Biographical Sketch of J. A. Key, Crawford County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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J. A. Key is the eldest in the family of eleven children born to 
Obadiah and Mary A. (Carter) Key, natives of Kentucky, who settled
in Washington County, MO., when they were children.  Immediately after
their marriage, in 1825, the parents settled in Crawford County, which
has since been their home.  Politically a Democrat, Obadiah Key served
as county judge and magistrate.  He was a good wagon-maker, and both 
he and wife were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  Mr.
Key died at the age of forty-three years, and his wife at the age of
fifty.  J. A. Key was born in what is now Crawford County in 1826.
He was reared on a farm, and his education was acquired by not more
than a twelve months' attendance at school.  In early life he hauled 
goods from St. Louis to Steelville until the building of the railroad,
and then learned the wagon-maker's trade, at which he worked more or 
less until within the last ten years.  In 1849 he married Jane A. 
Craig, who was born in Maries County, MO., in 1829.  They have had
seven children, three of whom are living: Samuel A., John T. and 
David M.  Mr. Key owns 314 acres of land, is a member of the Masonic
fraternity, and a Democrat in politics.  For two years he assisted in
conducting the business of the Farmers' Joint Stock Company.  Mr. and
Mrs. Key are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

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