History of Hardinsburg, (Dearborn County) Indiana United States of America

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A Short Biography of James Addison Cravens

James Addison Cravens, representative, was born in Rockingham county, Va., Nov. 4, 1818; son of John and Nancy (Newman) Cravens; grandson of William and Jane (Harrison) Cravens; and a descendant of John Cravens, an officer in the Revolutionary war, and of Benjamin Harrison, signer of the Declaration of Independence. He removed to Hardinsburg, Ind., in 1840 and engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was major of the 2d Indiana volunteers in the Mexican war, 1846-47. He was a representative in the state legislature, 1848-49, and a state senator, 1856-53. He was appointed brigadier-general of militia in 1854, and a state agent in 1859. He was a Democratic representative in the 37th and 38th congresses, 1861-65, and was a delegate to the Union national convention at philadelphia in 1866, and to the Democratic national convention of 1868. He also served as president of the Agricultural societies of Washington and Orange counties, Ind. He died at Hardinsburg, Ind., June 20, 1893.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor