J. W. Crowdus
Dr. John William Crowdus , a physician, was mayor of Dallas from 1881 to 1883.
Dr. John William Crowdus was born July 6, 1828 in Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky to Mark Crowdus and Frances Bush Eubank. He married Fannie Hammond in 1849 probably in Simpson County, Kentucky. They had six children. Their daughter, Elizabeth, married Thomas Marsalis, land developer and founder of Oak Cliff. After the death of his first wife in 1885, Dr. Crowdus married Mrs. Margaret Adeline Lindsey Bickham.
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