Asa's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Crow family tree.

Asa's Family

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Photos and snapshots taken of Asa Lee Crow, his Crow family, and locations and places or events from his life.

Sinclair and Crow

Crow and Stafford siblings

Oleander Tea, Galveston, Texas

CROW 50th anniversary

Crows, their daughter and son-in-law

Trip to Fort Davis, Texas

Fort Davis, Texas

Asa Lafayette Crow

Asa Lee Crow, Sr.

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In 1884, in the year that Asa Lee Crow was born, on December 6th, the Washington Monument was completed. Building began in 1848 but was stopped because of lack of funds and also due to the Civil War. It would be dedicated in 1885. At the time of its completion, it was the tallest structure in the world.

In 1915, at the age of 31 years old, Asa was alive when in May, the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German torpedo. The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was sailing from New York to Liverpool England. She sank in 18 minutes - 1,198 died and 761 survived. While travelers were the main casualty - and commodity - the Lusitania did carry wartime weapons. "Remember the Lusitania" became the rallying cry of World War 1.

In 1920, at the age of 36 years old, Asa was alive when Italian born factory worker Nicola Sacco and fish peddler Bartolomeo Vanzetti were picked up by police on May 5th in connection with the April 15th murder and robbery of a guard and a paymaster at the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in South Braintree, Mass. Although in later years they were thought to be innocent, they were anarchists and were convicted of the crime and put to death.

In 1951, when he was 67 years old, on June 25th, CBS began broadcasting in color. There were well over 10 million televisions by that time. The first show in color was a musical variety special titled "Premiere". Hardly anyone had a color TV that could see the show.

In 1967, in the year of Asa Lee Crow's passing, on October 2nd, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black US Supreme Court justice. Marshall was the great-grandson of a slave and graduated first in his class at Howard University Law School. His nomination to the Supreme Court was approved by the Senate, 69 to 11.