Henry A. Crabb

Henry Alexander Crabb
Born1822 or 1824
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedApril 7, 1857 (aged 35 or 37)
Caborca, Sonora, Mexico
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
Allegiance United States
Branch Filibuster Army
UnitArizona Colonization Company
ConflictsReform War
SpouseFilomena Ainsa

Henry Alexander Crabb (died April 7, 1857) was an American soldier from Tennessee and Mississippi, and an early member of the California State Senate, who served during a term ending in 1854. He is famous for coming to an ignominious end as a filibuster (freelance colonizer), when he was killed by Mexican troops who reportedly sent his severed head to the capital city preserved in a barrel of wine.

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