MARRIAGE - William J. Crawford & Mary Belle Culp md 21 June 1877, Madison Co, Illinois

1900 OR CENSUS - Mary B. Crawford, age 42, mother of 5 children, b. Nov 1857 in Illinois, is enumerated with her husband of 22 years, William J., age 50, occupation school teacher, b. Dec 1849 in Illinois, along with Stella J., age 19, b. Dec 1880 in Oregon, William F., age 16, b. Jul 1883 in Oregon, Phil R., age 14, b. Dec 1885 in Oregon, Florence M., age 8, b. Dec 1891 in Oregon, and Winifred J., age 4, b. Sep 1895 in Oregon.

1910 OR CENSUS - Mary B. Crawford (52y, b Illinois, mother of 5 children, all living) enumerated with husband of 32y  William J. (60y, b Illinois) and 2 daughters, Marie F. (18y, b Oregon) and Winfred J. (14y, b Oregon)

1920 IL CENSUS – Mary B. Crawford (62y, b Illinois, widowed) enumerated with Winifred J. (24y, b Oregon, occupation teacher); they were rooming with the Joseph A. Bolton family

PROBATE - Mary Belle Crawford died 29 Dec 1929 in Los Angeles Co, California, a resident of Polk Co, Oregon; intestate. Heirs: dau Stella J. Henry of near Salem, Polk Co; son William Frank Crawford of near Salem, Polk Co; son Philo L. Crawford of Chicago, Ill; dau Florence Marie Randall [Randle] of Cottage Grove, Ore; dau Winifred Joyce Munger of Chicago, Ill

Death Takes Mrs. Mary B. Crawford
Mrs. Mary B. Crawford, for nearly 50 years a resident of Salem and nearby districts and widely known in the Zena neighbor- (sic) Angeles, where she suffered a hood, died Sunday night in Los stroke exactly two weeks previous (sic).
[Newspaper obituary should have said: Mrs. Mary B. Crawford, for nearly 50 years a resident of Salem and nearby districts and widely known in the Zena neighborhood, died Sunday night in Los Angeles, where she suffered a stroke exactly two weeks previous. She was 72 years old.]
Mrs. Crawford, in company with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Henry of Zena, left eight weeks ago for Chicago for a visit with her son and daughter, Philo L. Crawford and Mrs. Joyce Munger, who reside there, and had planned to return to Salem in six weeks. Enroute home she was stricken with paralysis on the train and was removed to a hospital at Los Angeles. Her son, W. Frank Crawford, was summoned to her bedside and left here last Friday for Los Angeles in company with his wife and two children.
Mrs. Crawford, who was born in Alton, Ill., 72 years ago, was the widow of W. J. Crawford, who died here in September, 1917, and who was principal of the old Central high school, Salem’s first secondary school. W. J. Crawford was also professor at McMinnville college. She was a member of the Calvary Baptist church in Salem and also of the local chapter of the Eastern Star.
It is expected funeral services will be held here Thursday, but definite arrangements have not yet been made. The remains will arrive Wednesday.
Besides the children already mentioned, another daughter, Mrs. Marie Randle of Cottage Grove, survives, as do eight grandchildren.
Oregon Statesman, (Salem, Oregon) December 31, 1929

Crawford
Mrs. Mary B. Crawford, 72, died Sunday in Los Angeles. Mother of Mrs. Stella Henry of Zena, Mrs. Marie Randle of Cottage Grove, Mrs. Joyce Munger of Chicago, W. Frank Crawford of Salem, and Philo L. Crawford of Chicago. Eight grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Clough-Taylor chapel, Rev. W. Earl Cochran officiating. Interment Zena cemetery
Oregon Statesman, (Salem, Oregon) January 3, 1930
 

Mary B.
1857 - 1929

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs

Illinois Statewide Marriage Index
1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 131, sheet 1B)

1910 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, Spring Valley, ED 252, sheet 5A)

1920 IL CENSUS (Bond co, Greenville, ED 6, sheet 2B)

Polk Co, Oregon, Probate Record, Vol 19, page 547
OS 31 Dec 1929
OS 3 Jan 1930