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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. South Wales, Australia. He was educated at Eaton college of England; and at Trinity college of Cambridge, England. All his life he has been engaged in agricultural and pastoral pursuits in New Zealand, Queensland, Florida and the state of Washington. He has now retired from active work; resides in the state of Washington at Tacoma; and is prominently identified with its business and public affairs. He has filled numerous positions of trust and honor during his life. In 1906-08 he

was a representative

in the

Washington state

legislature. Croft, George William, soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 20, 1846, in Newberry county, S.C. He was a cadet in the confederate service during the

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eral in the British army; one of his uncles was a member of parliament; and another uncle was a governor of Bermuda. He came to the United States with his father when two years of age; and his father served in the civil war. Richard Croker was elected alderman of New York City in 1867, 1869 and 1883; was elected coroner in 1872, 1875; and in 1889-90 he was city chamberlain.

For many years he has been the recognized leader of the

New York

Tammany

hall organization of

City.

civil

Morris William, educator, author, April 16, 1872, in Gettysburg, Pa. In 1901-05 he was associate editor of Lippincott-Worcester dictionary. In 1905-06 he was an instructor if English; and since 1906 has been preceptor. He is the author of

in

Works

war. Since 1870 he has practiced law Aiken, S.C. He has served two terms as a member of the South Carolina state legislature; and one term in the state senate In 1903-05 was a representative from South Carolina to the fifty-eighth congress as a democrat. He died March 10, 1904, in Washington, D.C. Crofton, Robert Erskine Anderson, soldier, was born in Ireland. He enlisted in the United States army from Delaware. In 1861 he was captain in the sixteenth regiment United States infantry; served throughout the civil war; and became a colonel. He was brevetted lieutenant-colonel for gallant and meritorious services in the battles Chickamauga and Mission Ridge. He was retired in 1897. He died June 21, 1898. Crofts, George W., clergyman, author, poet, was April 9, 1842, in Leroy, 111. He was the poet of the national farmers' congress. He was the author of Golden Rod, Croghan, George, soldier, was Nov. 15, 1791, in Louisville, Ky. In 1811 he served in the battle of Tippecanoe; and fought in the war of 1812 under General Proctor and gained the promotion of lieutenant-colonel brevet. In 1813 he was commander at Fort

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Stephenson. In 1825 he was appointed Inspector-general of the army, with the rank of colonel; and served as such with General Taylor in Mexico in 1846-47. He died Jan. 8, 1849, in New Orleans, La. Croghan, George St, John, soldier, inventor. He was an officer in the confederate service. He invented a peculiar pack-saddle for mules which had been successfully used in conveying wounded men over the mountain-passes of western Virginia. He died from a wound received in battle in December, 1861, in McCoy's Mills, W.Va. Crogman, William Henry, educator, college president, was born May 5, 1841, in the Indies. He spent ten years if his life on shipboard; and since 1870 has been engaged in educational work. In 1876-1903 he taught classics; and since 1903 has been president of Clark university of South At-

West

lanta, Ga.

Croker, Richard, political leader,

was bom

Nov. 24, 1843, in Ireland. His grandfather.

Major Henry Croker, was an inspector-gen-

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of Sir Fulke Greville. Croly, David Goodman, journalist, author, was born Nov. 3, 1829, in New York City. In 1873-78 he was editor of the New York Graphic. He was the author of Life of Horatio SeymOur; History of Reconstruction; The Positivist Primer; and Glimpses of the Future. He died April 29, 1889, in New

York

City.

Croly, Mrs. Jane Cunningham, journalist, founder, author, and known as Jennie June, was born Dec. 19, 1832, in England. She was the founder of Sorosis, and was editor of Demorest's Magazine in 1860-87, She originated the duplicate News letter, which laid the foundation of the Syndicate system. She was the authpr of Talks on Women's Topics; For Better or Worse; Knitters and Crpchet; Letters and Monograms; Cookery Book for Y'oung Beginners; Thrown upon her Own Resources ; History of the Woman's Club Movement in America. She died Dee. 23, 1901, in New York City. Cromer, George B., educator, college president, was born Oct. 3, 1857, in Newberry county, S.C. In 1881-96 he practiced law in

Newberry, S.C; and in 1886-90 was mayor of that city. Since 1896 he has been president of Newberry college of South Carolina. Cromer, George Washington, lawyer, congressman, was born May 13, 1856 in Madison county, Ind. In 1886-90 he was prosecuting attorney for the forty-sixth circuit and was mayor of Muncie in 1894. In 18991907 he was a representative from Indiana to the fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth congresses as a republican. Crommelin, Emeline Gifford, educator, author, was born in Orange, N.J. Since graduating from the Orange high school, she has been a teacher in the collegiate school for boys of New York City. She is the author of Famous Legends. Crompton, George, manufacturer, inventor, was born March 23, 1839, in England. In 1851 he engaged in the manufacture of fancy looms in Worcester, Mass.; and there established the Crompton and Knowles Loom Works. He was the inventor of many inventions relating to textile machinery. He died Dec. 29, 1886, in Worcester, Mass.