FRANK R. CRAWFORD.
Frank R. Crawford is the superintendent of the Oakland Cremation
Association, which was incorporated on the 28th of June, 1901.
His birth occurred in Sonoma county, California, on the 4th of January,
1860, his parents being T. B. and Sarah Crawford. The father,
who was born in Scotland on the 21stof May, 1830, acquired his education
in that country and in 1849 emigrated to the United States,
settling in Tuolumne county, California, where he was engaged in
mining until 1863. In that year he removed to Calaveras county
and was there identified with copper mining as superintendent of a
mine until 1869, when he went to Stockton, San Joaquin county,
and embarked in the steamboat business, his craft plying between
Stockton and San Francisco. In 1900 he put aside active business
cares and the remainder of his life was spent in honorable retirement.
In 1884 he had taken up his abode in Oakland, here continuing
to reside until called to his final rest in 1912. The period of his
residence in Oakland covered twenty-eight years and he was widely
recognized as one of its prosperous, representative and respected
citizens.
Frank R. Crawford attended the public schools of Sonoma, California,
and then accompanied his parents on their removal to
Stockton, this state, where he continued his education in the public
schools until 1884. In that year he came to Oakland and afterward
worked as a machinist in the service of the San Francisco Tool
Company of San Francisco until 1888, while subsequently he was
engaged as engineer for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company until
1902. He then returned to Oakland and took charge of the construction
of the Oakland Crematorium, continuing as superintendent of
the same. The officers for 1912-13 are as follows: George W. Reed,
president; Dr. F. R. Jordan, vice president; Horace E. Smith, secretary;
First National Bank, treasurer; George W. Reed, Dr. F. R.
Jordan, the late M. T. Emmert, F. F. Mood, the late A, E. H.