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Crittenden was born in 1832 in Shelbyville, Kentucky, to Henry and Anna Maria Crittenden. He was born into a political family and was the nephew of Kentucky Governor John J. Crittenden. He was educated at Centre College and also studied law with his uncle. [1]
Thomas Theodore Crittenden was born on January 1, 1832 near Shelbyville in Shelby County, Kentucky. His father, Henry Crittenden, was a younger brother of John Jordan Crittenden. His mother, Anna M. (Allen) Crittenden, was the daughter of John Allen, an eminent Kentucky lawyer.
Thomas Theodore Crittenden Jr. was born on December 23, 1863, near Springfield, Illinois. His father was Missouri Governor Thomas Theodore Crittenden. He was the great-grandson of John Crittenden Sr.; grandnephew of John Jordan Crittenden and Robert Crittenden.
In 1856, Crittenden married Caroline Wheeler "Carrie" Jackson (August 1, 1839 – January 27, 1917) and had several children. His son Thomas T. Crittenden Jr. was later a mayor of Kansas City, and his son Henry Huston Crittenden (1859–1943) was compiler of The Crittenden Memoirs (1936).
Thomas Theodore Crittenden, 1832–1909, governor of Missouri (1881–85), b. Shelby co., Ky.; nephew of John J. Crittenden. In the Civil War he served (1862–65) as lieutenant colonel of a Missouri cavalry regiment in the fighting in Missouri and Arkansas.
Aug 20, 2024 · Who was Thomas Theodore Crittenden? Thomas Theodore Crittenden was a United States colonel during the American Civil War, and a Democratic politician who served as the 24th Governor of Missouri from 1881 to 1885.
Thomas T. Crittenden was born on January 1, 1832, near Shelbyville in Shelby County, Kentucky. His parents were Henry and Ann. M. Allen Crittenden. He attended school at Cloverport, Kentucky, and in 1852 entered Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. He graduated in 1855.
