Born Jan. 1867 according to 1900 VA census (SV-164)
1870 census indicates he was 6 yrs old. (SV-713)
Edgar’s Vol. 2 says they married 18 Apr 1887. (SV-404 pg 318)
By 1888 he was married living in Virginia (SV-164)
1870 VA census: Living in Wise co. aged 6 with parents and 4 siblings. (SV-713 & SV-715)
1880 VA census: Living in Wise co., VA aged 15 with parents and siblings (SV-200 & 314 & 576)
1900 VA Census (Ancestry.com): Henry Crass (sic) (Jun 1867 KY) Coalminer living in Gilley, Wise Co., with wife, Sinthy (Oct 1868 KY); married 12 yrs with 6 kids, all living with 6 kids: Angeline (Jun 1889 VA); Manday (Oct 1889 VA); Martha (Apr 1891 VA); Mary Lee (Nov 1892 VA); Howard (Nov 1894 VA) and dau., Cosley (Apr 1899 VA). (SV-164 & 201)
1910 VA Census (Ancestry.com): Not found.
1920 Wise Co., VA census: Living in Appalachia, aged 55 with wife, Synthey (54) and 3 children: dau., Elia (15); Howard (23) and Buford (12). (SV-1433.4)
1930 VA census (Ancestry.com): Aged 62, living in Wise Co., VA with wife, Chenthiama (61); dau. Elua (21); dau., Myrtle Mahan (26) and grandson, Herbert Mahan (9). (SV-1043)