Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888,
Jefferson Co.

RICHARD CROUM, Bullitt County, was born in Green County in 1820.  He is
the fifth of ten children born to Henry and Nancy (Skaggs) Croum, the
former a native of North Carolina, the latter a daughter of Moses Skaggs,
of Green County.  Henry C. was a gallant soldier in the war of 1812, and
bore an honorable part in the memorable battle of New Orleans.  The subject
of this sketch was reared in Green County, and received but a limited
education.  He married Miss Frances Towns, and to them have been born two
children, viz: Elam, born March 10, 1860, and Bert, born May 12, 1862.
When the civil war broke out in 1861, Mr. Croum enlisted in the Thirteenth
Kentucky (Federal) Infantry, and served to the close of the war, receiving
an honorable discharge, in 1865, at Chattanooga.

Croum Skaggs Towns
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Bullitt-KY Green-KY NC

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