Andrew J. Crawford, a native of Ohio, was born in Perry County, on March 6, 1862. He attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, Maryland, later known as Johns Hopkins. He took a special course in surgery, graduating in 1887. He then read medicine with Dr. H.C. Allen of New Straitsville, and immediately after this began the practice of his profession in Glouster, Ohio. In his medical career he served the following: Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad, Zanesville and Western Railroad, Marietta, Columbus and Cleveland Railroad, the Hocking Mining Company, the Rend Mining Company, the Ohio Colleries Company, the Sylvania Mining Company, and the Continental Company.
From the guide to the Andrew J. Crawford papers., 1885-1936, (Ohio University)