History of Pine, (Clinton County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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Biography of George Addison Crawford

George Addison Crawford, pioneer, was born in Pine Creek, Lycoming (now Clinton) county, Pa., July 27, 1827; son of George and Elizabeth (Weitzel) Crawford. He was graduated at Jefferson college in 1847, taught school in Kentucky, and Mississippi, 1847-48, and studied law in Lock Haven, Pa., 1848-51. He was editor of the Clinton Democrat, 1851-52; was a clerk in the post-office department at Washington, D.C., 1853-56, and practised law in Kansas from 1857. He was the founder of the town of Fort Scott; editor of the Kansas Farmer; a civil engineer; a commissioner to the centennial exhibition of 1876; president of the Kansas historical society, and a regent of the Kansas agricultural college. In 1861 he was elected governor of Kansas but the election was found to be illegal. He established the Daily Monitor, the first newspaper published in Fort Scott. In May, 1876, he removed to Colorado, and rounded the town of Grand Junction in Mesa county. He died in Grand Junction, Col., Jan. 26, 1891.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor