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CAPT. J. T. CROWE
Of Co. I, 26^th Missouri Infantry

John T. Crowe was born in Franklin county, Mo., December 28, 1841. He was educated in the public schools and served in his father’s office as Deputy County Clerk. He enlisted in the Union army under the first call of President Lincoln for troops, among the three months’ men. In September, 1861, enlisted for three years in the 26^th Missouri Infantry and was advanced from the ranks to the office of 2^nd Lieut.., then 1^st Lieut., then captain of Co. I, of said regiment, a position he filled until the expiration of his term. Capt. Crowe returned home in the winter of 1865, and was

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commissioned by the Governor of the state as Adjutant for the 2^nd Military District of State Troops. He further assisted his father in the county clerk’s office until 1870. In 1872 he was elected sheriff of Franklin County; re-elected in 1874; elected Judge of Probate in 1876; appointed Deputy United States Revenue Collector in 1881, and was admitted to the bar of Franklin county in 1868, and elected to represent Franklin county in the 36^th General Assembly in 1890.

Capt. Crowe’s family is among the oldest of the state. His great-grandfather was a native born German, and settled in St. Charles county in 1796. Capt. Crowe’s father M. S. G. Crowe was born in Franklin county in 1818. Capt. Crowe is now engaged in farming.