The Author

Born in Mississippi, I grew up in Memphis, where I began a career with the Social Security Administration. My job moved me around to Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Mississippi, before I settled for good in Florence, AL. Taking advantage of an early retirement option, I retired from my position as Assistant District Manager of the Social Security Office at Florence in 1990 at the age of 52.

A couple of years later I went back to work as Executive Director of a local non-profit Hospice organization. Two years after that, I again retired, returned to Hospice to fill in as Director for a brief interim period a couple of years later, and finally retired for the third time! I am married and have two grown children.

My genealogy interest did not develop until retirement. The advent of the home computer age has helped me find and become friends with Crowson relatives all over the country. The wonders of email and the internet have been invaluable to me in making the writing of the book possible. My second favorite hobby is model railroading.