John Crittenden, Sr.
John Jordan Crittenden (* 1754 in New Kent, Virginia; † May 1806 in Woodford County, Kentucky ) was a Major in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and a member of the lower house of the government of Virginia, 1790-1805.
Life
He was the son of an influential family of politicians and army officers, a large role in the politics played until the end of the 19th century by several southern states.
Crittenden was the son of John Crittenden and Margaret Butler. On August 21, 1783, he married Judith Harris, daughter of John Harris and Obedience Turpin. John and Judith were eight children, including the later politician John Jordan Crittenden and Robert Crittenden. He was a founding member of the Society of the Cincinnati Virginiaabteilung.
Family
- Robert Crittenden (1797-1834), American politician ( son )
- John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), American politician ( son )
- Thomas Turpin Crittenden (1825-1905), General of the Northern states during the Civil War ( grandson)
- George Bibb Crittenden (1812-1880), American General ( grandson)
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden (1832-1909), American politician ( grandson)
- Thomas Leonidas Crittenden (1819-1893), American General ( grandson)
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden, Jr. (1863-1938) was mayor of Kansas City, Missouri between 1908-1909 ( great-grandson )
Swell
- John Jordan Crittenden at familysearch.org, accessed on November 11, 2012
- Military person ( Continental Army )
- Americans
- Born in 1754
- Died in 1806
- Man