Marriage record calls him James H. Crass (SV-226 & SV-746)
1860 Lee co., VA census: Aged 9, living with parents and 6 siblings. (SV-404 pg 93 & SV-715)
1870 VA census: Living in Lee co. aged 18 with parents and 6 siblings and James Hutton. (SV-713)
Abt 1873 They moved to Kansas (SV-149) However it appears all their children were born in Lee Co., VA.
1878 He was in Kentucky, back in Lee co. in 1882 and to Kansas in 1884. (SV-404 pg 10)
1880 VA census: Living in Lee co. with wife, Lou M., 2 daughters and 3 sons. (SV-314)
SV-152 pg 213 says they moved to Kansas to farm near Horton, Brown co., Kansas in 1884 or 1885. Edgar’s Vol. 2 says they moved to Horton, Brown co., Kansas in 1885. (SV-404 pg 95)
He died when he was visiting his son, Robert G., in Mosouri (SV-152 pg 213)
SV-242 claims he died in Kansas