Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Henry Co.

JAMES W. CRAWFORD was born in Shelby County, Ky., February 28, 1821, the
third son of John and Cassandra (Thomas) Crawford, natives, respectively,
of Virginia and Shelby County, Ky.  His father was born December 23, 1793,
and settled in the unbroken forest on Bull Skin Creek.  He fought in the
war of 1812, and his father in the Revolutionary war.  They were strict
Presbyterians, John Crawford having been a deacon in Olivet Church for
many years, and which church was mainly built by his father.  John died
January 28, 1866, in Missouri.  Our subject's maternal grandfather, Oswald
Thomas, was an early settler of the county, and operated a tanyard together
with a large farming interest; was of Welsh descent, and a member of the
Christian Church, and was one of the organizers and leaders of that sect
in the county.  James W. Crawford grew to manhood on the farm, and
received a good practical education in the schools of his day.  In 1859 he
sold goods at the then Chestnut Grove post office, but sold out in 1860,
and went to Eminence.  In 1866, with G. P. Owen, now deceased, of Henry
County, he built and operated for two years a woolen factory, and has
since been engaged in farming.  He married, December 14, 1848, Miss Phebe
Guthrie, daughter of Caleb and Elizabeth (Smith) Guthrie, natives of
Woodford County.  Mr. Guthrie was an Old School Baptist preacher, and
died in 1878.  His widow died in 1882.  To Mr. and Mrs. Crawford have
been born nine children, six of whom are living:  James, Louella, John
C., Edwin T., Robert F. and Harry P.  Mr. Crawford owns 250 acres of land
in Shelby County, three and a half miles southwest of Eminence.  He has
been justice of the peace for thirty years.  Politically he is a Democrat
and in religion a member of the Christian Church.

Crawford Thomas Owen Guthrie Smith
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Shelby-KY Woodford-KY MO VA

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