The surname Crichton and Creighton are identical, and were common very early in counties Edinburgh, Kirkoudbright, Pebless, Dumfries, and other counties in Scotland. The family held the earldoms of Caithness and Dumfries; the viscounties of Ayr and Frendraught, and the lordships of Crichton and Cumnock.

(I) Andrew Crichton was born and died in Scotland. He had a son David, mentioned below.

(II) David, son of Andrew Crichton, was born in Perthshire, Scotland, and, coming to this country, settled in Johnstown, New York. He died aged seventy. He carried on a distillery, and later removed to Ogdensburg, where he lived the rest of his life.
He married Janet Duff, a native of Scotland, who died at the age of ninety-six.
Children:
1. Charles Duff.
2. David John, mentioned below.
3. George.
4. Grace.
5. Janet.
6. Charlotte.
7. Louise, married Gilbert Lincoln French of Potsdam.

(III) David John, son of David Crichton, was born in Ogdensburg, N.Y., March 6, 1836, and received his education in the public schools of his native town. He established a brewery there in company with his brother Charles D. Crichton, under the firm name of C. D. & D. J. Crichton. About 1879 the brewery was destroyed by fire, and for eight years he had charge of the farm at the state hospital. For a number of years afterward he was engaged in the grain and feed business, and is now retired from active life.
In politics he is a Democrat. He is a member of Acacia Lodge, No. 705, F. and A. M., of Ogdensburg.
He married (first), 1865, Josephine M., daughter of John and Nancy J. (Magone) Barnet; (second) Chloe Thomas.
Children of first wife:
1. Charles D., removed west in 1880, and is now located on a ranch in Joseph, Idaho.
2. David John, mentioned below.
Children of second wife:
3. Harriet Grace, graduate of Mt. Hoyoke College and now teacher in Indiana, Pennsylvania, normal school.
4. Malcolm.

(IV) David John (2), son of David John (1) Crichton, was born in Ogdensburg, Oct. 13, 1866. He attended the public schools until he was thirteen years old, when he went to work for his father in the grain business. For a short time he worked in a grocery store. In 1890 he went west and was identified with the Northern Pacific Elevator Company in the grain business. He remained with them five years, covering different sections of the northwest, in 1895-06 being located in southern California. Returning to Ogdensburg in 1896, he was employed by the Rutland Railroad for about two years, and for a year with George F. Darrow in the newspaper business. In 1899 he was appointed city clerk for all the city boards, and has since held that position. He is engaged also in the retail coat business, succeeding L. M. Bristol, and is president of the Ontario and New York Power Company of Waddington, N.Y.
In politics he is a Democrat, and in religion an Episcopalian. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, of Ogdensburg, and was instrumental in organizing the lodge.
He married, July 17, 1890, Charlotte, daughter of Thomas Dewis of Ogdensburg. They have no children.

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