Barren County KyArchives Biographies.....Edmunds, Crittenden April 8, 1849 - 
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Source: Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed.,
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CRITTENDEN M. EDMUNDS was born April 8, 1849, in Glasgow, Ky., and is a son 
of William H. and Amanda M. (Moss) Edmunds, who had a family of three sons 
and one daughter. William H. Edmunds was born and reared eight miles 
southwest of Glasgow. When a young man, he graduated in law, practiced a few 
years, and then engaged in the mercantile business. In latter years he has 
been engaged in stock speculation. He was a captain in the commisary 
department in Hardee's corps; also enlisted in the Mexican War. He is a 
leading citizen of Barren County, and a son of William Edmunds, who married 
a Miss Lee. They were both natives of Virginia, and immigrated to Barren 
County, Ky., about 1800, where William was an extensive farmer and slave 
holder. He was known as Capt. William Edmunds; he was of English and his 
wife of Scotch-Irish descent; they were both strong believers in the 
doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he died in 1864, aged eighty-
eight years. Mrs. Amanda M. Edmunds was born in Glasgow, Ky., a daughter of 
Josiah and Maria (Spillman) Moss, who kept the Moss Hotel for many years in 
Glasgow. Josiah Moss was a soldier of the war of 1812. Crittenden M. Edmunds 
was reared in Glasgow until a lad of six years, then removed with his 
parents to a farm. He was educated at the public schools of Louisville and 
Volney Academy. At nineteen years of age he engaged as a salesman in a 
general store at Glasgow Junction, and in September, 1870, formed a 
partnership with Dr. J. S. Parrish. In 1871 he commenced as a traveling
salesman for Adams, Thorne & Co., of Nashville. He was united in marriage, 
May 1, 1872, with Sarah F. Dishman, of Barren County, Ky., a daughter of 
Robert C. and Mary W. (Norman) Dishman, natives of Barren County, Ky., and 
Virginia, respectively, of English origin. Robert C. Dishman in early life 
was a farmer, later a merchant, and was a son of William Dishman, of 
Virginia, who was one of the first settlers of Barren County. To Mr. and 
Mrs. Edmunds two children were born - one living - Ernest Chauncey. He and 
wife are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church and Presbyterian Churches, respectively. In the fall of 
1872 Mr. Edmunds entered the mercantile business, which he continued until 
1879, when he turned his attention exclusively to the drug business, in 
which he has been successful. He is a member of the K. of P.; politically he 
is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote in 1872. In November, 
1885, he was appointed post master at Glasgow Junction, under the present 
administration.

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