Mattie was one of seven children born to John Coolidge Jr. (1821-1888) and his wife Martha Jane Sturtevant (1822-1904).
She graduated from Watertown High School in 1880. Family responsibilities kept her from further education until 1883 when she enrolled at the Museum of Fine Arts School in Boston, MA. She graduated from there in 1886.
After a two year engagement, Mattie married Frederick Erastus Crawford on February 15, 1888 in Watertown.
Their children were Calvin Dinsmore, Frederick Coolidge, and Ward Sturtevant.
Active from an early age in the Baptist Church, she joined the Woman's American Baptist Society in 1897. She had a lifelong interest in the workings of that organization's foreign mission work, especially in China. Her activities in the Temperance movement led to an appointment as a Conservative ticket delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1932.
A talented watercolorist, Mattie pursued her painting as an avocation during her adult life. Many of her landscapes are featured in the biographical work about her compiled by her husband.
Mattie was survived by her husband and children.
Her husband Fred died on Nov. 5, 1957 and is buried here with her; son Calvin died in 1964 at 75yrs; son Ward died in 1968 at 78yrs; and son Fred died in 1994 at 103 years old.
Mattie was one of seven children born to John Coolidge Jr. (1821-1888) and his wife Martha Jane Sturtevant (1822-1904).
She graduated from Watertown High School in 1880. Family responsibilities kept her from further education until 1883 when she enrolled at the Museum of Fine Arts School in Boston, MA. She graduated from there in 1886.
After a two year engagement, Mattie married Frederick Erastus Crawford on February 15, 1888 in Watertown.
Their children were Calvin Dinsmore, Frederick Coolidge, and Ward Sturtevant.
Active from an early age in the Baptist Church, she joined the Woman's American Baptist Society in 1897. She had a lifelong interest in the workings of that organization's foreign mission work, especially in China. Her activities in the Temperance movement led to an appointment as a Conservative ticket delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1932.
A talented watercolorist, Mattie pursued her painting as an avocation during her adult life. Many of her landscapes are featured in the biographical work about her compiled by her husband.
Mattie was survived by her husband and children.
Her husband Fred died on Nov. 5, 1957 and is buried here with her; son Calvin died in 1964 at 75yrs; son Ward died in 1968 at 78yrs; and son Fred died in 1994 at 103 years old.
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Fred E Crawford
Born in Guildhall, VT
July 7, 1857 - Died November 5, 1950
His Wife
Mattie Coolidge Crawford
Born in Watertown, Mass.
June 11, 1861 - Died December 7, 1933
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