Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1915-12-17
THE PUTNEY COLUMN
Funeral of John M. Crawford.

Funeral of John M. Crawford.
On Wednesday, Dec. 10, the funera
was held of q native and former resi-
dent of Putney, John NJ. Crawford
whose body was brought from his late
home in Wahpeton, North Dakota, by
his youngest son, Mark Crawford. and
laid to rest in the Old North burying
ground, in compliance with Mr.. Craw.
ford s wish that he be brought here
for burial.
short service was held at > y. me-
at the house on the old farm where Mr..
Crawford was born and where Henry
Crawford his only surviving brother,
now lives.
The service was conducted by Rev.
Willis 7. Sparhawk of the Congrega.
tional church. Several scripture pas.
snges and appropriate poetical selec-
tons were read, and brief address
was given, paying tribute to New Eng
land character and comparing the 10y
atty of the sons of Vermont to their ma
tive hills with the longing desire of the
Hebrew captives for the hills Of Pal
cstinc.
The scriptures read were Psalms 46: 90
and l2l; portions of Psalms 80 and IA,
John 10 and II, Phil. 1920, and Phi
III. After their long captivity in the
monotonous plains Of Babylon, the chill
dren of Israel sang a glad song of
faith, Psalm l2l, when they glimpsed
their native land again. country of
hills and valleys, heights and depths,
variety, diversity and beauty.
Their faith was in God. who was
greater than the hills which he had
made. The New England character has
inherent qualities like the rugged hills
round about them: Integrity, variety,
depth, magnanimity, power and endur-
ance. We belong to world which God
has made beautiful that we might Clio
rify him therein.
" Laws, freedom. truth and faith in
God,
Came with these exiles DER the
waves. -
The faith of our New England faith
crs made them great. Goodness is the
rupture standard of greatness. And ia
our hours of sorrow the memory Of
noble and endearing qualities bring
comfort. Goodness is greatness; ser
vice brings rank in the heavenly stand
ards, and fidelity is success.
John Mason Crawford was the son of
Mark Crawford and Judith Crawford
and was born in Putney Dec. %. 1896.
Fe married in 1861 Mary A. Gerry, who
died in 1864. He lived in Putncy uu.
til 1868, when he went West and finally
located at Rochester, Mimi. where he
engaged in the furniture business. He
married Sept. 26, 1870, Louise Jane
Corham of Coventry, Vt. A few years
later he moved to Eyota, Mimi, where
he managed a retail lumber yard. In
1881 he moved to Richland county, Da-
kota Territory, being pioneer in that
county then being settled.
He lived near Great Bend, n. D., for
eight years, then moved in 1890 to the
farm near Wahpeton, where he lived
until his death, Dee. 10. Mr. Crawford
had been in failing health several
years, but his decline was not rapid UNI
til the last month. He was member
and deacon of the Congregational
church of Dwight, n. D., and was for
several years a trustee of Fargo col
lcge, Fargo, n. d.
He leaves his wife, three sons and
n daughter His eldest son, Robert d.,
lives in Akron, Ohio, where he holds |
II responsible position as electrician in
the Goodrich Rubber Works. Walter
NJ. and Mark live on the farm in
North Dakota and Judith H., wife of
D. L. Buckingham, at Marshfield Ore
gon, where Mr.. Buckingham is a civil
engineer.
The pail bearers were Hugh Craw
ford Malcolm Crawford, Edgar San
dcrs and Mark Crawford.
Those present were DR.. II. ID. Holton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Crawford and Mr..
and Mrs. Edgar Sanders of Brattle
boro, Malcolm Crawford of Hatfield,
Mass, DR.. George II. Gorham of Bel
lows Falls, Alonzo Kerr, Bertha Kerr,
Ethel Kerr, Henry Gorham and A. p.
Ranney of Westminster, Mrs. George S.
Foster and G. F. Brown of Putney.