Reverend Frank Warfield Crowder (June 6, 1869 – September 27, 1932) was the rector of St. James' Episcopal Church in

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. He was a supporter of the

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Biography

He was born on June 6, 1869, to Alexander N. Crowder and Deborah Jane Warfield. He graduated from

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in 1890.His obituary says he attended

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in Virginia. He was a reverend in the

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section of

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, from 1890 to 1893. He married Louetta Plitt (1868-1936) on April 11, 1893, and they had as their son, Maxwell Alexander Warfield Crowder (1898-1915). He died on September 27, 1932, at

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. He was buried in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crowder, Frank Warfield 1869 births 1932 deaths Dickinson College alumni Clergy from New York City