Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Dora Esther Crawford ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Crawford, Dora Esther
LAST: Crawford FIRST: Dora MID: Esther
GENDER: F MAIDEN NAME: Wells TITLE: 
BORN: 19 Oct 1886 DIED: 28 May 1922 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Wisconsin
DEATH PLACE: Zena, Polk Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

1900 WI CENSUS - Dora E. Wells (b Oct 1886, Wisconsin) enumerated with grandfather John Throne (b June 1840, Wisconsin, widowed), John's daughter Maude Throne (b Jan 1881, Wisconsin) and Dora's brother Frank P. Wells (b June 1889, Wisconsin)

MARRIAGE - W. Harvey Crawford md Dora E. Wells 16 Jun 1909 in Polk Co., Oregon.

1910 OR CENSUS - Dora E. Crawford (23y, b Wisconsin, no children) enumerated with husband of 0 years  W. Harvey (24y, b Illinois)

1920 OR CENSUS - Dora E. Crawford (33y, b Wisconsin) enumerated with husband  W. Harvey (34y, b Illinois)

NOTE - mother of Gladys Crawford Stern

  
OBITUARY: 

EXPLOSION OF AUTO TANK KILLS WOMAN
Mrs. Dora Crawford, 36, of Salem, Is Burned
Gasoline Ignited When Husband, in Effort to Fix Clutch, Carries Torch Under Machine.
Salem, Or., May 28—(Special.)—Mrs. Dora Crawford, 36, wife of W. Harvey Crawford, a farmer living eight miles west of Salem, sustained fatal burns last night when the gasoline tank of an automobile in which she was sitting, exploded. Her clothes took fire, charring body and limbs, though her face was untouched by the flames. She died at 5 o’clock this morning. Mr. Crawford, who tried frantically to save his wife, sustained severe burns on his hands.
The explosion took place after Mr. Crawford had found that the clutch of the machine did not work well. With a flaming torch he climbed under the automobile. The tank exploded. In an instant Mrs. Crawford’s clothing was afire and drenched with gasoline.
Medical aid was summoned from Salem, but physicians could do little except minimize the pain.
The big touring car was reduced to ashes.
Mrs. Crawford is survived by her widower and a 2-months’-old daughter. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.
Oregonian 29 May 1922
INSCRIPTION: 

Dora E.
1886 - 1922
Crawford 
[shares marker with W. Harvey]
SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (Polk County 1922) #59

1900 WI CENSUS (Eau Claire co, Fairchild, ED 33, sheet 6B)
Oregon Marriages 1906-1920 (Ancestry)

1910 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, Spring Valley, ED 252, sheet 2A)

1920 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, Spring Valley, ED 365, page 3B) 
Oreg. 29 May 1922
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