Crain, James W.

Born: 1800 Kentucky

James Crain was the executor of the estate of his brother Lewis F. Crain, who died in 1834. Abraham Lincoln was an attorney in four legal cases in Tazewell County related to the settlement of the Crain estate.

For Lincoln's cases involving Crain, search "Crain, James W.," Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis et al., eds., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, 2d edition (Springfield: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2009), http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org.