200.00 - a strip of land off of the north side of lot #16 in block #5 in the original town of Bellflower, Montgomery co., Missouri described as follws, to wit: 32 feet in width & 100 feet in length and the building thereon, excepting however, half of the south wall of same.
Feb. 28, 1910 from H.C. & Mattie Hupe, F.L. & Susan Clair & Maude Gooch to S. C. Crawford for the sum of $1800.00 the following: Lot #1 in block #5 in the original town of Bellflower, Missouri.
Dec. 1, 1911 from james P. & Delia Phelan, man & wife, to Crawford & Murphy - a hardward firm of Bellflower, Missouri & James Dell, all of lots #1 & 2, in block #4 in Middlekamp's & Schowengerdt's addition to the town of Bellflower, as the same appears on the records of Montogomery County, Missouri.
Sold April 27, 1915
S.C. & Laura Crawford of Montgomery co., Missouri to roy McKittrick, of Chariton county, Missouri for $8,000.00, the followng; Lot #1 block #5, also a strip of land off the North side of lot #16 block #5, also all of lots #18, 19 & 20 & the building thereon in Block #2, in Middlekamp's & Schowengerdt's addition of Bellflower, Missouri.The building on block #2, in Middlekamp's & Schowengerdt's addition, was the home that S.C. Crawford built, and where the family lived from early 1912 until 1915 when the family moved to Cameron, Missouri, in Clinton co. their oldest child, olga Lucile Crawford, graduated from a two year high school in Bellflower, Missouri in 1913, her father s.C. Crawford was president of the school board.
Bellflower News, May 15, 1913 - S.C. Crawford, Rev. Milan, W.W. Metts, J.W. Perkins and C.D. Hendershot took an auto ride to Montgomery city, Monday afternoon, through the kindness of Mr. Crawford, and attended the local option rally at the Court House that night. The Wisdom Sisters were there and sang and a Swiss Bell Ringer of Mexico wwas there and made music on his bells. The court room was crowded to overflowing. Mr. Jones of St. Louis was there and made a good talk.
Bellflower News, June 12, 1913 - S.C. Crawford and family went to Calloway county in their New Auto Sunday for a visit to relatives and friends at Auxvasse and McCredie, returning Wednesday.
Bellflower News, Aug. 7, 1913 - Dr. Harmon and Charles Murphy went to St. Louis Friday, where the doctor bought a New R.C.H. Auto, through the agency of Crawford & Murphy of this place.
Bellflower News, Aug. 14, 1913 - S.C. Crawford and Daughter, Olga, and Miss Adabell Aydelott started last Saturday on an automobile trip to Iowa. They will be accompanied home by his son Elburt, who has spent the summer there with relatives.
Bellflower News, Sept. 11, 1913 - s.C. Crawford and Professor Hoech were in Montgomery Monday evening, buying a supply of books for the school children.
Bellflower News, April 22, 1915 - Announcement
We wish to announce our retirement from business and take this means to thank the people of Bellflower and vicinity for the loyal support they have given us the past five years. We wish also to solicit a continuance of the patronage of the people for our successors, The Bellflower supply Co., and assure you that your wants will still be supplies at the same stand by stand by them.
Again thanking you we remain, Respectfully,
Crawford & Murphy.Bellflower News, April 22, 1915 - Crawford & Murphy, Bellflowers popular hardware merchants have traded their stock of hardware, business house and dwelling, to Mr. Roy McKittrick of Salisbury, Mo, and Mr Stamper of St Louis, and the invoice will be completed this week. They recieved in exchange a 250 acre farm in Chariton Co., Mo. we are indeed sorry to see Messrs Crawford & Murphy get out of the business, however they still retain the undertaking business. The new firm will be known as the Bellflower Supply Co., and will be managed by Mr. Chas S. murphy, a member of the retiring firm. Mr. McKitrick is prosecuting attorney of Chariton county and Mr. Stamper is interested in the poultry and produce business in St. Louis. We welcome the new firm to our thriving little village and wish them success....
Bellflower News, May 20, 1915 - Mr. and Mrs. S.C. Crawford went to McCredie Wednesday night to attend the funeral of his brother's wife, Mrs. Robert Crawford who died at midnight on Wednesday.
Bellflower News, May 27, 1915 - Mr. & Mrs. S.C. Crawford returned home Tuesday from McCredie, where they were called by the death of their sister-in-law, Mrs. Robert Crawford.
Bellflower News, June 24, 1915 - Mr. & Mrs. S.C. Crawford & three children left last Thursday for Iowa to visit the former's parents an attend a family reunion.
Bellflower News, July 15, 1915 - S.C. Crawford returned Saturday from a two weeks visit to hsi mother in Iowa.
Bellflower News, July 22, 1915 - Mr. & Mrs. S.C. Crawford went to Cameron Wednesday on a prospecting trip. They are thinking of moving to that place for the advantage of the High School & Missouri Wesleyan College.
Bellflower News, Aug. 2, 1915 - S.C. Crawford was in Cameron a few days last week, where he purchased residence property, and where he expects to move with his family before the beginning of school.
Bellflower News, Aug. 12, 1915 - R.G. Crawford & Mr. Meyer of McCredie, spent Sat. & Sun. here as guests of the formers' brother, S.C. Crawford and family.
Bellflower News, Thursday Aug. 26, 1915 (front page) We wish to show our appreciation to the people of Bellflower & vicinity, for the kindly spirit they have shown us during our stay among them. We own we were surprised the way a goodly number came to spend a few hours with us, in a much torn up house, was another surprise. That their efforts for good may be crowned with abundant success is the wish of -
Mr. & Mrs. Crawford & family.Bellflower News, Aug. 26, 1915 (front page) The school regrets very much the loss of efficient board member, Mr. S.C. Crawford, because of his intense interest in the welfare of the school & community. While we lose the excellent family, the people of Cameron will be gainers.
Bellflower News, Aug 26, 1915 - S.C. Crawford shipped his household goods to his new home in Camerson Wednesday & he and his family will follow about Saturday.
Bellflower News, Thursday, Sept. 2, 1915 - S.C. Crawford and family left Friday night for their new home in Cameron. The best wishes of many friends go with them.
Bellflower News, Sept. 9, 1915 - S.C. Crawford, in a card to this office, orders the News sent to Cameron, & says they are beginning to feel at home in their new abode.
Methodist church, Cameron, Missouri - Transferred by letter from Bellflower Methodist Church South on September 11, 1915: S.C. Crawford, 330 W. High Street, Laura Crawford, Olga Crawford, Elburt Crawford, Eva Crawford, Ruth Crawford, & Dorothy Crawford.
Cedar City, Utah, Sept 7 - '34
Dear ones at Keytesville,
Well, this has been another busy day in fact each day since we retruned from Calf. We started our saile of the household goods today advertised in the paper that came out yesterday. We have ben painting varnishing & cleaning ever since last Friday noon and still have considerabul to do yet. we have sold 2 stoves, 2 bedsprings & matress, 1 cupboard, 1 dresser, 1 folding cot, 6 chairs, 2 sewing machines, 1 cong. Rug and several smaller articals. Have quite a lot more to sell but thought we did very well for the first day. We have a loveley time witht he Brooks. You know that Eva & Milo came for the funeral left donna with the Goolds in East L.A.
We left here Monday evening at four thirty wanted make the drive across the desart at nite to avoid the heat. A distance in all of five hundred miles drove to Los Vegas Araz. and stoped about thirty minutes with Dr. & Mrs. Slavess a classmate of Milo's at Iowa City got a good cool frink and had a nice little visit with hem and as we left there it begin to rain and there was a rite nice little shower for a nite or two, but soon run out of it about two we stoped a way out on the desart puled off the road among the sand cactus sage brush and johnathen trees the moon was brite and ti gave us a big thrill. And we ate our lunch had hot coffee in our thrumas bottels then drove on & on a while before we got into San Barndeno. We all got pretty sleepy so puled off the road and went to sleep. Slept nearly an ower. When we were awake we could hear the ciotes howl. Sounded like there was a dozen but mabey there was only one. We started on again and it soon was day lite. And the drive from there on was loveley through orange orchards & vinyards & arrived in L.A. about seven after picking up donna she is a cute little raskel. No grate butey, atu so strong and wirey and so quick and cute has four big teth and looks so much like her dad. After looking hir grandparents over she seamed to think they would do and it waren't long before we wer pals. Thay have a verry pretty home.
Flowers and very thing so green and a big fig tree or more of a bush with plenty of ripe figs and ghay weren't hard to take all fruit is so cheap & good oranges three or four dozen for 25 cents dark orange juice every morning for breakfast. The wether was just loveley nites about 60 and days peak at the lower 80. Oh, boy, diden'ts get none cooled out from that 118 we had back home.
Then we sure did see the sites of L.A. was to the beach twice. one eveinng we drove down and saw the big waves coem in. then on Saturday after noon drove down to Long Beech visited an All State picnic on diferant trees there was a place to register for each state we huted up Mo. found one name from Cameron but diden't noo them As I was turning away after registering I met a lady i said I am from cameron. She said I am from hamilton. diden't know her. then we went on down to the beach.
Eva and Milo had thair bathing suits along so went in. And it waren't long untill I had a suit and was riding the waves with the rest of then quite a thrill mother says she had to keep Donna think she was glade of the exchuse. Sure was fine but rather cool. Then we started for home but sent around by the dock and saw soem of the big ships. then took the rode around over the mountins & Coast rode home the view from some of the high peeks & coast seens were loveley. got home about nine ready for supper and then to bed. one day we went shopping and Milo met us down town about one then we all took in china town Japtown and then the little street you have hird Eva tell about the regular Mexican street. With thair shops restarants & the streets had the gutter in the middle instead of the sides. One day Laura Johns Barber & husband was there for dinner and another day Maude Hidan & little boy two years old whe is taking cair of was there for dinner. Maude has ben living in Long Beech this summer and was there when we was there but we diden't know it then. Well, we left L.A. thursday at six p.m. came by bus and arived here at 12:30 Friday noon and have ben putting licks in good.
Saturday Mrs. craige came over not an unusel thing as she is over at least three or four times a day. ubt she came over as is said, and said we are planning a little outing for you folks tomorrow. We want you to go with us to Cedar Brakes & Brices canyon. I said fine as that is my birthday. I don't know any better way to selebrate so we left here at seven with well filled baskets in our car was Mr. Mrs. McConel with thair car. He is a drugist here Mrs. Craig's sone Burt Mcpetun & mother & I. Burt did nost of the driving. He is an expurt when it comes to mountin driving we first took in Cedar Brakes about twenty six miles up then went on to Brice something over eighty miles. I never saw any senery bifore it is an impossibility to give a pursen any idea of the grandure. I could stand looking for over and then not be ready to leve. we had a fine dinner fine camp grounds with outdoor fire places to cook. I climed to the highest point 9340 feet above see level diden't bother me any. started back about four and arived home about seven thirty. There was twenty in the fay all stoped at Nepetuns nxt dore on the south and finished our lunch for supper. I will try and tell the rest when I see you. We rather expect to get back home in a week or ten days.
Love Mother & DadCameron, Mo. 12-20-45
To the Smiths
Was so glad you folks reched home safley and did not get to clod. surley would have bin tough if we had wither like this week. Think everyone enjoyed the day so maney speak of how nice everything was hadneled so maney sent in thair regrets so maney had the flue. so maney cards came in for several dayes then Christmas cards started. Seames we have did nothing but send cards and write thank you letters.
When did Harold get back or has he? and how is the striping getting along.
Oh by the way our pictures apeared and a little rite up in the St Joseph News pres last Sunday.
I believe we have had enough popularity for the next fifty years. We are planing to have Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Davis & Mr. & Mrs. Truman Williams here for dinner Christmas. we was at Williams last year.
Did Wayne's folks git all settled and how do thay like housekeeping? We moved all the flowers here in the big south window and it fills it up fine. folks going by just stop and look & look it is surley atractif.
Did you get one of Donnie & Davie's pictures. Thay are sure cute dosen't seam posiable that Davie is that large Donnie will lead him a merry chase when he gets a little older.
Say even our little ppulets started of fine on our real anniversary the 11th. Thay laid thair first egg. For a few days it was just one then two and now it is three up to last nite and we hope by tonite it will be four. I will inclose a cliping from the progress.
Oh, how did the cake come through?
Love Mother & DaddyDEATH: Cameron, Mo. Monday, February 6, 1950 - S. C. Crawford Passes
S. C. Crawford, age 80, one of our most highly respected citizens passed away Sunday evening at six o'clock, following a long illness and a stay in Cameron Community Hospital, where he was a patient at the time of his death.
Mr. Crawford was born in Canada and later lived in Iowa for a number of years, but had resided here many years, until his health failed. He had been associated in the hardware business in Cameron for a long time and was one of the faithful and efficient employees of the Ford Hardware Store here for many years. He was prominent in the Methodist church and took an active part in its various activites and maintenance.
Mr. Crawford is survived by his wife, Mrs. Laura Crawford, and four daughters who are, Mrs. Paul Smith, Keytesville, Mo.; Mrs. Milo Brooks, Los Angeles Calif.; Mrs. Harry Koger, Horten, Kansas; and Mrs. Henry Grosfield, Willis, Kansas.
The body is at the Poland funeral Home where it will lie in state until the hour for the funeral service, which will be at the Poland chapel Wednesday morning at 10:00 o'clock. Rev. A. C. Runge will preach the funeral sermon and following the services the body will be removed to Miles, Iowa his former home, for interment.BURIAL: He and his wife are buried in the Miles Cemetery, Miles, Jackson, Iowa, Row 15.
BIOGRAPHY: Laura Burton was raised with her brother, William J. Burton by their oldest sister, Julia Burton, after their mother died, when Laura was four years old and William was one years old. She was a school teacher before she married her husband.
Aux Vasse, Mo., Jan 18, 1909
My dear Becca,
Your very welcome letter written New Years day received and read with pleasure. I am always delighted when Sam comes home and says here is a letter for you and I had just received the C.L. on New Years morning also a nice long letter from Julia. I felt so near to you all and wished, O how I wished I might see you all fact to face, I have thought so much lately of our family reunion and how we all did enjoy being together, but I don't think any one fully realized until it was all over just what genuine pleasure there was in it. I wish we might meet again although we would sadly miss the four who are gone. Yes I feel so badly about Harry Johnston. Do you know where he is now and what Charley is doing? All I have heard is what Julia told me when I was home. It seems to me if our departed loved ones were concious of all that is going on here on earth how broken hearted Lydia wuld be over her children who gave gone astray.
We spent the Holidays wery quietly at home as Ruth and Dorothy coughed most to hard to take them out. There was a union tree that is, the Sunday Schools united and had a tree at the Christian Church with two Santa Claus's to furnish amusement for the children.
I was remembered with a nice little rocker and several other valuable things from Sam. Julia sent me a fancy centrepiece and the children each a present, Sam a half dozen stereoscope views she always does remember us although it is hard to find anything for her as she has almost everything you can imagine..
I see she has written a letter for the Gazette this week and among other things she said they expected to get in their new home Jan 9th. I hope she will be contented & happy if she has made up her mind to make her home there. She feels it has been such an injustice that she should be denied her share in Father's property and has made the remark that she expected her brothers and sisters to rectify the injustice by doing what was in their power to do. I do not want to see any of Father's money go to the Mormons and do not for one minute uphold Julia in her way of doing, but when we look at it honestly are we sure that the rest of us are going to use the money to the very best advantage, and will Lydia's children all of them appreciate where it came from.
I wish we might reserve some for Julia to be given her in any time of need but she would not appreciate that either.
I am only sorry that it was necessary for Father to do as he did.
Do you have any notion of going to Texas to live? Someone in the C.L. mentioned your going.
Sam has gone over to the farm today to try and rent it. I would so much rather go on the farm right away only the children have a little better advantages for school and they will be in school until the last of April. Sam has all and more work than he can do working at his trade with good wages. Just now it is rather cold putting up gutter but he has been doing pump work. I have not seen the farm but they say it is a pretty place to live. I believe I told you it was 260 acres.
I am going to send a picture of the children, but it does not do them justice. It is so hard to get Ruth to do anything she is so bashful and the older children were as anxious for fear she would cry. Baby is a regular mischief and is not going to take the back seat for anyone. I received a letter from Rachie Saturday. She told of Mabel Burton's wedding and of their Christmas dinner at Maggie Jensen's. I suppose Sidney will soon be going to his new home. I wish he might visit us before going away off out there. It seems so lonely for him I must write to him, but Sidney is bound to make friends and if he feels it for the best I suppose it will be all right. I think . . . excellent schools in Springville. O how many of those pictures have you and did you intend one for me? I should appreciate one very much. How is Laura getting along? Does she seem happy in her home? I don't know how to write a short letter but when I get started can't find a stopping place.
Write soon from your Loving sister LauraBellflower News - Feb. 20, 1913
The ladies aid of the M.E. Church South, will have a food exchange at the M.W.A. Bldg. Sat. Feb. 22. Will have doughnuts, fried pies, homemade bread & all kinds of meats & salads, everything good for Sun. dinner. Bring your basket, get it filled with good things to eat. Will be ready for business a 9 o'clock Sat. morning.
Mrs. S. C. Crawford, Pres.
Mrs. W. W. Metts, Sec.Bellflower News, May 15, 1913 - Thursday afternoon the W.C.T.U. held their first meeting at the home of Mrs. S.C. Crawford. Although all the members were not present there was a great deal of interest shown. Plans are being formed for great things in the future, and all who are interested in this work are urged to attend these meetings.
Bellflower News, Sept. 11, 1913 - S.C. Murphy, Mrs. S. C. Crawford and daughter Olga, and Mrs. S.T. Aydelott, made an auto trip to Mexico last Friday.
DEATH: She died March 25, 1952 after breaking her hip in December of 1951.
BURIED: She is buried with her husband in Row 15 of the Miles Cemetery in Miles, Jackson, Iowa.
Letter written by Laura Crawford to her sister, Rebecca dated January 18, 1909, from Auxvasse, Missouri.
My Dear Becca,
Your very welcome letter written New Years day, received and read with pleasure. I am always delighted Iwhen Sam comes home and says here is a letter for you, and I had just received the C.L. on New Years morning also a nice long letter from Julia. I felt so near to you all and wished, O how I wished, might see you all face to face. I have thought so much lately of our family reunion and how we all did enjoy being together, but I don't think any of us fully realized until it was all over just what genuine pleasure there was in it. I wish we might meet again although we would sadly miss the four who are gone. Yes, I feel so badly about Harry Johnston. Do you know where he is now and what Charley is doing? All I have heard is what Julia told me when I was home. It seems to me if our departed loved ones were concious of all that is going on here on earth how broken hearted Lydia would be over her children who have gone astray. We spent the Holidays very quietly at home as Ruth and Dorothy coughed most too hard to take them out. There was a union tree, that is the Sunday Schools united and had a tree, at the Christian Church with two Santa Claus's to furnish amusement for the children.
I was remembered with a nice little rocker and several other valuable things from Sam. Julia sent me a fancy centre piece and the children each a present, Sam a half dozen stereoscope views. She always does remember us although it is hard to find anything for her as she has almost everything you can imagine. I see she has written a letter for the Gazette this week and among other things she said they expected to get in their new home January 7.
I hope she will be contented & happy if she has made up her mind to make her home there. She feels it has been such an injustice that she should be denied her share in Father's property and has made the remark that she expected her brothers and sisters to rectify the injustice by doing what was in their power to do. I do not want to see any of Father's money go to the Mormons and do not for one minute uphold Julia in her way of doing, but when we look at it honestly are we sure that the rest of us are going to use the money to the very best advantage, and will Lydia's children all of them appreciate where it came from? I wish we might reserve some for Julia to be given her in any time of need but she would not appreciate that either.
I am only sorry that it was necessary for Father to do as he did.
Do you have any notion of going to Texas to live, some one in the C.L. mentioned your going.
Sam has gone over to the farm today to try and rent it. I would so much rather go on the farm right away only the children have a little better advantage for school and they will be in school until the last of April. Sam has all and more work than he can do working at his trade with good wages.
Just now it is rather cold putting up gutters but he has been doing pump work. I have not seen the farm but they say it is a pretty place to live. I believe I told you it was 260 acres.
I am going to send a picutre of the children, but it does not do them justice. It is so hard to get Ruth to do anything she is so bashful and the older children were as anxious for fear she would cry. Baby is a regular mischief and is not going to take a back seat for anyone.
I received a letter from Rachel Saturday. She told of Mabel Burton's wedding and of their Christmas dinner at Maggie Jensen's. I suppose Sidney will soon be going to his new home. I wish he might visit us before going away off out there. It seems so lonely for him. I must write to him, but Sidney is bound to make friends and if he feels it for the best I suppose it will be all right.
I think Will must have excellent schools in Springville. O, how many of those pictures have you and did you intend one for me? I should appreciate one very much. How is Laura getting along? Does she seem happy in her home?
I don't know how to write a short letter but when I get started can't find a stopping place.
Write soon - from you Loving sister, Laura
Marriage Notes for Samuel Crooks Crawford and Laura Elizabeth May Burton-5051
S.C. Crawford & Laura E. Burton Wedding as described in a letter written by Laura's sister Julia, to her sister Rachel.
Sabula, January 1, 1896
My Dear Rachel,
Well to tell you about the wedding, we had about thirty five, we thought there would be more, we providedfor about forty five.
Promptly at 5:30 Samuel C. and Laura came down stairs, proceeded by Will and the minister, and took their places in the bay window. Etta Seeber playing the wedding march. I will try to tell you about the decorations. In our parlor we have a large bay window. In the background we had four large pails full of white chrysanthemums, then four pots of the Sacred Lily, and several other plants. [diagram]
I don't know whether you can make anything out of this or not, but everyone thought the flowers grand. Mr. Lovell done the decorating and charged me 3 dollars, but it was about the only thing we could do and have flowers and I did not think he charged too much, as he went to the trouble to bring them over and take them away the next day. Then besides he furnished carnations for Laura's hand bouquet, fifteen. Sam wore three. Laura's dress was a cream cashmere trimmed with ribbon and lace. We have pieces of all of her dresses to send to each of you girls. She wore no gloves. Sam did not want to and Laura said she would not if he didn't. She looked very pretty. Will and Emma stood on one side and Kate & Charlie and myself, I stood next to Laura and Will next to Sam.
After the congradulation, supper was served. We had everything ready excepting the coffee. We had a woman ready to put the coffee in at the right time. We had little sewing tables, set for four people. We had them all covered with white fance towels, no colored borders, then between us we had doilies for each little table, and tiney cream pitchers, and sugar bowls, and we passed spoons, forks and napkins in a basket. We had them all tied together with pink baby ribbon. Will and Charlie carried in the tables from the kitchen where we had got them ready.
For supper we had thin sliced bread and roasted chicken and corn beef, watermelon and peach pickles, cabbage salad, olives, and three kinds of cake. Oranges, and bananas. when they were through eating the boys took the tables out again without any confusion. Laura said she had heard so much while she and Sam has been out visiting his people of the nice way our supper was served and so easy.
They got lots of nice presents. Would you like to know what they were? I can tell you what they got, but it would not be worth while to tell you only a few of the givers names. I gave them a set of white porcelain dishes, a glass water set, a bed stead and mattress and pair of blankets and other things to numerous to mention. Emma & Will a bedroom set; pitcher, wash bowl, soap dish, hot water pitcher, tooth brush holder and chamber. Hattie Taplin, twelve oat meal dishes, Jimmie Taplin a paper holder. Dr. & Mrs. Maloney, two fancy plates. Kate & Charlie a pudding set. Mother & Father Crawford a set of dining room chairs and rocker. Dr. Crawford an extension table. Then she got a glass fruit dish and 6 sauce dishes to match from Mr. & Mrs. George Bryant. A linen table cloth from Hathaways, and a table cloth and 12 napkins from Emma Helfert.
Julious Prusing's daughter, one pair of napkin rings, three pickle castors, a bed spread from Aunt Cook. A silver tooth pick holder from Marshall. Mr. & Mrs.
Prussing, Lue Esmay, Mrs. Flock gave them a set of silver knives and forks. A rocking chair from Mr. & Mrs. Schmidt, on our farm, six aluminum spoons, from their daughter. Emmas people sent them six gold aluminum teaspoons. Harry Marshall & wife a souvenir spoon, solid silver. Matt Cox sent them two solid silver spoons, a cream & sugar spoon, two pretty doilies. Allie Day, a chamois doilie, with hand painted pansies. Photograph holder of celloid, a rose jar, a little fancy matt, a paper holder from Jim & Fanny Baily. Mr. Seebers family a silver spoon boat. I don't know whether that is all or not.
Laura and Sam was out to Miles the last two weeks visiting his people, there are a large connection. I don't know just when they will start for the west but not much before the 1st of March I think. I dread to have them go so far away from me, tis not the distance only, but it will cost money, but she will have a good many nice things to start with. While she was out to Miles, the folks tore up a lot of rags to make another carpet. We helped her make 20 yards this last summer and as long as she had the rags given to them they thought they might as well make them up, as it would save them buying. They are going to get their stoves and furniture here and hire a car. He will have horses and cows, and they can take everything and it will not cost so much.
Santa Claus remembered us all quite bountifully again this winter, he gave me a muff to match my Atrachan cape. Then there was fancy dishes & handkerchiefs, books & tidy towels. Laura got a roster lamp, that was Sam's too, and I got their certificate framed for them, a jewel box & salad bowl. I gave Laura the White House Cook Book.
I hope you will all have a happy Year. With love and best wishes to all Julia.S.C. Crawfords Celebrate 50th Wedding, Sunday
It was a happy occasion Sunday when Mrms. S. C. Crawford, 224 West Fourth street, celebrated the Fiftieth Anniversary of their marriage with an "open house" to their many friends between the hours of two and four. Mr. Crawford was born in Ontario, Canada, and came to the states when three years of age.
He was united in marriage with Laura E. Burton, at Sabula, Iowa, on December 11, 1895 and moved to Callaway county, Missouri in 1903. They came to Cameron in 1915 and have been continuous residents here for more than thirty years. For 26 years Mr. Crawford was employed in the Ford Hardward Store, retiring four years ago. He is 76 years old. Mrms. Crawford are members of the Methodist church and attend regularly. He was president of the Board of Trustees for many years. Mrms. Crawford are in good health and are active for their years. They are among our worthy and best loved citizens.
Present for the celebration of this anniversary were four of their five children, Mrs. Eva Brooks of Los Angeles, California, being unable to attend. However she called them on the phone during the day and extended best wishes. The other children are: Mrs. Paul Smith, Elbert Crawford, Mrs. Ruth Grosfield and Mrs. Dorothy Koger.
The home was decorated with numerous floral tributes. Light refreshments were served during the afternoon, Mrs. C. H. French and Mrs. Ovid Sackman, assisting with the serving.
Present from out of town were: Mrms. Paul W. Smith and children Harold, Benton, Betty, Kenneth, Kathryn and Edna Smith of Keytesville, Mo.; Mrms. E. G.
Crawford and son, Donnie, of Concordia, Kans.; Mrms. Henry Grosfield, L. Burton and Naideen and Mrms. Harry Koger and son, Kenneth of Willis, Kans.
DEATH: Mr. and Mrs. S.C. Crawford, residing, east of Hereford, lament the loss of their son, Arthur, who died on Friday, February 10, 1905, and was buried at Hatton, on Saturday. The little one was about eighteen months old and died of pneumonia.
DEATH: Alice's older brother Arthur died while her mother was expecting her. Her mother, who was not well and was despondent over the death of Arthur, went to Miles, Iowa to be with her folks, adn Alice Crawford was still born there, and buried in the Miles cemetery.