Crawford Benton (Dutch) Wardlaw -- Sutton County Courthouse, Sonora TX
N 30° 34.323 W 100° 38.662
14R E 342311 N 3383327
One of 22 signs preserving local, family, industrial, and pioneer history are mounted on poles on the west side of the Sutton County Courthouse in downtown Sonora TX.
Waymark Code: WMPPYE
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/04/2015
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This sign is one of 22 along water Street on the west side of the Sutton County Courthouse. This sign preserves the history of Crawford Benton (Dutch) Wardlaw and his family.
The sign reads as follows:
"CRAWFORD BENTON (DUTCH) WARDLAW
04–17–1887 -- 11–10–1954
Son of
Newton Jasper and
Nancy Josephine Cody
Married 12-24 –1911 to Emma Leanna Whitehead 12–04–1887 - 02–07– 1964
Daughter of
Walter and Mary Bell Martin
Children:
Cody Martin, Crawford Whitehead (Dink), Walter Hadley, Mary Emma Wardlaw Bromley, Francis Rachel Wardlaw Carter.
Dutch, leading rancher and banker, early promoter of wool and mohair, served as past President of Producers Wool And Mohair Co., Del Rio, TX; Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Assoc.; National Wool Growers 1939 – 1940."
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]
Location: Sutton County Courthouse
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