John Wesley Crockett

From 1837 to 1841, John W. Crockett, son of David Crockett, represented the same congressional district his father had represented before the legendary frontiersman died at the Alamo in 1836. He married Martha Hamilton in 1828 and practiced law in Paris. From 1841 to 1843, Crockett served as state attorney general for the Ninth District. He moved to New Orleans in 1843, became editor of the National in 1848, and established the Crescent in 1850. After moving to Memphis, he died there in 1852 a few months later and was buried in the Old City Cemetery.

Paris, Tennessee · United States