[520] association. He was married in June, 1892, to Miss Anna Dargan, of Greenville, S. C., and they have one son, William F., Jr., born August 5, 1895. Judge Cox is one of the leading business men of Anderson, and is held in high esteem.
Captain E. A. Crawford
Captain E. A. Crawford, of Yorkville, a veteran of the South Carolina volunteers, was born in Chester county, S. C., in 1831. His father, James D., was a farmer and native of South Carolina, as was the latter's father, Edward; and his mother was Mary D., daughter of Archibald Gill, of Chester county. He was reared in Chester county, was married in 1858 to Henrietta E. Lindsay, and in 1859 removed to York county, and engaged in farming. In December, 1861, he rendered his first military service to the State in organizing a company for State service, of which he was elected orderly sergeant. At the reorganization of this command, and its muster into the Confederate States service, he was elected captain, and the company was assigned to the Seventeenth South Carolina regiment, commanded by Col. J. H. Means, and after his death by Col. F. W. McMaster. After some service on the coast he went into Virginia with his regiment and participated in the battles of Malvern Hill, Second Manassas, South Mountain and Sharpsburg. Thence in the summer of 1863 the regiment was transferred to Mississippi, as reenforce-ments to Gen. J. E. Johnston, and he took part in the second battle of Jackson. He returned to Petersburg in the fall of 1863, and then went to North Carolina and fought at Kinston and Goldsboro. Again in Virginia, he was in the battle of the Crater, his company being among the heroes of that terrible fight. He remained many months on duty in the Petersburg trenches, and was in the battles of Five Forks and those on the retreat, and was surrendered at Appomattox. He has devoted himself to agriculture since then and is now one of the leading planters of his county, prosperous and happy. In 1887 he was elected sheriff of the county and he served eight years with much credit. He was one of the organizers of the local camp of United Confederate Veterans. Not long after the war, in 1867, his wife died, leaving children, of whom two are now living, and in 1888 he married Mary Scroggins, by whom he has one daughter.
