John Crawford, of the mercantile firm of Niblick, Crawford & Sons, was born in Waynesburg, the county seat of Greene County, Pennsylvania, September 14, 1816, where he was reared in no particular calling. He was given an ordinary common-school education. During his boyhood he clerked for a time in his father's store, and at the age of twenty years was employed as clerk in the collection office of the Pennsylvania Canal Company at Allegheny City, and was so employed for one year; then during the year 1840 he was engaged clerking on the steamer Marion on the Ohio and Wabash rivers.
In the fall of 1852 he came to Adams County, Indiana, and located on land that he had entered when on a previous visit in 1838, and engaged in raising and dealing in stock. In 1858, having discontinued the stock business, he engaged in the mercantile business with John D. Nutman, under the firm name of Nutman & Crawford, the firm continuing until 1866, when Mr. Jesse Niblick became the successor of Mr. Nutman, and the firm was named Niblick & Crawford. The firm has since been changed to Niblick, Crawford & Sons; a son of each becoming members of the firm.
Politically he is Democratic. After holding numerous township offices, he in 1851 was elected a Representative in the Indiana Legislature. This was during the session known as the long term, being the first term after the new State constitution was adopted. In 1852 he was elected treasurer of Adams County, and was re-elected in 1854 and served the full four years. Since then, with the exception of holding the position of school trustee for the village and City of Decatur for some twenty-five years, he has devoted his time to his mercantile business.
September 14, 1843, he was married in Wabash Township to Miss Mary A. Abnett, daughter of Jacob Abnett, one of the pioneers of Adams County. Her mother's parents were originally from Virginia, where she was born, but reared in Ohio. She died in Decatur. They had eight children, four of whom are living - Caroline, wife of Miller Burns, in the harness business at Decatur; Mary A. Congleton; Frank, a member of the firm of Niblick, Crawford & Sons, and William H., living in Decatur.
Biographical and Historical Record - Adams and Wells Co. Indiana Lewis Publishing Co. Chicago, IL 1887
In the fall of 1852 he came to Adams County, Indiana, and located on land that he had entered when on a previous visit in 1838, and engaged in raising and dealing in stock. In 1858, having discontinued the stock business, he engaged in the mercantile business with John D. Nutman, under the firm name of Nutman & Crawford, the firm continuing until 1866, when Mr. Jesse Niblick became the successor of Mr. Nutman, and the firm was named Niblick & Crawford. The firm has since been changed to Niblick, Crawford & Sons; a son of each becoming members of the firm.
Politically he is Democratic. After holding numerous township offices, he in 1851 was elected a Representative in the Indiana Legislature. This was during the session known as the long term, being the first term after the new State constitution was adopted. In 1852 he was elected treasurer of Adams County, and was re-elected in 1854 and served the full four years. Since then, with the exception of holding the position of school trustee for the village and City of Decatur for some twenty-five years, he has devoted his time to his mercantile business.
September 14, 1843, he was married in Wabash Township to Miss Mary A. Abnett, daughter of Jacob Abnett, one of the pioneers of Adams County. Her mother's parents were originally from Virginia, where she was born, but reared in Ohio. She died in Decatur. They had eight children, four of whom are living - Caroline, wife of Miller Burns, in the harness business at Decatur; Mary A. Congleton; Frank, a member of the firm of Niblick, Crawford & Sons, and William H., living in Decatur.
Biographical and Historical Record - Adams and Wells Co. Indiana Lewis Publishing Co. Chicago, IL 1887
John Crawford, of the mercantile firm of Niblick, Crawford & Sons, was born in Waynesburg, the county seat of Greene County, Pennsylvania, September 14, 1816, where he was reared in no particular calling. He was given an ordinary common-school education. During his boyhood he clerked for a time in his father's store, and at the age of twenty years was employed as clerk in the collection office of the Pennsylvania Canal Company at Allegheny City, and was so employed for one year; then during the year 1840 he was engaged clerking on the steamer Marion on the Ohio and Wabash rivers.
In the fall of 1852 he came to Adams County, Indiana, and located on land that he had entered when on a previous visit in 1838, and engaged in raising and dealing in stock. In 1858, having discontinued the stock business, he engaged in the mercantile business with John D. Nutman, under the firm name of Nutman & Crawford, the firm continuing until 1866, when Mr. Jesse Niblick became the successor of Mr. Nutman, and the firm was named Niblick & Crawford. The firm has since been changed to Niblick, Crawford & Sons; a son of each becoming members of the firm.
Politically he is Democratic. After holding numerous township offices, he in 1851 was elected a Representative in the Indiana Legislature. This was during the session known as the long term, being the first term after the new State constitution was adopted. In 1852 he was elected treasurer of Adams County, and was re-elected in 1854 and served the full four years. Since then, with the exception of holding the position of school trustee for the village and City of Decatur for some twenty-five years, he has devoted his time to his mercantile business.
September 14, 1843, he was married in Wabash Township to Miss Mary A. Abnett, daughter of Jacob Abnett, one of the pioneers of Adams County. Her mother's parents were originally from Virginia, where she was born, but reared in Ohio. She died in Decatur. They had eight children, four of whom are living - Caroline, wife of Miller Burns, in the harness business at Decatur; Mary A. Congleton; Frank, a member of the firm of Niblick, Crawford & Sons, and William H., living in Decatur.
Biographical and Historical Record - Adams and Wells Co. Indiana Lewis Publishing Co. Chicago, IL 1887
In the fall of 1852 he came to Adams County, Indiana, and located on land that he had entered when on a previous visit in 1838, and engaged in raising and dealing in stock. In 1858, having discontinued the stock business, he engaged in the mercantile business with John D. Nutman, under the firm name of Nutman & Crawford, the firm continuing until 1866, when Mr. Jesse Niblick became the successor of Mr. Nutman, and the firm was named Niblick & Crawford. The firm has since been changed to Niblick, Crawford & Sons; a son of each becoming members of the firm.
Politically he is Democratic. After holding numerous township offices, he in 1851 was elected a Representative in the Indiana Legislature. This was during the session known as the long term, being the first term after the new State constitution was adopted. In 1852 he was elected treasurer of Adams County, and was re-elected in 1854 and served the full four years. Since then, with the exception of holding the position of school trustee for the village and City of Decatur for some twenty-five years, he has devoted his time to his mercantile business.
September 14, 1843, he was married in Wabash Township to Miss Mary A. Abnett, daughter of Jacob Abnett, one of the pioneers of Adams County. Her mother's parents were originally from Virginia, where she was born, but reared in Ohio. She died in Decatur. They had eight children, four of whom are living - Caroline, wife of Miller Burns, in the harness business at Decatur; Mary A. Congleton; Frank, a member of the firm of Niblick, Crawford & Sons, and William H., living in Decatur.
Biographical and Historical Record - Adams and Wells Co. Indiana Lewis Publishing Co. Chicago, IL 1887
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