Barton County, Missouri Biographies-Crawford H. Warford

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, 1889.  Published by Goodspeed. Page 960

Crawford H. Warford, a butcher of Lamar, Mo., was born in Howard County, of this State, 
October 8, 1853, and is one of twelve children, who lived to be grown, in a family of 
thirteen, born to John and Mary (Baxter) Warford, who were born, reared and married in 
Kentucky.  They were among the early settlers of Missouri, and, on coming to this State, 
had all their worldly goods in a wagon, and, when he died, having been a tiller of the 
soil through life, he owned a fine farm of 400 acres.  He was a Democrat, and, at the 
time of his death, was seventy-six years of age.  His wife was seventy-seven.  They were 
members of the Missionary Baptist Church.  Crawford H. Warford, the thirteenth of his 
parents; children, was reared on a farm, and, in order to receive his education, was 
obliged to walk three miles to school.  When nineteen years of age he began farming for 
himself, and on the 19th of February, 1874, was married to Parthenia E. Humphrey, a 
Virginian, by whom he became the father of seven children, two sons and five daughters.  
They resided in Howard County, Mo., until they came to Barton County, and Mr. Warford 
has since been engaged in his present business in Lamar, being with L. Mouser the first 
five or six years.  He is a Democrat, a member of the A. O. U. W., and he and wife belong 
to the Missionary Baptist Church.

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