 The subject of this sketch is the son of Henry Clay Crittenden,
generally known as Harry Crittenden, a half-breed Cherokee, who
emigrated from Georgia in 1837, and died about 1871. Henry
was born in Going Snake district, in April, 1857, and attended the
neighborhood school at Barren Fork for several years, and later the Prairie Grove school,
in Going Snake district. In 1877 he began farming close to the Arkansas line, near Cincinnati, and married Miss Mary Morris, daughter of Gabriel Morris, a Cherokee, in October, 1879. By this union they have five children: Charles, William, Cicero, Pearl and Thomas Richard. In 1882 Mr. Crittenden was elected clerk of the house, and served till 1886, being once re-elected. From 1886 he served as interpreter for various committees of the council for four years. In
1889 he was appointed Census Superintendent for Going Snake
district till 1890, wdien he commenced the practice of law, and
continues it till the present. Mr. Crittenden has two farms in
Going Snake district, containing 150 acres, most of which he
rents out. He also owns a fine residence and orchard. Mr.
Crittenden is a quiet, unassuming, gentlemanly man, honorable
and reliable in all his transactions, and commands a host of friends
wherever he is known. In 1891 Mr. Crittenden was a member
of the committee on claims. |