City: Memphis
CRENSHAW, Thos. B., public official; born Shelby Co., Tenn., Sept. 12, 1848; English descent; son of Thos. B. and Grace (Booker) CRENSHAW; educated in Shelby Co. publish schools and Obion Co., Tenn.; graduated Nelson’s Business College, Memphis, Tenn., 1867; in early life was a farmer; married twice, first Catharine R. CALDWELL, March, 1870, second Florence H. COOPER, Oct. 22, 1899; member of K. of P., Knights of Honor, Business Men’s Club; Democrat; Clerk of Bartlett Circuit Court of Shelby Co., Tenn., 1878-85, deputy clerk of the Country Court of Shelby County, 1886-1903, deputy clerk of Chancery Court, 1904, and elected Clerk of County Court 1906, re-elected 1910; he has served continuously as county officer since 1878.
