Luke Irwin Crawford    

LUKE IRWIN CRAWFORD, editor and proprietor of the Sandy Lake News, was born in Allegheny County, Penn., August 3, 1834. He attended the common schools, then the old Mercer Academy in 1850, and taught a select school in Fairview, Guernsey Co., Ohio, in 1860. He was graduated at Westminster College July 1, 1858, studied theology at Allegheny City, was licensed to preach April 4, 1861, by the Mercer Presbytery of the United Presbyterian Church, and ordained June 16, 1864, by the Le Claire Presbytery. He was pastor at Wyoming, Jones Co., Iowa, June 16, 1864-68. From January to April, 1870, he supplied the congregation of Sandy Lake, Utica and North Sandy, Mercer Co., Penn. He was installed July 1, 1870; resigned Utica in 1873, North Sandy July, 1874, and Sandy Lake August 12, 1879. He has been editor of the Sandy Lake News since June 23, 1876. He was married, October 31, 1861, to Miss M. J. Anderson, of Fairview, Guernsey Co., Ohio. Her father, Rev. John Anderson, was born in 1791 in Ireland. When he came to this country he identified himself with the “McCoyites,” was educated under their auspices, and ordained about 1822 by the Reformed Dissenting Presbytery of Ohio. He was for many years pastor of the Reformed Dissenting congregation of Clear Ridge. In August, 1853, he and his congregation united with the Second Presbytery of Ohio, Associate Reformed. He remained its pastor until his death, September 1, 1855, when his congregation joined the Associate Reformed, now United Presbyterian, congregation of Fairview, Guernsey Co., Ohio, with the families of which it was intermixed.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, page 1048.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com

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