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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.