Chief Crawford Mitchell Steadman b. 6 Nov 1870 Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC d. 16 Aug 1948 Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC: Stedman Family Genealogies

1870 - 1948 (77 years)

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Name	Crawford Mitchell Steadman
Prefix	Chief
Born	6 Nov 1870	Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC
Gender	Male
1900 Census	2 Jun 1900	Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC
	Campobello Twp., ED 83, sheet 2B Steadman, Crawford M Head W M Dec 1870 29 Md 7 SC SC SC Farmer ---, Alice P. Wife W F July 1870 29 Md 7 2 2 SC SC SC ---, Agnes L. Dau W F Sept 1894 5 S SC SC SC ---, Jo Berry Son W M May 1897 3 S SC SC SC
1910 Census	18 Apr 1910	Campobello, Spartanburg Co., SC
	ED 74, sheet 3B Steadman, Crawford Head M W 39 M2 1 SC SC SC Magistrate - Spartanburg County ---, Julia Wife F W 20 M1 1 0 0 SC SC SC ---, Agnes Dau F W 15 S SC SC SC Topper - Hoisery Mill ---, Jo-Berry Son M W 12 S SC SC SC Looper - Hosiery Mill Durham, Rosa Sister-in-law F W 17 S SC SC SC "
1920 Census	9 Jan 1920	Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC
	Campbobello Twp., ED 83, sheet 8A Appalachin Road Steadman, Crawford W Head M W 49 Md SC NC NC Policeman - town ---, Julia R Wife F W 30 Md SC SC SC ---, Christopher M Son M W 7 S SC SC SC ---, William A Son M W 4 4/12 S SC SC SC ---, Edith A Dau F W 1 8/12 S SC SC SC
1930 Census	9 Apr 1930	Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC
	Campobello Twp, ED 14, sheet 7B National Highway South Steadman, Joe Berry Head M W 33 Md 20 SC SC SC Loom Fixer - Textile Mill ---, May Wife F W 30 Md 17 SC SC SC ---, Joe B. Jr. Son M W 10 S SC SC SC ---, Earle Lee Son M W 2 0/12 S SC SC SC ... Steadman, Crawford Head M W 58 Md 22 SC SC SC Policeman - Day Police ---, Julia Wife F W 40 Md 18 SC SC SC ---, Christopher Son M W 17 S SC SC SC ---, Andrew Son M W 14 S SC SC SC ---, Edith Dau F W 11 S SC SC SC
Newspaper Article	3 Jun 1934	Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC
	Spartanburg Herald and Journal
	Sunday, June 3, 1934 LANDRUM FIRE CHIEF, 63, HAS HELD MANY OFFICES CRAWFORD M. STEADMAN Saw His First Train at Station There " When I was six years of age, my grandmother, my two oldest sisters and myself came to Landrum to witness the first railroad train to come to that town and it frightened me so that my grandmother had to hold me to keep me from running away". Thus CRAWFORD MITCHELL STEADMAN, former member of the council of Landrum, former magistrate, chief of police and now chief of the fire dept. there , begins his account of the early history of the town of Landrum. " Chief STEADMAN", as he will always be known , regardless of the office he may hold , recalls the first lots that were sold in Landrum, and explains that the first houses were not really ' houses' in the sense they are used now- they were two log cabins. " There was a sale", said Chief STEADMAN, " and the first lots of the town were sold and two log cabins were built thereon. There was at that time a grocery store owned by a MR. MONTGOMERY , and the first settlers, as I remember, were two GURLEY families that lived in these small log cabins." Also recalled that "the blockaders killed a revenue officer named JIM LEDFORD near the depot the day the train came into Landrum for the first time". He also saw the next two houses that were built in Landrum, being constructed by the REV. J.G. LANDRUM and one of these homes is now located to the rear of the postoffice and is occupied by MRS. HENDERSON. The other home is located to the rear of the Landrum Bakery and is occupied by KELLY WRIGHT." At the time of which Chief Steadman recalls, "Landrum was nothing but forest land, and where now stands the Mutual Bank was a saw mill". At the present time Landrum has nearly 400 buildings and a population of several thousand. "Fifty-three years ago I walked to school, a distance of four miles, to Oak Grove Church in Greenville County with my teacher, ZACK WHITESIDE. MRS. A.R. WALDEN'S father. I went to school in the class of MRS. CARRIE LANDRUM, who was known to all as 'AUNT CARRIE'. She was the mother of the late B.G. LANDRUM. We were buddies from childhood. We attended school together and as young men we went together. We fox- hunted and squirrel-hunted all over the Blue Ridge Mountains. In 1905 Chief Steadman was employed by the late W.H. LYLES, Columbia attorney, to oversee a little farm in Landrum. " I worked for him 17 years and found him to be one of the finest gentlemen in South Carolina", stated the Chief. He served as police chief until the summer of 1915 and resigned to again become a magistrate and J.M. WOLFE was elected chief of police in his place. He was born and reared near the city limits of Landrum, " am bald-headed and will be 64 years old on the sixth day of November. " Some of these times before I get to be an old man, I may decide to run for some office other than police or fire chief or magistrate", he stated. The Landrum chief is well know in Spartanburg, especially by members of Sheriff SAM M. HENRY'S force and the rural police, having assisted them on several occasions.
Died	16 Aug 1948	Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC
Obituary Index	18 Aug 1948	Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC
	Spartanburg Herald
	STEADMAN, CRAWFORD M. 77, Landrum, h/o Julia Durham Steadman, 8-18-48 p. 2
Buried	18 Aug 1948	Landrum Cemetery, Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC
Notes	Spartanburg Herald and Journal, Sunday, June 3, 1934 LANDRUM FIRE CHIEF, 63, HAS HELD MANY OFFICES CRAWFORD M. STEADMAN Saw His First Train at Station There " When I was six years of age, my grandmother, my two oldest sisters and myself came to Landrum to witness the first railroad train to come to that town and it frightened me so that my grandmother had to hold me to keep me from running away". Thus CRAWFORD MITCHELL STEADMAN, former member of the council of Landrum, former magistrate, chief of police and now chief of the fire dept. there , begins his account of the early history of the town of Landrum. " Chief STEADMAN", as he will always be known , regardless of the office he may hold , recalls the first lots that were sold in Landrum, and explains that the first houses were not really ' houses' in the sense they are used now- they were two log cabins. " There was a sale", said Chief STEADMAN, " and the first lots of the town were sold and two log cabins were built thereon. There was at that time a grocery store owned by a MR. MONTGOMERY , and the first settlers, as I remember, were two GURLEY families that lived in these small log cabins." Also recalled that "the blockaders killed a revenue officer named JIM LEDFORD near the depot the day the train came into Landrum for the first time". He also saw the next two houses that were built in Landrum, being constructed by the REV. J.G. LANDRUM and one of these homes is now located to the rear of the postoffice and is occupied by MRS. HENDERSON. The other home is located to the rear of the Landrum Bakery and is occupied by KELLY WRIGHT." At the time of which Chief Steadman recalls, "Landrum was nothing but forest land, and where now stands the Mutual Bank was a saw mill". At the present time Landrum has nearly 400 buildings and a population of several thousand. "Fifty-three years ago I walked to school, a distance of four miles, to Oak Grove Church in Greenville County with my teacher, ZACK WHITESIDE. MRS. A.R. WALDEN'S father. I went to school in the class of MRS. CARRIE LANDRUM, who was known to all as 'AUNT CARRIE'. She was the mother of the late B.G. LANDRUM. We were buddies from childhood. We attended school together and as young men we went together. We fox- hunted and squirrel-hunted all over the Blue Ridge Mountains. In 1905 Chief Steadman was employed by the late W.H. LYLES, Columbia attorney, to oversee a little farm in Landrum. " I worked for him 17 years and found him to be one of the finest gentlemen in South Carolina", stated the Chief. He served as police chief until the summer of 1915 and resigned to again become a magistrate and J.M. WOLFE was elected chief of police in his place. He was born and reared near the city limits of Landrum, " am bald-headed and will be 64 years old on the sixth day of November. " Some of these times before I get to be an old man, I may decide to run for some office other than police or fire chief or magistrate", he stated. The Landrum chief is well know in Spartanburg, especially by members of Sheriff SAM M. HENRY'S force and the rural police, having assisted them on several occasions.
Person ID	I68822	Stedman/Steadman/Steedman Families of the New World
Last Modified	31 Mar 2012

Father	McKinney Mateson Steadman, b. Abt 1826, ____, ____, SC , d. Bef 22 Apr 1891 (Age ~ 65 years)
Mother	Sarah Ann Page, b. Abt Sep 1835, ____, ____, SC , d. Abt 1911 (Age ~ 75 years)
Married	Bef 1866
Family ID	F25535	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Alice P. [--?--], b. 22 Jan 1871, ____, ____, SC , d. 26 Feb 1908 (Age 37 years)

Children

	1. Agnes L. Steadman, b. 2 Jun 1894, ____, ____, SC , d. 22 Jan 1989, Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC (Age 94 years)
	2. Joe Berry Steadman, Sr., b. 12 Jun 1896, ____, ____, SC , d. 29 Jul 1963 (Age 67 years)
	3. Son Steadman, b. 4 Feb 1907, d. 5 Feb 1907 (Age 0 years)

Last Modified 23 Jun 2009

Family ID F25538 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Julia Durham, b. 4 Feb 1890, ____, ____, SC , d. Bef 22 Feb 1978, Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC (Age 88 years)

Married Abt 1909

Children

	1. Son Steadman, II, b. 16 Mar 1911, d. 16 Mar 1911 (Age 0 years)
	2. Christopher Mitchell Steadman, b. 2 Dec 1912, ____, ____, SC , d. 30 Jan 2000, Hendersonville, Henderson Co., NC (Age 87 years)
	3. William Andrew Steadman, b. 14 Aug 1915, ____, ____, SC , d. 18 Aug 2006, Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC (Age 91 years)
	4. Edith A. Steadman, b. Abt May 1918, ____, ____, SC , d. Bef 6 Jun 2003 (Age ~ 85 years)

Last Modified 23 Jun 2009

Family ID F25539 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 6 Nov 1870 - Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC
	1900 Census - 2 Jun 1900 - Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC
	1910 Census - 18 Apr 1910 - Campobello, Spartanburg Co., SC
	1920 Census - 9 Jan 1920 - Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC
	1930 Census - 9 Apr 1930 - Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC
	Newspaper Article - Spartanburg Herald and Journal - 3 Jun 1934 - Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC
	Died - 16 Aug 1948 - Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC
	Obituary Index - Spartanburg Herald - 18 Aug 1948 - Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC
	Buried - 18 Aug 1948 - Landrum Cemetery, Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC

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