Among the men of Pomona Valley who have worked their way to reasonable success is Henry M. Crawford, prominent and successful fruit grower and buyer for the Sunset Canning Company of Pomona.
The scenes in his early life are in connection with the Lone Star State, where he was born in Nacogdoches County, December 26, 1870. He was reared and educated in Texas and followed the merchandise business in his native state. He was the proprietor of a store at Lynn Flatt, and later at San Angelo, Texas, and was also interested in the cattle business. While living in Texas he was school trustee. December 31, 1908, he came to Pomona, Cal., and purchased the ranch he now owns on East Grand Avenue. The property was unimproved at the time Mr. Crawford purchased it. He planted it to Tuscan cling and Phillips' cling peaches, setting out all the trees himself. The orchard is well cared for and is an abundant producer, yielding fifty tons of fruit in 1917.
Mr. Crawford was united in marriage with Miss Vannie Huff of Texas, and they are the parents of six children. Lucile is the wife of B. H. Moore of San Bernardino; New lives in Long Beach, and Paul, Gertrude, Anna L. and Joseph are at home.
Fraternally Mr. Crawford affiliates with the Woodmen of the World, and in his religious associations is a member of the First Methodist Church at Pomona.
History of Pomona Valley, California, with Biographical Sketches
of The Leading Men and Women of the Valley Who Have Been
Identified With Its Growth and Development from the Early Days
to the Present
Published in Los Angeles, Cal., by the Historic Record Company
1920
Transcribed by Linda Jackson 1/3/09, Page 745
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