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Crompton, William, inventor, was born in 1806 in England. In 1836 he settled in Taunton, Mass., and while there devised a loom for the manufacture of fancy cotton goods, for which he received a patent in

At least three-fourths of all the woolen now made in the United States are woven on the Crompton loom, or on looms 1838.

goods

employing

its principles.

He

is

grandfather

of George Crompton, president of Crompton Associates, of Worcester, Mass. He died May 1, 1891, in Windsor, Conn. Cromwell, Bartlett James, naval officer, was bom March 28, 1841, in Nebraska. His first extensive trip was when he was commander and was assigned to the navigation of Admiral Schufeldt's flagship the Ticonderoga on its trip around the globe in 1879. In 1895 he was a member of the examining and retiring board of the navy department, being promoted to the rank of commodore in 1898. He succeeded to the rank of rear ad-

miral

when the naval personnel

bill

went

into force in 1899.

Cromwell, Henry Bowman, merchant, was in 1838. When the civil war began he sold nearly all his vessels to the government and immediately proceeded with the construction of two fine steamers, the George Washington and Oliver Cromwell, which subsequently sailed between New York and

bom

New

Orleans.

He

died

April

1864,

2,

in

Brooklyn, N.Y. Cromwell, William Nelson, lawyer. In 1889 he organized the National tube company, with a capital of eight million dollars. Cronin, David Edward, soldier, lawyer, journalist, artist, was born July 12, 1839, in Greenwich, N.Y. He enlisted in the union army during the civil war; and was brevetted major. He then practiced law until 1872, when he began the publication of the Binghamton Times. In 1876 it was consolidated with the Binghamton Republican. Cronin, John Francis, physician, surgeon, Sept. 1, 1865, in Augusta, Ga. In 1890 he graduated from the medical college of Georgia, the medical department of the university of Georgia at Augusta, Ga. He

was born

has

been

quarantine

Tampa, Punta Gorda and Appalachieola, Fla. and has filled numerous other positions of trust and officer at



honor.

He has

a,

large

and successful practice in Atlanta, Ga.; he is a member of the Georgia state medical association; is a member of the Ameriican medical association; and varioui other medical and scientific societies. He is examining physician for several fraternal and patriotic orders; and has attained success as one of the foremost physicians of the South.

Cronkhite,

Henry M.,

soldier,

surgeon,

poet, was born on March 14, 1834, in Little Falls, N.Y. He became acting assistant surgeon in the army until 1866; and since 1867 has been a surgeon in the United States army. He is the author of Reymond, a volume of poems.

Crook, Alja Robinson, educator, geologist,

was bom June

17, 1864, in Circleville, Ohio.

In 1887 he graduated from the Ohio We«leyan university with the degree of A.B.; studied in the British museum; in the universities of Berlin, Zurich and Munich; and received the degree of Ph.D. from the latter institution. He worked in three of the greatest museums in Europe; and since 1893 hai been professor of mineralogy and economic geology in the Northwestern university at Evanston, 111. As a mountaineer he has had experiences in the Urals, the Caucasus and in the mountains of the United States and Mexico. He is a lecturer of note; and is a fellow of the geological society of America. Since 1906 he has been curator of the Illinois state museum of natural history; and secretary in the Illinois state science. He is the author of The of the Chicago Area. is

academy of Mineralogy

Crook, George, soldier, was bom Sept. 8, 1838, near Dayton, Ohio. He entered upon the command of the Kanawha district in western Virginia in 1864 he made constant raids, and was in numerous actions. He received the brevets of brigadier-general and majorgeneral in the United States army in 1865. In 1872 he was assigned to the Arizona district to quell the Indian disturbances. He died March 21, 1890, in Chicago, HI. Crook, Harrison, physician, was bom April Maryland. In 1878 he received degree from the Georgetown Medical college; in which institution he was demonstrator of anatomy in 1878-82; and still holds the chair of clinical surgery. For the past ten years he has been surgeon to the Providence hospital of Washington, D.C. Crook, Isaac, clergyman, educator, college president, was bom in Crossville, Ohio. He has been president of the university of the Pacific; chancellor of the Nebraska Wesleyan university at Lincoln; and president of the Ohio university at Athens. He has been pastor of several leading churches; and is now pastor of the Methodist episcopal church at Ironton, Ohio. Crook, James King, physician, author, was bom Feb. 25, 1859, in Allentown, Ala. Since 1880 he has practiced medicine in New York City. He is the author of Mineral Waters of the United States. Crook, James Walter, educator, lecturer, author, was bom Dec. 21, 1858, in Bewd, Canada.^ Since 1895 he has been professor of economics in Amherst college. He is a lecturer of economical, social and educational subjects. He is the author of German Wage 13, 1850, in his medical

Theories.