City: Dayton
CRAWFORD, James Thomas, accountant and real estate broker; born Washington, Rhea Co., Tenn., Nov. 25, 1869; Scotch-Irish descent; son of H. A. and Ann N. (Gillespie) CRAWFORD; father was a merchant and farmer; paternal grandparents Capt. John and Martha (Griffith) CRAWFORD; maternal grandparents Robert N. and Hannah (Lenty) GILLISPIE; educated in the local schools and University of Tenn.; began life as a bookkeeper for the Dayton Coal and Iron Co.; later engaged in the drug business (about 1898-1910) as member of firm of Crawford and Robinson; was elected County Trustee Rhea Co. in 1904, served three terms, declining nomination in 1910; president of Hamilton Development Co., of Chattanooga (Tenn.); stockholder in Mission Heights Development Co., Chattanooga (Tenn.); engaged in real estate business Dayton (Tenn.); married Susan H. AYRES Oct. 2, 1902; member of Cumberland Presbyterian church, Free Masons, Knights of Pythias; Democrat; was coal oil inspector four years.
