Charles Augustus Crow (March 31, 1873 – March 20, 1938) was a

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from

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. Born on a farm near

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, Crow attended the common schools. He moved to a farm near

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, in August 1896 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He moved to Caruthersville, Pemiscot County, in 1901 and engaged in the real estate and insurance business. He was postmaster of Caruthersville from May 19, 1902, to January 14, 1909. Crow was elected as a

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to the Sixty-first Congress (March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress. He moved to

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, in 1911 and resumed agricultural pursuits. He also engaged in the real estate and insurance business. He died in

, March 20, 1938, at the age of 64. He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery. He is one of singer Sheryl Crow's great-grandfathers.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crow, Charles Augustus 1873 births 1938 deaths People from Sikeston, Missouri Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri People from Stoddard County, Missouri People from Campbell, Missouri Sheryl Crow