Obituary
The New York Times
DEAD LIST OF THE DAY
Mrs. Martha Everett Crawford
Mrs. Martha Everett Crawford, widow of Robert L. Crawford, of Mobile, Ala., died at her residence, 41 West Fifty-seventh street, Manhattan, at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, she was in her seventh ninth year.
On both of her paternal and maternal sides, Mrs. Crawford was of prominent Southern lineage, and by marriage was connected with the late Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, with whom she was distantly related by blood. She was the daughter of Judge John E. (sic) (F.) Everett of Alabama, who the United States Marshal for several years. Her mother was the daughter Capt. Obadiah Hand who was also the grandfather of Cornelius Vanderbilt (sic) (Obadiah was the brother of Cornelius Vanderbilt's wife, Phebe Hand)
Robert L. Crawford, her husband was from Virginia, and the old Crawford home is still standing in Louisa Courthouse, Louisa County, VA. It was not until after the civil war did they come north and settle in New York, first in Washington Place and then later in West Fifty-seventh street. Mrs. Crawford had always lived a quite life. It was know that her charity were considerable, but even every the members of her family had never heard of them. A short funeral service will be held at the house to-morrow afternoon, beside the grave of her husband.
Of the two children, the daughter, Miss Frank Armstrong Crawford, who became the second wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt, died in 1885. It was to honor Mrs. Vanderbilt, and her desire to established the Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tenn. which has since been largely assisted by the Vanderbillts. It was originally intended to locate the institution in Mobile, the residence of Mrs. Vanderbilt in her youth but Yellow fever was then prevalent at Mobile and it was considered better to go into Tennessee. The son survives He is Robert Leighton Crawford, who for many years has been the General Eastern Freight Agent of the New York Central Railroad.
The New York Times
June 14, 1898
DIED
CRAWFORD, -- Entered into rest on Monday, June 13, in this city, Martha E. Crawford, wife of the late Robert L. Crawford, of Mobile, Ala, in the 79th year of her age.
Funeral services were held at her late residence, 41 West Fifty-seventh street, on Wednesday, June 15, at 4 o'clock P. M. Interment at Mobile. Kindly omit flowers.
The New York Times
DEAD LIST OF THE DAY
Mrs. Martha Everett Crawford
Mrs. Martha Everett Crawford, widow of Robert L. Crawford, of Mobile, Ala., died at her residence, 41 West Fifty-seventh street, Manhattan, at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, she was in her seventh ninth year.
On both of her paternal and maternal sides, Mrs. Crawford was of prominent Southern lineage, and by marriage was connected with the late Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, with whom she was distantly related by blood. She was the daughter of Judge John E. (sic) (F.) Everett of Alabama, who the United States Marshal for several years. Her mother was the daughter Capt. Obadiah Hand who was also the grandfather of Cornelius Vanderbilt (sic) (Obadiah was the brother of Cornelius Vanderbilt's wife, Phebe Hand)
Robert L. Crawford, her husband was from Virginia, and the old Crawford home is still standing in Louisa Courthouse, Louisa County, VA. It was not until after the civil war did they come north and settle in New York, first in Washington Place and then later in West Fifty-seventh street. Mrs. Crawford had always lived a quite life. It was know that her charity were considerable, but even every the members of her family had never heard of them. A short funeral service will be held at the house to-morrow afternoon, beside the grave of her husband.
Of the two children, the daughter, Miss Frank Armstrong Crawford, who became the second wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt, died in 1885. It was to honor Mrs. Vanderbilt, and her desire to established the Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tenn. which has since been largely assisted by the Vanderbillts. It was originally intended to locate the institution in Mobile, the residence of Mrs. Vanderbilt in her youth but Yellow fever was then prevalent at Mobile and it was considered better to go into Tennessee. The son survives He is Robert Leighton Crawford, who for many years has been the General Eastern Freight Agent of the New York Central Railroad.
The New York Times
June 14, 1898
DIED
CRAWFORD, -- Entered into rest on Monday, June 13, in this city, Martha E. Crawford, wife of the late Robert L. Crawford, of Mobile, Ala, in the 79th year of her age.
Funeral services were held at her late residence, 41 West Fifty-seventh street, on Wednesday, June 15, at 4 o'clock P. M. Interment at Mobile. Kindly omit flowers.
Obituary
The New York Times
DEAD LIST OF THE DAY
Mrs. Martha Everett Crawford
Mrs. Martha Everett Crawford, widow of Robert L. Crawford, of Mobile, Ala., died at her residence, 41 West Fifty-seventh street, Manhattan, at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, she was in her seventh ninth year.
On both of her paternal and maternal sides, Mrs. Crawford was of prominent Southern lineage, and by marriage was connected with the late Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, with whom she was distantly related by blood. She was the daughter of Judge John E. (sic) (F.) Everett of Alabama, who the United States Marshal for several years. Her mother was the daughter Capt. Obadiah Hand who was also the grandfather of Cornelius Vanderbilt (sic) (Obadiah was the brother of Cornelius Vanderbilt's wife, Phebe Hand)
Robert L. Crawford, her husband was from Virginia, and the old Crawford home is still standing in Louisa Courthouse, Louisa County, VA. It was not until after the civil war did they come north and settle in New York, first in Washington Place and then later in West Fifty-seventh street. Mrs. Crawford had always lived a quite life. It was know that her charity were considerable, but even every the members of her family had never heard of them. A short funeral service will be held at the house to-morrow afternoon, beside the grave of her husband.
Of the two children, the daughter, Miss Frank Armstrong Crawford, who became the second wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt, died in 1885. It was to honor Mrs. Vanderbilt, and her desire to established the Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tenn. which has since been largely assisted by the Vanderbillts. It was originally intended to locate the institution in Mobile, the residence of Mrs. Vanderbilt in her youth but Yellow fever was then prevalent at Mobile and it was considered better to go into Tennessee. The son survives He is Robert Leighton Crawford, who for many years has been the General Eastern Freight Agent of the New York Central Railroad.
The New York Times
June 14, 1898
DIED
CRAWFORD, -- Entered into rest on Monday, June 13, in this city, Martha E. Crawford, wife of the late Robert L. Crawford, of Mobile, Ala, in the 79th year of her age.
Funeral services were held at her late residence, 41 West Fifty-seventh street, on Wednesday, June 15, at 4 o'clock P. M. Interment at Mobile. Kindly omit flowers.
The New York Times
DEAD LIST OF THE DAY
Mrs. Martha Everett Crawford
Mrs. Martha Everett Crawford, widow of Robert L. Crawford, of Mobile, Ala., died at her residence, 41 West Fifty-seventh street, Manhattan, at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, she was in her seventh ninth year.
On both of her paternal and maternal sides, Mrs. Crawford was of prominent Southern lineage, and by marriage was connected with the late Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, with whom she was distantly related by blood. She was the daughter of Judge John E. (sic) (F.) Everett of Alabama, who the United States Marshal for several years. Her mother was the daughter Capt. Obadiah Hand who was also the grandfather of Cornelius Vanderbilt (sic) (Obadiah was the brother of Cornelius Vanderbilt's wife, Phebe Hand)
Robert L. Crawford, her husband was from Virginia, and the old Crawford home is still standing in Louisa Courthouse, Louisa County, VA. It was not until after the civil war did they come north and settle in New York, first in Washington Place and then later in West Fifty-seventh street. Mrs. Crawford had always lived a quite life. It was know that her charity were considerable, but even every the members of her family had never heard of them. A short funeral service will be held at the house to-morrow afternoon, beside the grave of her husband.
Of the two children, the daughter, Miss Frank Armstrong Crawford, who became the second wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt, died in 1885. It was to honor Mrs. Vanderbilt, and her desire to established the Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tenn. which has since been largely assisted by the Vanderbillts. It was originally intended to locate the institution in Mobile, the residence of Mrs. Vanderbilt in her youth but Yellow fever was then prevalent at Mobile and it was considered better to go into Tennessee. The son survives He is Robert Leighton Crawford, who for many years has been the General Eastern Freight Agent of the New York Central Railroad.
The New York Times
June 14, 1898
DIED
CRAWFORD, -- Entered into rest on Monday, June 13, in this city, Martha E. Crawford, wife of the late Robert L. Crawford, of Mobile, Ala, in the 79th year of her age.
Funeral services were held at her late residence, 41 West Fifty-seventh street, on Wednesday, June 15, at 4 o'clock P. M. Interment at Mobile. Kindly omit flowers.
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