Lake County Biography
Woods Crawford
Woods Crawford - Was born in Richland County, Ohio, December 8,1829: When he was nine years of age he, with his parents, moved to DeKalb County, Illinois, where he received his education. At the age of eighteen he began teaching vocal music, which he followed until March, 1850, when he went to Missouri,, where he engaged in the same vocation until 1853. He then crossed the plains with ox-teams, and brought a drove of cattle. He followed mining in Shasta County for one winter, and in the spring of 1854 came to Lake County with the Hammack party, arriving where Kelseyville now stands, April 16th. He settled in Big Valley, and engaged in farming and carpentering for about four years, and then turned his whole attention to farming until 1864. He then moved to Lakeport, and engaged in the practice of law, which he has since followed. Since his residence in Lakeport he has filled the position of District Attorney for about five years - once by appointment and twice by election. He was appointed by the Legislature as one of the commissioners who organized Lake County. He was married, October 13,1852, to Miss Margaret A. Hammack, daughter of Martin Hammack. They have six living children - Florence H., Crockett M., Susan R, Mary L., Emma, and Frank W.; they have lost one, Elizabeth E.
History of Napa and Lake Counties,: San Francisco, Cal.: Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers, 1881
Transcribed by Julie Appletoft, October, 2007 Pages 219-226
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