Background
Crawford, Samuel Johnson was born on April 15, 1835 in Lawrence Company, Indiana, United States. Son of William and Jane (Morrow) Crawford.
Crawford, Samuel Johnson was born on April 15, 1835 in Lawrence Company, Indiana, United States. Son of William and Jane (Morrow) Crawford.
Preparatory education graded schools, Bedford, Indiana. Read law, Bedford, and admitted to bar, 1856. Bachelor of Laws, Cincinnati Law School, 1858.
Removed to Garnett, Kansas, 1859.
Captain 2d Kansas Cavalry, May 14, 1861. Colonel 83d United States.C.T., November 1, 1863. Resigned, November 7, 1864.
Bvtd. brigadier general volumes, March 13, 1865 “for meritorious services”.
Colonel 19th Kansas Cavalry, 1868. Farming in Kansas, since 1869.
Member Kansas House of Representatives, 1861.
Married Isabel M. Chase, November 27, 1866.