Robert was born in 1816. He is the son of William Crawford and Nancy Monon. [1]
From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:
Robert, who died suddenly in 1855, aged forty.Dr. Crawford married a cousin, Nannie Morrow Crawford, born near Hickory, Washington county, Pennsylvania, July 22, 1844, daughter of Robert (mentioned in the first paragraph, her ancestry being the same as her husband) and Sarah A. (Elder) Crawford, her father having been the owner of a farm near Hickory, Pennsylvania, where he conducted stock raising operations, dying in 1855, his wife surviving him for a time. Children of Robert and Sarah A. (Elder) Crawford: 1. Nannie Morrow, of previous mention, married James Slater Crawford. 2. William, deceased; an attorney ; lived in Pittsburgh. 3. Elder David, deceased ; was a farmer near Midway, Washington county. Pennsylvania. 4. Cassie J., married W. W. McNall, a farmer, and resides at Imperial, Pennsylvania. 5. Robert O., deceased ; was an attorney ; resided in Pittsburgh. 6. John J., a physician of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.
From Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:
JOHN JAY CRAWFORD, M. D., of Coraopolis, Pa., a distinguished physician and surgeon, was born in Mount Pleasant township, Washington Co., Pa., Jan. 22, 1860, son of Robert M. and Sarah Ann (Elder) Crawford.They were the parents of six children: W. O. Crawford, an attorney, of Pittsburg; Nancy M. ; E. D, Crawford, a farmer, of Washington county; Cassie J. McNall ; Robert O. Crawford, and Dr. J. J.
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