City: Georgetown
CROW, John William, miller; born in Roane Co., Tenn., March 8, 1857; Irish and German descent; son of Lorenzo Haywood and Mary M. (Cofer) CROW; father was a farmer; received common school education; reared on a farm in Roane Co., Tenn., by a widowed mother, his father having enlisted in the Federal Army during the civil war Aug. 1861, dying in Nov. of the same year; moved to James Co., Tenn., and farmed five years, at which time he bought an interest in W. O. Mountain Mills, continued in this business seven years; elected Trustee of James Co., Tenn., and served two terms, after expiration of the last term he bought the Georgetown Milling Co., Georgetown, Tenn., his present business; married Mary PICKEL Dec. 9, 1880; member Masons, I. O. O. F., and W. O. W.; Republican; member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
