According to The History of Ogle County, Illinois, 1878, Edward M. was born on July 4, 1864. According to the 1880 US Census for Flagg, Ogle, Illinois, Edward M. Crawford was the fifteen-year-old, single, White male son fo E. F. Crawford and his wife Harriet E. Crawford. Edward M. was born in Ilinois about 1865 and was at school.
Edward M. Crawford passed away after 1880.
Sources
The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, p. 654.
1880 United States Census, Flagg, Ogle, Illinois, Family History Film 1254239, NA Film Number T9-0239, page 80A
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 March 2020), memorial page for Edward Martin Crawford (4 Jul 1864–22 Jun 1947), Find A Grave: Memorial #55245359, citing Lawnridge Cemetery, Rochelle, Ogle County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by whf (contributor 48133883) .
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