MARSHALL COUNTY, TN - BIOGRAPHIES - W. M. Crutcher
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W.M.CRUTCHER, dentist, is a son of Robert and Nancy L. (Childress) Crutcher
(for further particulars of parents see sketch of Samuel A. Crutcher), and was
born November 16, 1833, in Williamson County.  During his youth he had good
advantages for receiving an education, but did not make the best use of them,
a fact he has regretted all his life.  In 1861 he enlisted in Company D, First
Tennessee Infantry, Confederate Army, and during the four years of service was
never taken prisoner.  At the battle of Chickamauga he was struck by a minie-
ball, inflicting an ugly flesh wound.  Having returned and farmed a year he
turned his attention to the profession of dentistry.  In 1866 he married May
L. Hays, who was born in Maury County, June 9, 1846.  This union was blessed
by the birth of nine children.  Mr. Crutcher is a Democrat, and he and wife
and three of the boys are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.  Our
subject has now practiced his profession in this country about nineteen years
and has received a liberal patronage from the people.

Surnames: Chidress, Crutcher, Hays
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."