Christiana D. Crawford

7. CHRISTIANA D.2 WILLARD (Alexander1) was born in May 1819 at Missouri.872,873,874,875,876 She married John Rowland Crawford, son of Michael Crawford and Elizabeth Rowland, before 1836 at Iowa county, Wisconsin Territory.877,878 She died on 7 Mar 1857 at Franklin township, Sacramento county, California, at age 37.879,880,881 She was buried in the Franklin Cemetery, Georgetown (modern Franklin), Sacramento county, California.882,883

She went by the nickname of Kitty.884

1850 Census: Christiana D. Willard, called Christiana Crawford, is listed without her husband, though not a widow, on the census of 2 Sep 1850 living at Elk Grove township, Lafayette county, Wisconsin, with three children and next door to her sister Narcissa & George Wakefield; Christiana is 29, born Missouri.885

1852 Census: John Rowland Crawford, called John R. Crawford, and Christiana D. Willard, called C. D. Crawford, appeared on the census of 1852 at Sacramento county, California. (it doesn't say but they're probably on Roland's ranch near Georgetown. They're living with Roland and with G.W. Wakefield and his boys); John is 40, born Kentucky and from Wisconsin; C. D. is 33, born Missouri, and from Wisconsin.886

The gravestone for Christiana D. Willard reads C. D. Crawford / 1819 / 1857, and is located at the at Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Sacramento county, California.887

JOHN ROWLAND CRAWFORD was born in 1810 at Warren county, Kentucky.888,889,890,891,892,893,894,895 He died in May 1881 at Bishop, Inyo county, California.896

1836 Census: John Rowland Crawford appeared on the census of 1836 in Election District No. 4, then Iowa Co., Wisconsin Territory. There are 2 members of John R. Croford's household: 1 male and 1 female over 21. The census entry for "John R. Croford" was immediately followed by that of "Isaac Noel."897

John Rowland Crawford sold (with Christiana D. Crawford his wife, and Rodolph R. Willard) the SE quarter of Section 3 in Township 2 of Range 1E to Alexander Hamilton Willard Sr 14 Oct 1837 in Iowa County, Wisconsin Territory.898

As of Sep 1838 the population of Mineral Point Precinct was quite large, as appears from the polling-list made up at that date, which included the names of the following voters: . . .Augustus C. Dodge. . . James McDonald. . . John Jones. . . John R. Crawford. . . nearly all of whom resided in the city and town of Mineral Point.899

John Rowland Crawford bought with Rudolph Rowland Willard as tenants in common the SW quarter of the NE quarter of Section 3 T2N R1E consisting of 40 acres from Mineral Point General Land Office 1 Aug 1839 in Iowa County, Michigan Territory.900

John Rowland Crawford bought with Rudolph Willard as tenants in common the NW quarter of the NE quarter of Section 3 T2N R1E consisting of 47.96 acres from Mineral Point General Land Office 5 Jan 1841 in Iowa County, Wisconsin Territory.901

1842 Census: John Rowland Crawford appeared on the census of 1842 at Ranges 1 & 2, Western Division, Iowa county, Wisconsin Territory. There were 4 white males and 1 white female in John R. Crawford's household. The census enumerator visited the household of "Austin J. Willard", then someone else, then "James N. Stores" then "John R. Crawford" then "Alexander Willard" then "Joshua Mcdonald" then "A. H. Willard" then "Martha Wakefield", then someone else, then "John Hartsough."902

John Rowland Crawford sold (with Christiana D. Crawford his wife, and Rodolph R. Willard) the North part of the NW quarter of the NE quarter of Section 3 in T2 R1E containing 27.96 acres for $100 to Alexander Hamilton Willard Jr 10 Jun 1844 in Iowa County, Wisconsin Territory.903

John Rowland Crawford bought the East half of the NW quarter of Section 35 T3N R1E consisting of 80 acres from Mineral Point General Land Office 1 May 1845 in Iowa county, Wisconsin Territory.904

John Rowland Crawford bought the SE quarter of the NE quarter of Section 3 T2N R1E consisting of 40 acres from Mineral Point General Land Office 1 May 1845 in Iowa County, Wisconsin Territory.905

1846 Census: John Rowland Crawford appeared on the census of 1846 at District No. 1, Iowa county, Wisconsin Territory. There were 5 white males and 2 white females in John R. Crawford's household. The census enumerator visited the household of "G. W. Wakefield", visited someone else, then "A. H. Willard" then "A. J. Willard", then two other households, then "John R. Crawford", then another household then "A. Willard."906

John Rowland Crawford bought the East half of the SE quarter of Section 4 T2N R1E consisting of 80 acres from Mineral Point General Land Office 26 Apr 1847 in Iowa County, Michigan Territory.907

John Rowland Crawford bought with Rudolph Rowland Willard as tenants in common the SE quarter of Section 3 T2N R1E consisting of 160 acres from Mineral Point General Land Office 26 Apr 1847 in Iowa County, Michigan Territory.908

Spring 1847 Census: John Rowland Crawford appeared on the census of Spring 1847 at Lafayette county, Wisconsin Territory. There are 5 persons in John Crawford's household. The census enumerator counted "A. H. Willard", then another house, then "George Wakefield", then another house, then "Austin Willard" then "Alexander Willard" then "John Crawford&quot.909

Fall 1847 Census: John Rowland Crawford appeared on the census of Fall 1847 at Elk Grove township, Lafayette county, Wisconsin Territory. There are 4 white males and 2 white females in the John R. Crawford household. The enumerator went to the house of "Alex Willard", then another house, then "John R. Crawford" then "W. Wakefield" then two other houses then "D. Fethers" then 8 other houses then "Hamilton Willard&quot.910

John Rowland Crawford bought the South half of the NW quarter of Section 2 T2N R1E consisting of 80 acres from Mineral Point General Land Office 10 Apr 1848 in Iowa County, Wisconsin Territory.911

1850 Census: John Rowland Crawford and Alexander Hamilton Willard Jr appeared on the census of 1850 living in the vicinity of Placerville, El Dorado county, California; Alexander is 38, a trader, born in Missouri; John is 34, a trader with $2000 in estate, born Missouri.912

31 May 1856: John Rowland Crawford, called John R. Crawford, was a witness to the identity of Roland Rudolph Willard and his truthfulness in properly claiming additional bounty land for his Black Hawk War service. John was a resident of Yolo county, California according to the document.913

"Know all men by these presents that we Lewis A. Willard as principal and L. S. Nevins, Jr. R. Crawford, James Whitcomb & J. W. Pugh as sureties are held and formally bound unto the state of California in the full and final sum of forty thousand dollars to the payment of which well and finally to be made we bind ourselves and our heirs, executors and administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents signed with our hand and sealed with our seals this the 13th day of June A.D. 1859..."

John Rowland Crawford, called J. R. Crawford, swore that he was worth five thousand dollars over and above his just debts, as his part of providing surety.914

1860 Census: John Rowland Crawford, called John Crawford, appeared on the census enumerated 20 Jun 1860 in Elk Grove Post Office, Franklin township, Sacramento county, California, with his son, some Billups, and two farmhands; John is 40, a Farmer, with $4000 real estate and $500 personal estate, born Ky.915

1880 Census: John Rowland Crawford, called John R. Crawford, appeared on the census of 1880 in the household of his son-in-law, John Forsythe Epperson, and daughter, Christiana Crawford, at their farm in Bishops Creek, Inyo county, California, age 70.916

Known children of Christiana D.2 Willard and John Rowland Crawford were as follows:

   *     41  i.   AUGUSTUS DODGE3 CRAWFORD was born in 1839 at Wisconsin Territory.917,918,919 He died in 1889 at Silent Basin, Yavapai county, Arizona, (unmarried).920

1850 Census: Augustus Dodge Crawford, called Augustus Crawford, appeared on the census of 2 Sep 1850 in the household of his mother, Christiana D. Willard, at Elk Grove township, Lafayette county, Wisconsin, age 11, attended school.921
1852 Census: Augustus Dodge Crawford, called A. D. Crawford, appeared on the census of 1852 in the household of John Rowland Crawford and Christiana D. Willard at Sacramento county, California, aged 13, born Wisconsin and from Wisconsin.922
1860 Census: Augustus Dodge Crawford, called A. Crawford, appeared on the census of 20 Jun 1860 in the household of John Rowland Crawford at Elk Grove Post Office, Franklin township, Sacramento county, California, age 21, born Wis, with $375 personal estate.923
On 19 Apr 1867 Augustus Dodge Crawford, native of Wisconsin, laborer, living at at Franklin township, Sacramento county, California, is registered to vote.924
* 42 ii. ELEANOR CRAWFORD was born on 31 Jan 1843 at Lafayette county, Wisconsin Territory.925,926,927,928,929,930,931 She married 1st Thomas Hale Hunt on 22 Oct 1857 at East Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California.932,933 She married 2nd William Cornwall, son of Rev. Josephus A. Cornwall and Nancy Hardin, in 1893.934,935 She died on 28 May 1905 at Owens mining district, near Wikieup, Mohave county, Arizona, at age 62.936,937,938,939 She was buried at the Sandy Cemetery (Wikieup Cemetery), Big Sandy Valley, Wikieup, Mohave county, Arizona.940,941
She went by the nickname of NELLIE.
1850 Census: Eleanor Crawford, called Ellanor Crawford, appeared on the census of 2 Sep 1850 in the household of her mother, Christiana D. Willard, at Elk Grove township, Lafayette county, Wisconsin, age 7, attended school.942
1852 Census: Eleanor Crawford, called Eleonar Crawford, appeared on the census of 1852 in the household of John Rowland Crawford and Christiana D. Willard at Sacramento county, California, aged 11, born Wisconsin, and from Wisconsin.943
1860 Census: Thomas Hale Hunt, called Thomas Hunt, and Eleanor Crawford, called Elleanor Hunt, appeared on the census enumerated on 19 Jun 1860 at Elk Grove Post Office, Franklin township, Sacramento county, California, living with their two children, 4 farm hands, and C. Crawford.944
1870 Census: Thomas Hale Hunt, called Thos. H. Hunt, and Eleanor Crawford, called Eleanor Hunt, appeared on the census enumerated 11 Jun 1870 at Sacramento City P.O., Franklin township, Sacramento county, California, with 6 children and two farm hands. Thos. was a farmer with $200 real estate & $1600 personal, age 40, born in Missouri, and Eleanor was keeping house, age 27, born in Wisconsin.945
1880 Census: Thomas Hale Hunt, called Thomas Hunt, and his wife, Eleanor Crawford, called Eleanor Hunt, appeared on the census of 29 Jun 1880 farming at the S. E. portion of the county, (not indicated but probably Cholame Valley), Monterey county, California, with 8 children and one farm worker; Thomas was 50, a farmer, born Missouri; Eleanor was 37, keeping house, born Wisconsin.946
"Bill Hunt came to Arizona with his family in 1886 when he was fourteen years of age. His parents rented the lower McClure farm in the Sandy Valley and lived there for two years. Later this farm was owned by Jim Boner, brother of Alford. It was, at that time, about the middle of the Sandy River and east of the Kayser place [earlier known as the DeSpain Ranch]. Many years ago the house was moved to higher ground and after that the land washed away by floods.
After living on the McClure place two years, the Hunt family moved about six or seven miles north to the 'stockade house' owned and built by Bill Jennings, an early day carpenter-brick layer and an expert on fireplaces.
The stockade house stood on the river bank, south, and only a short distance from the river crossing near what is now the town of Wickieup, east of the Hardwick farm. This farm was a brush flat for many years after the stockade house and land around it went down the Sandy River.&quot.947 On 15 February 1889 "Mr. Carrow was alone with his wife [who was in labor], no neighbor woman to help out, trouble developed and he was deeply concerned over the situation. Eva, a girl of 15 heard a wagon coming down the road. My grandmother, an experienced midwife, and grandfather Thomas Hunt were coming home from a trip to Hackberry. Eva rushed to the front gate and grandmother was soon out of the wagon and on her way to assist in the birth of Jerome, the Carrow's fifth son.&quot.948
In response to an Indian scare in July of 1889, the isolated families along the Big Sandy who had a place to go took their families to safety. "My Mother's parents and three younger children, Nellie, Lizzie, and Grover, and three grown sons, John, Charley, and Bill Hunt helped their parents pack the big wagon with their belongings for a prolonged stay at their daughter Carrie Bacon's home at Fort Rock. Mrs. Ed Imus and family, also Mrs. Ad Cornwall and daughter, Amy, followed. Rose Imus and Jennie Cornwall were daughters of Tom and Elenor Hunt.949 Thomas Hale Hunt died on 21 Nov 1890 leaving Eleanor Crawford with two teenage daughters and a small son to care for.950,951,952
After the death of Thomas, Eleanor Crawford took over a hotel and with the help of her two daughters she served meals and rented rooms. The hotel was located in at White Hills, Mohave county, Arizona Territory.953
" Bill Hunt's father, [Thomas Hale Hunt], died in 1890 and he and his brother, Charlie, and Shadrick Cordrey, the community handy man, built Grandma Hunt, [Eleanor Crawford], a lumber house where the old Tennille house now stands.
Until a few years ago a tamarisk tree stood beside the hand dug well that supplied the Hunts with water and furnished enough to keep Grandmother's yard green and pretty (by drawing it to the surface in a bucket). There were no fenced fields around this ranch at that time, just around the house and yard. The house was later moved away. The ranch was acquired by Mr. Earl Prosser, Sandy stage driver; later by Mr. Clark, leased by George Cummings and owned for many years by Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Tennille." in 1890.954
On 4 Apr 1899, Eleanor Crawford, called Nellie C. Cornwall, was established the first postmaster at Owens Post Office (modern Wickiup), Owens mining district, Mohave county, Arizona Territory. The mining camp was named for John Owen, aka "Chloride Jack." The camp was in Township 15N, Range 13W, (just south of Wikieup), through which runs the Big Sandy River.955
1900 Census: William Cornwall, called William Cornwall, and his wife, Eleanor Crawford, called Nellie Cornwall, appeared on the census of 8 Jun 1900 at Sandy, Mohave county, Arizona Territory, living on their own un-mortgaged farm; William is a farmer age 52 born Oregon, Nellie is age 57 born Wisconsin, the mother of no children with William.956
In 1902 Ad Cornwall took over the Owens Post Office from his mother-in-law, Eleanor Crawford, who was the first postmaster and who lived on the at Briggs and Owens ranch directly across the creek from the Ad Cornwall farm, Big Sandy River valley, Mohave county, Arizona Territory.957
Rayann Johnson is descended from Eleanor Crawford Hunt, Christiana Willard Crawford's daughter.958
THOMAS HALE HUNT was born in Jul 1829 at Lafayette county, Missouri.959,960,961,962 He died on 21 Nov 1890 at the Sandy River 'stockade house' east of the Hardwick farm, (modern Wickieup), Mohave county, Arizona Territory, at age 61.963,964,965
Thomas Hale Hunt sold a mine 6 Mar 1886 in Lost Basin Mining District, Mohave Co., Arizona.966
WILLIAM CORNWALL was born in Nov 1848 at Oregon.967,968,969,970,971 "Shortly thereafter (after arriving in Arizona in 1875), Ad Cornwall bought the Slavin and Fleming farm on the Sandy at what is now Wickieup. His cattle branded with the Ladder iron, ranged over into the Burro Creek country. He also acquired the Slavin's cattle and TO brand which was used on his cattle along with the Ladder and C7. William Cornwall joined his brother Ad, in Arizona the following year, 1876.&quot.972
1880 Census: Ad Cornwall, called Adamson Cornwall, and William Cornwall, his brother, called William Cornwall, appeared on the census of 10 Jun 1880 raising stock at a ranch along the Big Sandy River north of Signal, Mohave county, Arizona Territory; both are single; Adamson is 29 and William is 27.973
"The [Briggs and Owens] ranch was sold to Dave Nelson and about the year 1898 to William Cornwall, who until he married my Mother's mother about the year 1893 was my Father's partner in the ranch directly west and across the river.&quot.974
William Cornwall survived his wife, Eleanor Crawford, who died on 28 May 1905 at Owens mining district, near Wikieup, Mohave county, Arizona.975,976,977,978 William Cornwall sold his ranch to Ed William in 1907.979
1910 Census: William Cornwall, called William Cornwall, appeared on the census enumerated 1910 living alone on his farm at the _orest Creek, Upper Sandy & Sandy Valley, Mohave county, Arizona Territory; William is 57, a Widower, a Cattle Stockman.980
1920 Census: William Cornwall, called William Cornwall, and his sister, Laura A. Cornwall, called Laura A. Caldwell, appeared on the census enumerated 14 Jan 1920 living in a rented house at Bradley & Richey Road, Boring Precinct, Clackamas county, Oregon; Laura is 75, widowed, no occupation; William is 67, widower, born Oregon, no occupation, their f.b. Georgia, their m.b. Arkansas.981
1930 Census: William Cornwall, called William Cornwall, and his sister, Laura A. Cornwall, called Laura Caldwell, appeared on the census enumerated 8 Apr 1930 in his own $500 house in Prineville, Crook county, Oregon; William is 77, a widower, married at age 41, born in Oregon; Laura is 85, a widow, married at age 23, born in Arkansas; their f.b. Georgia, their m.b. Louisiana.982
In 5 May 1933 William Cornwall resided at at 708 Sixth Street, Prineville, Crook county, Oregon, and wrote a letter to his old friend Ross Blakeley.983
* 43 iii. ELIZABETH CRAWFORD was born in 1849 at Lafayette county, Wisconsin.984 She died before 1852.985
1850 Census: Elizabeth Crawford, called Elizabeth Crawford, appeared on the census of 2 Sep 1850 in the household of her mother, Christiana D. Willard, at Elk Grove township, Lafayette county, Wisconsin, age 1.986
* 44 iv. CHRISTIANA CRAWFORD was born on 16 Mar 1853 at Sacramento county, California.987,988,989,990,991 She married John Forsythe Epperson, son of Littleberry Epperson, on 19 Dec 1869 at Sacramento county, California.992,993,994 She married Dennis Delaney as her 2nd husband, on 28 Apr 1887 at Bishop, Inyo county, California.995 She died on 1 Oct 1927 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, at age 74.996,997 She was buried in the Bishop, Inyo county, California.998
She went by the nickname of KITTY.999,1000
1860 Census: Christiana Crawford, called C. Crawford, appeared on the census of 19 Jun 1860 in the household of her brother-in-law Thomas Hale Hunt and sister Eleanor Crawford at Elk Grove Post Office, Franklin township, Sacramento county, California, aged 7.1001
1870 Census: John Forsythe Epperson, called John Epperson, and John Forsythe Epperson, called Kitty Epperson, appeared on the census enumerated 20 Jun 1870 at Franklin Township, Sacramento county, California, living next door to the Anthony Epperson family. John was farming, age 27, and Kitty was keeping house, age 17.1002
1880 Census: John Forsythe Epperson, called John F. Epperson, and his wife Christiana Crawford, called Christiana Epperson, appeared on the census of 1880 at their farm in Bishops Creek, Inyo county, California, living with 4 children and Christiana's father, and a farm worker.1003 She in 1900 was the mother of 5 children, 4 living.1004
1900 Census: Dennis Delaney, called Dennis Delaney, and his wife, Christiana Crawford, called Christina Delaney, appeared on the census enumerated 25 Jun 1900 at Township 1, Inyo county, California, living with Christina's married son and two unmarried sons; Dennis is a farmer, age 48, born Canada; Christina's age is blurred, born California.1005
JOHN FORSYTHE EPPERSON was born on 7 Nov 1842 at Pike county, Missouri.1006,1007,1008,1009,1010 He died on 14 Nov 1884 at Bishop, Inyo county, California, at age 42.1011
DENNIS DELANEY was born on 31 Jul 1851 at Cayuga, Haldimand County, Ontario Province, Canada.1012,1013 He died on 10 Nov 1922 at Bishop, Inyo county, California, at age 71.1014 His name has also been spelled as Denis.1015
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ID: I27387

Name: Christiana D. Willard

Nickname: Kitty

Sex: F

Birth: MAY 1819 in St. Louis, , MO

Death: 7 MAR 1857 in , Sacramento Co., CA

_UID: 4E1FFA6D8867A14B850A7FBFD7E20D579936

Change Date: 9 APR 2002 at 17:22:44

Father: Alexander Hamilton Willard b: 24 AUG 1778 in Charleston, Cheshire, NH

Mother: Eleanor McDonald b: 1774 in , Fauquier, VA

Marriage 1 John Rowland Crawford

Married: 11 MAY 1836 in , Iowa Co, WI

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Christiana D. Willard Crawford Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Learn about sponsoring this memorial... Birth: May, 1819 Missouri, USA Death: Mar. 7, 1857 Sacramento County California, USA

Sixth child of Alexander H. Willard & Eleanor McDonald Willard (1790-1868)

Children of John Roland & Christiana: Augustus Dodge Crawford (1838-1889) Eleanor C. Crawford Hunt (1843-1905) Elizabeth Crawfod (1849-bef 1859) Christina Crawford Epperson (1853-??)

Family links:

Parents:

 Alexander Hamilton Willard (1778 - 1865)

 Eleanor McDonald Willard (1790 - 1868)

Spouse:

 John Roland Crawford (1810 - 1881)

Children:

 Christina Crawford Epperson (1853 - ____)*

Siblings:

 Austin James Willard (1808 - 1888)*

 George Clark Willard (1810 - 1836)*

 Alexander Hamilton Willard (1812 - 1870)*

 Eliza Martha Willard Hartsough (1814 - 1911)*

 Roland Rudolph Willard (1816 - 1859)*

 Christiana D. Willard Crawford (1819 - 1857)

 Joel Willard (1822 - 1879)*

 Nancy Adeline Willard Feathers (1824 - 1859)*

 Narcissa C. Willard Wakefield (1826 - 1852)*

 Ellen Christina Willard Downing (1828 - 1910)*

 Lewis Augustus Willard (1831 - 1911)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Franklin Cemetery Franklin Sacramento County California, USA