Mary (Sample) Crawford (1780 - 1860)

Born 30 Aug 1780 in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Crawford Jr. — married Dec 1804 in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Aug 1860 at age 79 in Pine Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Mary was born in 1780. She is the daughter of James Sample and Christianna Taggart.

John Crawford and Mary Sample were married in about 1804.^[1]. They had at least 11 children including Sarah Crawford (1822-1890). ^[2]

They lived in Pine Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania in 1810 and 1830, according to corresponding United States Census data.^[3][4]

Mary passed away in 1860. She probably was buried with her husband in the now-abandoned Wallace burial ground in Pine Township, although by 2019 they were supposed to be reinterred in the cemetery for the Old West Union Presbyterian Church on Warrendale Road in Pine Township, Allegheny, PA.^[5]

From History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

John and Mary (Sample) Crawford, born in this county at an early date.

Sources

1. ↑ Rootsweb.com, "Rootsweb Marriage Index Database" in http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/marriages/cgi-bin/marriage.cgi?main_id=890847&database=Marriage%20Records&Return_to=http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages&submitter_id=:accessed, viewed 19 January 2013) Marriage of John Crawford and Mary Sample; citing Web: Rootsweb Marriage Records index [database online] Rootsweb in Allen Wilson Walker, "History of the Family of John Crawford and Mary Sample", 18 May 2019.
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LJJB-SZ8
3. ↑ 1810 United States Census, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, population schedule, Pine Township, page 304, John Crawford; digital images in Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com accessed, viewed 19 January 2013) cited in Allen Wilson Walker, "History of the Family of John Crawford and Mary Sample", 18 May 2019.
4. ↑ 1830 United States Census, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, population schedule, Pine Township, p.355, John Crawford; digital images in Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com accessed, viewed 19 January 2013) cited in Allen Wilson Walker, "History of the Family of John Crawford and Mary Sample", 18 May 2019.
5. ↑ Allen Wilson Walker, "History of the Family of John Crawford and Mary Sample", 18 May 2019.

• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, p. 795-7)
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23709537
• "History of the Family of John Crawford and Mary Sample" in Ancestors of Allen Wilson Walker, ca. 2019. See https://books.google.com/books?id=xFWZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=mary+sample+crawford+1780+rootsweb&source=bl&ots=v947Mfttod&sig=ACfU3U3dDqfyH8F0NPWwpUYbYACp4Bd73A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj82Pmz0InqAhXRmHIEHb3iAe8Q6AEwAHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=mary%20sample%20crawford%201780%20rootsweb&f=false

US Census Data

• 1810 United States Census, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, population schedule, Pine Township, page 304, John Crawford; digital images in Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com accessed, viewed 19 January 2013) cited in Allen Wilson Walker, "History of the Family of John Crawford and Mary Sample", 18 May 2019.
• 1830 United States Census, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, population schedule, Pine Township, p.355, John Crawford; digital images in Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com accessed, viewed 19 January 2013) cited in Allen Wilson Walker, "History of the Family of John Crawford and Mary Sample", 18 May 2019.
• 1840 United States Census, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, population schedule Pine Township, p. 53, in https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYT-99B4?i=6&cc=1786457&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXHBQ-PWG
• Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, Part 2: p. 674)