History of Trigg County, Historical and Biographical, ed. W.H. Perrin,
F.A. Battey Pub. Co., Chicago, 1884. pp. 247-48. [Golden Pond Precinct]

J. M. CRASS was born April 5, 1854, in Trigg County.  He is a son of
Elisha Crass and Sallie Ross.  His parents came to Trigg County in about
1824; they died in 1859.  Subject was reared by his brother-in-law, W. D.
Vickers.  At the age of eighteen he commenced selling groceries and
farming; after selling goods two years, he secured a contract to carry the
mail from Aurora to Cadiz; this contract continued two years.  Later he
engaged in milling and ran a steam ferry.  In 1880 he built his present
corn-mill, which has a capacity of 150 bushels a day.  Mr. Crass took up
preaching in 1880, in connection with the Christian Union Church, and
Flint Valley Church, Calloway County; he also preaches at the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church in Calloway and Marshall Counties.  Mr. Crass was
married, in 1870, to Mrs. Mary F. Burrow, of Todd County.  Mr. Crass was
a member of the first Christian Union Council held in Trigg County,
October, 1878.  He was also a member of the first Christian Union Council
held in Illinois, in Fayette County.  It was held at Bethel Church, twelve
miles south of Nokomis.  Mr. Crass is still a Christian Union Preacher,
and his prayer is that all Christians may be united in Christian union
upon the grand principle of the Bible.  There are now 130,000 souls
united on the grand principle of union, taking the Bible for their rule
of faith and practice, renouncing all creeds and confession of faith.

Crass Vickers Ross Burrow
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Todd-KY Calloway-KY Marshall-KY

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