Thomas Merton Crawford LAST NAME: Crawford FIRST NAME: Thomas MIDDLE NAME: Merton NICKNAME:  MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3:  TITLE:  GENDER: M MILITARY:  BORN: 2 Mar 1868 DIED: 31 Aug 1875 BURIED: Sep 1875 ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Child BIRTH PLACE:  Portland, Oregon DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon NOTES:  IOOF - Thos. Merton Crawford, born in Portland, died in Salem. 1870 CENSUS enumerates T. H. Crawford, teacher, age 30, b. Indiana, and Emily, age 23, born in Wisconsin, along with 3 children, Maud, (age 5), Merton (age 2) and Mary (age 1) - all children born in Oregon, Mary is probably "Mary Pearl". 3 children of T. H. & E. B. Crawford died from diphtheria, from Aug 24 to Sept. 1, 1875; Pearl, Thomas Merton, and Maud. OBITUARY:  DIED--August 31st, at 8:30 o'clock p.m., of diptheria, Thomas Merton, son of T. H. and E. B. Crawford, aged 7 years and six months. Due notice will be given of time and place of funeral.  Daily Oregon Statesman 1 Sept. 1865 3:2 INSCRIPTION:  Thomas Merton  Died  Aug. 31, 1875  Aged 7 yrs. 5 mos. 20 d's  (East face of Crawford monument with Pearl and Maude) SOURCES:  LR  LD IOOF Register of Burials  DAR pg 55 Saucy 1870 OR CENSUS (Mult. Co., Portland, pg 243B)  DOS 1 Sep 1865 3:2 CONTACTS:  LOT: 587 SPACE: S½ LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.173' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.894' IMAGES: