Lizzy Cheekbones white great grandparents, not Cherokee
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The Great Grandparents
John Houston Crawford, the great grandfather of Ms. Warren, was the son of Preston H. Crawford and Edith May "Ede" Marsh. He was born in Laclede County, Missouri, on
March 26, 1858. He was found on the
1860 US Census as John H. Crauford, living in Hooker, Laclede County, Missouri, with his parents and siblings;
race listed as white. He was found on the
1870 US Census living in Hooker, Laclede County, Missouri, with his father and siblings;
race listed as white. He was found on the
1880 US Census as JH Crawford, living in Grant, Johnson County, Arkansas with his wife, children and a farm laboror;
race listed as white. He was found on the
1900 US Census as John H. Crofford, living in Township 12, CherokeeNation, Indian Territory with his children-
RENTS;
race listed as white, found on the regular census schedule, not the Special Schedule for Indians.
He married Sarah E. Smith on September 2, 1904 in Laclede County, Missouri. He was found on the
1910 US Census listed as JH Crowford, living in Wetumka Ward 4, Hughes County, Oklahoma with his wife, two of his children and a step-daughter;
race listed as white. He died
January 23, 1924 and was buried in Wetumka Cemetery in Wetumka, Hughes County, Oklahoma.
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