Biography of George A. Crow    Massac County, Illinois

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Source: "The Biographical Review of Johnson, Massac, Pope & Hardin Counties,
Illinois" 
Published in 1893 

page 210 & 211 

GEORGE A. CROW, County Judge of Pope County, early displayed fine abilities as
a lawyer, has risen rapidly in his profession, and is distinguished as being 
one of the youngest members of the judiciary presiding over the courts of 
southern Illinois. This is his native State, and he was born on a farm nine 
miles from Metropolis, in Massac County, March 17, 1860. He is a son of Jacob
W. Crow, of whom an extensive sketch appears elsewhere in this work. 

His boyhood days being passed on a farm, our subject had to assist in its 
labors as soon as old enough to be of use. His education was not neglected, 
however, and the bright, ambitious lad made the best of his opportunities to 
attend school. At the age of nineteen he began to teach, and taught seven terms
in the winter and one term in the summer. In the meantime he was fitting himself 
for the legal profession, for which he had a decided taste, and so well did he 
employ his spare time in the study of law that he was admitted to the bar in 1884. 
He at once commenced practice at Golconda, and has resided here ever since. His 
success was assured from the start, and his natural gifts soon brought him to the 
front among the most talented members of the Bar. In 1886, after scarcely two years'
experience before the courts, he was elected County Judge, and in 1890 he was 
re-elected to this responsible position. He fills the office with becoming dignity,
and his decisions are marked by an accurate knowledge of the law as bearing on each 
case tried before him, by sound common sense, and by a keen sense of justice. The 
Judge cast his first vote for Garfield in 1880, and has been a stanch supporter of 
the principles of the Republican party ever since. 
Socially, he is a member of Golconda Lodge No. 292, I, O. O. F. 

Jndge Crow was married October 10, 1883, to Miss Flora Hemphill, a native of Pope
County. She was born five miles south of Golconda, and is a daughter of Samuel D. 
Hemphill, a pioneer of the county. The Judge and his amiable wife are people of 
high social standing, friendly, courteous and considerate in their relations with 
all with whom they come in contact, and in their home they welcome the coming or 
speed the parting guest with genuine tact and perfect hospitality. The Judge and wife
are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he is an Elder.