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Crafton Family History
"In as much as I am interested to have an account of my ancestors back three hundred years, I take it for granted that my children and grand-children will like the same facts a hundred years from to date. -Eugene Calhoun Crafton, Sr. 1951.
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Crafton Tennessee history
George G. Ware b February 8, 1794 d September 23, 1862. Married Jane Middleton February 6, 1825. Moved from Edgefield South Carolina to Haywood County TN now Stanton in 1834.
Joseph David Crafton b “The Fork” Edgefield County South Carolina. Married June 5, 1862 to Carrie Middleton Ware. .Served Company A Cavalry Battalian Legion South Carlolina Confederate Service America. Discharged in the Spring of 1865. Moved to Stanton soon after the war. Set up a business as a Pharmacist and Drug Store owner, Planter and Headmaster of the Stanton School. Died December 26, 1886 from a stroke thought to be caused from exhaustion from fighting store fires the night that Stanton burned. His wife Carrie was expecting a child. The only one of her eight children to reach adulthood. She died March 23, 1920.
Eugene Calhoun Crafton b. August 4 1877 d. October 27, 1959 Lifelong resident of Stanton TN. First marriage; January 3, 1906. to Leila Aileen Coppedge b. 10/06/1883 d. 11/3/1906 Daughter of John Fletcher Coppedge and Leila Martin of Stanton TN. Leila Aileen died of complications ten days after giving birth to her only child Leila Averil.
Leila Averil Crafton b. October 24 1906. d. May 26, 1991. Married Edmond Wilder Taylor July 25, 1901 and lived in "New Hope" ancestrial home of Richard Taylor built in 1829 in the community of Tabernacle near Brownsville, TN.
Second marriage; June 19, 1916 to Hattie Lou Reeves b. 2/2/1885 d. 2/19/1959 Daughter of William Reeves and Lou Douglas Reeves of Sommerville, TN
Children:
Eugene Calhoun Crafton, Jr. January 1, 1921 – January 23, 1980
Joe Reeves Crafton Sr. b. September 17, 1925 d. June 5, 2003. Married Pattie Marie Thornton 12/30/1959. He was babtized on April 3, 1927 by Rev. W. Douglas Mathis at Stanton Presbyterian Church. He completed the Elementary course of study at Stanton School April 19, 1940. He graduated from Brownsville High School May 11 1944 and attended The Willam R. Moore School, Memphis TN about ten months. Entered the Army August 27 1945 at Ft. McPhereson, Atlanta Ga. Infantry rifle training at Camp Blanding FL. In January 1946 went overseas to European Theater of Operations and served 11 months in Berlin, Germany. Was chief switchboard operator in Headquarters regiment rating Technician Fifth Grade. While in Europe traveled Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy. Was discharged from active duty December 27, 1946 at Fort Dix, NY. Joe entered University of Tennessee Junior College, Martin, TN. January 1, 1947 and finished there June 1, 1948. He entered the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in September 1948 and graduated March 17, 1951 receiving a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. April 1951 started work for Humko Manufacturing Company in Memphis TN as a Mechanical Engineer. Project Engineer 1956-57 Champaign IL. 1962-64 Engineering Project Manager responsible for building the Buena Park CA plant. 1966- 1986 Plant Manager Memphis plant. Largest vegetable oil refinery in the world. AC Humko was later aquired by Kraft Food Ingredients. Joe as appointed Kraft Food Ingredients affirmative action task force Chairman 1979 and 1986.
Children: Nicholas Thornton Crafton b May 24, 1960
Joe Reeves Crafton, Jr. b. May 18, 1962
Eugene Middleton Crafton b. March 21, 1965
Hugh Fletcher Crafton b. October 7, 1966
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