Fred Crain was born in December 1887 and died in August 1971. He lived in Pine Bluff Arkansas most of his life. He had three daughters, Freddie, Eirdie and Mary Jane Crain. He was a school teacher in Arkansas and was married to Nancy Barnett. He also had a son, Maxwell Brown, from his second marriage to Mollie Brown. Fred Crain was half Choctaw Indian and American Negro. He had 21 siblings. His youngest daughter, Mary Jane Hughes is still living in Jackson MS and is 95 years old as of 2017.