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J. A. CRAWFORD was born in Mount Sterling, Ky., June 6, 1818, and is a son of John A. and Dorothy (Fort) Crawford; the former was one of the oldest settlers of Kentucky, of Scotch descent, and the latter of Irish descent. J. A. Crawford was educated in the common schools of his native county, and at the age of sixteen his father placed him in the circuit court clerk’s office, which position he held until twenty-one years of age, when he bought out the sheriffalty of the county, and held that office as deputy and principal seven years. He then removed to Carrollton, Ky., and was appointed cashier of the branch of the Southern Bank of Kentucky at that point, serving in that capacity for fifteen years, when he went to Covington, and was cashier in the First National Bank for four years. While in Carrollton, in 1862, when the war was raging, the bank was robbed of $94,000, only $45,000 of which was ever recovered. Resigning his position in the National Bank in Covington, on account of health, Mr. Crawford opened the Standard Tobacco Works. February 14, 1843, he married Mary E. Haden, of Montgomery County; her mother was a sister of Matt Jouatt, the celebrated artist. Six children have been born to this marriage, viz.: Elizabeth J., wife of Rev. Edward L. Warren, of Louisville; Jennie, wife of W. T. Hanks, a tobacco dealer of Cincinnati; Kate W., Matt H., a resident of Kansas City, Mo.; John A., Jr., and William H., cashier in the city custom house. Mr. Crawford is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and politically he is a Democrat, having formerly been a Henry Clay Whig.