THEODORE CRAWLEY has won a notable position at the bar 
of Putnam County, and for over a quarter of a century 
has been in practice at Greencastle. He is known as a 
liberal minded man, experienced and resourceful, and 
has devoted his time and talents to an extensive 
general law practice. He was born in Putnam County, 
Indiana, June 3, 1874. The Crawley family came from 
England. Mr. Crawley traces his lineage in an unbroken 
line in his paternal ancestry back to the year 1680. 
The Crawleys lived for several generations in North 
Carolina. That was the home of his great-great-grand-
father, John Crawley, who died before the Revolutionary 
war, and three of his sons were soldiers in the 
struggle for independence, one of them being 
killed during the war. The great-grandfather, 
Henry R. Crawley, moved over the mountains and settled 
in Claiborne County, Tennessee. The Crawleys while 
in Tennessee were slaveholders. Theodore Crawley’s 
father, Jefferson Crawley, was born in Claiborne 
County, Tennessee, August 16, 1828, a son of William 
Crawley, of Claiborne County. Jefferson Crawley came 
to Indiana in 1834 and lived to be seventy-six years 
of age. He died in 1904 and is buried in the old 
cemetery at Greencastle. Jefferson Crawley married 
Mary Wofford, whose father, Benjamin Wofford, was 
a soldier in the War of 1812. Of their four children,
 Crawford, Horace G., William E. and Theodore, 
Theodore is the only one now living. Theodore 
Crawley was educated in the public schools at 
Greencastle, also studied at home and for four 
years worked and studied in the law offices of 
John W. Lane and Jackson Boyd. In 1903 he was 
admitted to the bar and has been in practice at 
Greencastle ever since. He has found satisfaction 
for his ambition in the good work he has been able 
to do as a lawyer and has had only the interest of 
a good citizen in politics. He is a Democrat, a 
member of the Presbyterian Church and the Improved
 Order of Red Men. Mr. Crawley married, December 
29, 1904, Miss Minnie R. Davidson. Before her 
marriage she was private secretary to H. U. Brown, 
manager of the Indianapolis News. She passed away 
January 3, 1920. In 1921 Mr. Crawley married Clara 
M. Hodshire, of Putnam County, who received her 
education in the public schools and in DePauw 
University and was a teacher the greater part 
of her life, having taught in the states of 
Washington, Missouri and for the most part in 
Indiana, six years in the City of Greencastle. 
Her father was James S. Hodshire, who was born 
in Maryland, in the year 1816, and moved to 
Indiana when eleven years old. In 1845 he 
married Susannah Brown, who was a native of 
Kentucky. A great-uncle of Susannah Brown, 
William Burroughs, was with George Rogers Clark 
in the conquest of the Northwest.