28594. William Hartwell Crawford Rev.
William H. Crawford was born in Searsmont, Maine, December 4, 1850, and died at Burnt Hills, New York, October 5, 1906.
He was converted in a class meeting one Saturday afternoon in April, 1861, and then and there was assured that he had been "born from above." In September, 1868, he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in his native place.
Soon after his conversion came his call to preach the gospel. He received his local preacher's license in March, 1873. Studies preparatory to entering upon the work of the itinerant ministry were pursued in the Conference Seminary at Kents Hill and at the East Maine Conference Seminary at Bucksport. He was graduated from the latter institution June 6, 1876. Two days later he was received as a probationer in East Maine Conference and in due time became a member of that body in full connection. He was ordained deacon by Bishop Foster, and elder by Bishop Harris. His pastoral record is as follows: East Maine Conference, 1876-1888; Northwest Iowa Conference, 1889. In 1890 he was transferred to Troy Conference and served the following charges: Arlington and Sandgate, Pittsford, Vermont; West Hebron and Belcher, Williston, Vermont; Ephratah, New York; Burnt Hills, New York.
Brother Crawford greatly endeared himself to all who had the privilege of becoming acquainted with him. He was modest and unassuming and therefore had to be known somewhat Intimately in order to be properly appreciated. His goodness was of the winsome variety. He made people think of his Master more than of himself.
His preaching was thoughtful and strong, and always sanely evangelistic. His pastoral work was painstaking and systematic and therefore successful. His ministry was of the constructive type and was attended by substantial material and spiritual results. He was a public-spirited Christian minister and took an active interest in civic affairs. This was done so wisely as to greatly forward the cause of righteousness. Communities in which he labored regarded him as everybody's friend. At Pittsford, Vermont, where he spent five very pleasant and profitable years, he was so thoroughly identified with public interests that the Roman Cathplic children showed their respect and affection for him by calling him "Father Crawford." During bis pastorate in Pittsford the church building was greatly improved and beautified.
On the day of his graduation from Bucksport Seminary he was married to Emma Marshall Faye, of Wiscasset, Maine, who, together with three sons and two daughters, survives him.
The last weeks of Brother Crawford's life were marked by great physical disability and suffering. He made an heroic fight to live because he wanted to still carry forward the blessed work of preaching the gospel, but he was resigned to what seemed to be the will of God and faced the future calmly and with great confidence, for he knew whom he had believed.
Brief funeral services were held in the Burnt Hills church and were conducted by the Rev. C. F. Noble, of Jonesville, a neighboring pastor, assisted by the Rev. H. S. Allen, and the pastor of the local Baptist Church. The remains were then taken to Pittsford, Vermont, where more public services were held, participated in by the Rev. C. N. Curtis, the Methodist pastor at Pittsford, the Rev. Mr. Smith, Congregational pastor at Pittsford; the Rev. G. W. Brown, a former presiding elder; the Rev. P. L. Dow, presiding elder of Burlington District; the Rev. R. L. Thompson, and the writer. He rests from his labors. His works do follow him. He was a good man, a faithful minister of the gospel, and has gone home to enjoy the reward of the righteous.
Source: Minutes of the Troy Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
Name: Lucius C Daggett
Residence: Maine
Age at Enlistment:21
Enlistment Date: 27 Apr 1864
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Maine
Survived the War?:Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company B, Maine B Coast Guard Company on 27 Apr 1864.Mustered out on 24 Jun 1865 at Portland, ME.
Birth Date: abt 1843
Sources:Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine
49616. Arthur Franklin Bulfinch
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Arthur Bulfinch 1879-1900 died at hus father's in Wilton, N.H., April 28, 1900, of organic heart trouble, with which he had suffered since last December, Arthur F. Bulfinch, son of Mr. Henry F. Bulfinch.
Arthur was born in Woborn on July 21, 1879, and lived here with his family until they moved to Wilton, where he has since made his home. He attended the Woborn public schools, in which he always had a good position, being a bright, intelligent, and active boy. He was honest, of kind and gentle disposition, and well liked by all who knew him. His early death was a sad blow to his family and friends.