City: Memphis
CRAIN, John Head, born Dixon Spring, Tenn., English and Irish descent; son of Hall Shelton and Frances (Brooks) CRAIN; father’s occupation, merchant; maternal grandparents, Henry and Sallie (Martin) BROOKS; educated in public schools; in early life was clerk in village store; member of Business Men’s Club, Memphis, Tenn.; Democrat; former coal oil inspector for Memphis; at present member of Shelby Co. Board of Shelby Co. Board of Election Commission; contributed to papers over non de plume “Scanty Creek News,” served four years on Nashville American, and conducted daily column entitled “Excess Baggage,” which was devoted to commercial travelers; was “on the road” for fifteen years as commercial traveler for snuff and tobacco factories.
