Kentucky: A History of the State. Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 6th ed.,1887,
Spencer Co.

J.W. CRUTCHER was born in 1855 in Spencer County, Ky., the sixth of seven
children born to John and Hannah (Brown) Crutcher.  John was born December
11, 1804, and died in 1868.  He was a son of Sebert Crutcher, who came to
Kentucky from Virginia, and was a farmer.  Mrs. Hannah Crutcher was born in
1816, a daughter of Raphael Brown, of Spencer County, who came from Nelson
County.  The Browns came to Kentucky from New Jersey.  Our subject was
educated in the schools of Taylorsville, and from the age of eighteen until
1880 was employed as a printer in the office of the _Spencer Journal_.  In
the meantime the name of the paper was changed to the _Spencer Courier_.
>From 1880 to August, 1883, he was editor and business manager, and at the
latter date became editor and proprietor.  The paper is one of the best in
the county, and has a large circulation.  Mr. Crutcher is also deputy
postmaster under his sister, Mrs. Ruth C. Burton, who was appointed
postmistress in April, 1886.  Mrs. Burton is the widow of W.T. Burton, who
was editor and founder of the newspaper at Taylorsville, and was an able
attorney.  In 1887 Mr. Crutcher married Miss Myrtie Gibson, daughter of
L.G. Gibson, a leading citizen of Shelby County.

Crutcher Brown Burton Gibson
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