Sunday, November 17, 2013

Daniel S. Crawford, 47th., Pennsylvania Infantry.

Daniel S. Crawford.

Birth: May 24, 1844, Mount Bethel, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
Death: Feb. 16, 1881, West Point, Cuming County, Nebraska.

Wife: Emmeline Wolfe Crawford (1846 - 1935).

Children: Mary Crawford (1872 - 1974), Newton W. Crawford (1873 - 1948).

Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, West Point, Cuming County, Nebraska.

Files of the Surgeon General.

Daniel S. Crawford, Enlisted July 1, 1864, mustered in the same, as a private, Co. A. 47th., Pennsylvania infantry, age 20.  Was wounded at Cesar Creek, October 19, 1864.  He had received a shot of the right leg of the lower third which a amputation was performed.  He was sent to Jarvis Hospital where he was discharged from the service May 31, 1865.  He was afterwards supplied with a "Palmer", artificial leg.  His pension was paid June 4, 1880.

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