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History of Mason County, Michigan
H. R. Page & Co., Chicago; 1882


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        CHARLES H. CRAWFORD, of the firm of GEORGE GOODSELL & Co.,
     proprietors of the Ludington Iron Works, is a native of Benning-
     ton, Vt.  In 1858 he went to St. Louis, Mo., as master mechanic
     of the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad.  Afterward he was
     master mechanic of the railroad shops at Holly, Mich., and after
     the Flint and Pere Marquette Road was built was conductor of a
     passenger train for a while.  In 1878 he came to Ludington to
     reside, and in February, 1881, became a partner with Mr. GOODSELL
     
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     in the iron works.  The firm does a very extensive business.  Mr.
     CRAWFORD is a practical mechanic, and his long experience is of
     great service to the business in which his firm is engaged.

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