CRAWFORD, FRANCIS MARION

(1854-1909), an American novelist; s. of Thomas ©. the sculptor, and nephew of the General Marion who took part in the American War of Independence. He was born at Bagni-diLucca in Tuscany, and spent the first eleven years of his life in Rome. He was educated at Concord, New Hampshire, at Trinity College, Cambridge, at Karlsruhe and Heidelberg. Returning to Rome at the age of twenty two he studied the oriental languages, and in 1873 undertook pre work at Allah a bad. in connection with the Indian Herald. Falling ill, he went to live in New York with his uncle, Mr. Samuel Ward, who was to become the hero of the novel Dr. Claudius. Later he traveled in America and Turkey. His first novel, Dr. Isaacs, appeared in 1882, and following it came Dr. Claudius, A Roman Singer, An American Politician, Zoroaster, Saracinesca, Marzio’s Crucifix, With the Immortals, The Ralstons, Casa Braccio, A Rose of Yesterday, Don Orsino, Sant Ilario, etc. He wrote also a play, Francesca da Rimini, produced in Paris, 1902, and a historical work, Ave the Roman Catholic'Church. ~ American sculptor, 6. New York City. At Rome, where he pa ed a great part of his life, he studied under Thorvaldsen and other famous sculptors. Some of his figures were of heroic size, as The Genius of America, that stands on the dome of the Capitol at Washington, and the equestrian statue of Washington at Richmond, Va. Among his most notable sculptures are Mercury and Psyche, The Indian, Flora, Dancing Jenny, Adam and Eve, Orpheus and - worked extensively in bas-relief. CRAWFORD, WILLIAM HARRIS © (1772-1834), American lawyer and states- — man, 6. Amherst co., Va. He was xdmitted to the bar in 1798 and practiced in Lexington, Ga. He was elected 10 the United States Senate in 1807 and re-elected in 1811, serving as presijent pro tem of that body in 1812. In the following year he was appointed minister to France. In 1815 he entered the Cabinet as Secretary of War and the next year became Secretary of the Treasury, which position he held until 1825. He was nominated for the Presilency in 1824, receiving 41 electoral votes. From 1827 until his death he was judge of the northern circuit of Georgia.