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IIISTOIY OF DALLAS COUNTY. 723
and has been employed by the English Government
at various times and also by large
English syndicates. It was during his residence
in Spain, where he was doing an extraordinary
piece of work in the shape of a floating
dock, that Mrs. Hurst was born, in the
year 1865. In 1884 her family emigrated to
America; the mother died in 1890, September
8, after which the father removed to
Dallas where he has since 'resided; seven of
the children survive.
Mr. and Mrs. Hurst are the parents of one
child: William Sanford, born May 2, 1888.
Mr. Hurst affiliates with the Democratic
party. He belongs to the I. O. R. M., Lodge
No. 8. In all his relations with his fellow
men he has followed those precepts which
have brought their own reward, a host of
stanch friends, and a name honored by all
classes of citizens.
'OSEPHI A. CRAWFORD was born in
Patrick county, Virginia, August 17
1844, a son of Joseph and Ruth (Brad,
field) Crawford. His father was born in
Rockingham county, North Carolina, January
19, 1808, and his mother, October 27, 1810.
They were married there in 1831, subsequently
moved to Virginia, and settled in
Patrick county. In 1846 they moved to
Tennessee. and from there, in 1855, to Ala
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bama. In the latter State the father died, on
the 17th of April, 1871, aged sixty-three
years. The mother died July 12, 1885, at c
the age of seventy-five. They had a family c
of four children: James, deceased; Mary,
wife of T. L. Crew; Thomas and Joseph A. v
When the war broke out the subject of our c
sketch enlisted, in 1861, in the Thirteenth E
Georgia Regiment, Jackson's Corps, andserved till the war closed. He participated
in twelve hard-fought battles, besides numerous
skirmishes. The last engagement in
which he took part was at Spottsylvania
Court House,. and there, on the 12th of May,
1864, he was captured and sent to Fort Delaware
prison, where he was held until the close
of the war, being released on the 4th of May,
1865.
Mr. Crawford returned home, and on September
29, 1866, was united in marriage with
Miss E. J. Shelton, who was born in Blount
county, Alabama, May 23, 1851. Her father,
James Shelton, was born in 1829, and her
mother, Mary (Bishop) Shelton, in Madison
county, Alabama, in 1831. They were married
in 1847, and are still living, in Alabama.
They had ten children born to them, two of
whom are deceased. Those living are as follows:
Pereh; E. J., wife of J. A. Crawford;
Criss; Lucinda, wife of William Hood; Lena,
wife of J. M. McDaniel; James, Joseph, and
Louie.
Mr. Crawford continued to live in Alabama
until 1874, when he moved to Texas, and
settled in Dallas county, where he now lives,
sixteen miles east and south of Dallas. He
first bought 160 acres of land, but has since
added to his original purchase until he is now
the owner of 312* acres, all under fence.
Of this 190 acres are being cultivated, and
the rest is in pasture. His farm is well improved,
and his property a very desirable one.
His cultivated land is in the black prairie,
and liis house is built on the edge of the post
)aks on sandy soil. Mr. Crawford has not
)nly been industrious since he came to Texas
)ut has displayed good judgment in the investment
of his earnings, having made most
)f what he now owns since he came to this
State.
Mr. and Mrs. Crawford have had ten chil
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Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas., book, 1892; Chicago, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20932/m1/783/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.