James was a farmer in Crawford Township. He lived on Scotchtown Rd and suffered partial paralysis in later life. He is buried in the Crawford Family Cemetery on Collabar Road in Orange County, New York.
Sources
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCQ1-TWS : accessed 26 January 2016), James A Crawford in entry for Alexander Crawford, 1860, Town of Crawford, Orange, New York, United States.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8VN-PK8 : accessed 26 January 2016), James A Crawford in household of Alex Crawford, New York, United States; citing p. 36, family 263, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,566.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZX5-368 : accessed 26 January 2016), James A Crawford in household of Alex Crawford, Crawford, Orange, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 6, sheet 96C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0910; FHL microfilm 1,254,910.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSLS-7X7 : accessed 26 January 2016), James Crawford, Crawford Township Crawford town, Orange, New York, United States; citing sheet 3A, family 45, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,140.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M59C-HS4 : accessed 26 January 2016), James A Crawford, Crawford, Orange, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 1B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,072.
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