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Cranston, John

president of Rhode Island. He was attorney-general of the colony; was deputy governor in 1672, which he filled until elected governor in 1678, which office he held until his death, March 12, 1680.

Cranston, John Samuel

president of Rhode Island, was a son of John Cranston. In 1698 he became governor, and was thirty times successively chosen to that place, holding the office until his death in 1727. a

Cranston, Robert Bennie

banker, congressman, was born Jan. 14, 1791, in Newport, R. I. He was a banker for several years, was postmaster, and member of the state legislature, serving for one term as speaker. Subsequently he was sent to congress as a law-and-order whig, and served in 1847-49. He bequeathed $75,000 to those poor of Newport who are too honest to steal and too proud to beg. He died Jan. 27, 1873, in Newport, R. I.

Crapo, Henry Howland

lumber manufacturer, state senator, governor, was born May 24, 1804, in Dartmouth, Mass. He moved to Michigan in 1857, was for a time mayor of Flint, and served in the state senate. He was twice elected governor of the state, in 1864 and 1866, performing important services during the progress of the rebellion. died July 23, 1869, in Flint, Mich.

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Crapo, William Wallace

lawyer, congressman, was born May 16, 1830, in Dartmouth, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts legislature in 1857; and in 1875 was elected a representative to the forty-fourth congress to fill a vacancy; and was re-elected to the fortyfifth, forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a democrat.

Crapo, William Wallace

railroad president, was born May 16, 1830, in Dartmouth, Mass. Since 1882 he has been president of the Flint, Pere and Marquette railway.

Crary, Horace H

tanner, was born Aug. 29, 1824, in Liberty, N. Y. In different firms he is interested in tanneries at Sheffield, and in the Penn and the Union Tanning companies, each of them virtually a syndicate of tanners. He was active in forming the United States Leather company, and his interests are now merged therein.

Crary, Isaac E

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in Preston, Conn. He moved to the territory of Michigan, and was appointed a general of militia.

He was elected a delegate to congress from the territory in 1835 and 1836; and was a representative in congress from that state from the time of its admission into the union in 1836 to 1841. He died May 8, 1854, in Marshall, Mich.

Craven, Elija Richardson

clergyman, author, was born March 28, 1824, in Washington, D. C. He has filled pastorates in the presbyterian churches of Somerville and Newark, N. J.; and is the author of many articles for reviews.

Craven, Henry Smith

civil engineer, inventor, was born Oct. 14, 1845, in Bound Brook, N. J. He took charge of the construction of the new Croton aqueduct in New York, up to 1886. He is the inventor of an automatic trip for mining buckets, and of a tunneling machine.

Cravens, James A

soldier, agriculturist, congressman, was born Nov. 4, 1818, in Rockingham county, Va. In 1848- 49 he was elected to the legislature of Indiana; in 1850 elected to the state senate, serving three years; and in 1854 was commissioned a brigadier-general of militia. In 1860 he was elected a representative from Indiana to the thirty-seventh congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-eighth congress. con-

Cravens, James H

soldier, gressman, was born in 1798 in Rockingham county, Va. He was a representative in congress from Indiana from 1841 to 1843; and was subsequently a candidate of the free-soil party for the office of governor. He served as colonel of an Indiana regiment during the war for the suppression of the rebellion.