Background
ASHCRAFT, Cyrus Washington was born on February 27, 1866 in Clay Company, Alabama, United States. Son of Andrew Jackson and Eliza Eleanor (Wiley) Ashcraft.
ASHCRAFT, Cyrus Washington was born on February 27, 1866 in Clay Company, Alabama, United States. Son of Andrew Jackson and Eliza Eleanor (Wiley) Ashcraft.
Alabama Poly. Institute., Bachelor of Science, 1888.
Held Chair in Eng. State Normal College, 1888-1890. Jointly owned and edited Florence Times, 1890-1892. Owned and edited Opelika Post, 1894-1898.
Mayor of Florence, 1910-1912. Served with Young Men's Christian Association in France. Chief Secretary, Young Men's Christian Association, Army of Occupation, during World War.
Elected Representative, Landerdale Company, 1922, 1926. Chairman, Ways and Means Committee.
Baptist Church.
Member, Board of Trustees, Judson College, for Women, since 1912. Alabama Poly. Institute., since 1923. Delegate to National.
Democrat Convention, 1924. Member; Masons; 32° Knight Templar. Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Knights of Pythias.
Elks; Young Men's Christian Association Executive Committee Clubs: Florence Golf and Country, Beauvoir (Montgomery, Alabama), Greenwich Colony.
Spouse Gillian Chilton Brown, February 3, 1910, Marion, Alabama.