Obediah Crew French was a state legislator in Mississippi.
[3] Z. P. Landrum, a fellow legislator, called him a low-bred carpet bag cur.
[4] He was from Ohio and served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
[6] He lost a state senate election to T. P. Gore in Oklahoma.
[5] He married Mary Carey Fowler May 1, 1856 in Ravenna, Ohio.