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Crompton, George – Cropsey, Jasper Francis

Crompton, George

manufacturer, inventor, was born March 23, 1829, in England. In 1851 he engaged in the manufacture of fancy looms in Worcester, Mass., where the Crompton loom works have since been established.

Cronin, J. Francis

physician, surgeon, was born Sept. 1, 1865, in Augusta, Ga. He graduated from the university of Georgia, and has attained success as a physician in Florida. He has been quarantine officer at Tampa, Punta Gorda, and Appalachicola, Fla., and filled other positions of trust.

Cronkhite, Henry M

soldier, surgeon, poet, was born 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 a volume of poems entitled Reymond.

Crook, Harrison

physician, was born April 13, 1850, in Maryland. In 1878 he received his medical 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. He is one of the leading physicians of the nation's capital.

Crook, Isaac

clergyman, educator, college president. He has been president of the university of the Pacific; chancellor of the Nebraska Wesleyan university; and is now president of the Ohio university of Athens. He is a constant contributor to current literature.

Crooke, Philip S

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born March 2, 1810, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He was elected a presidential elector in 1852, and a member of the state legislature in 1863. He served forty years in the national guard of the state of New York, from private to brigadier-general; and commanded the fifth brigade in Pennsylvania in 1863. He was elected to the forty-third congress.

Crooker, Jabez C

soldier, lawyer, was born Jan. 16, 1820, in Woodstock, Vt. He graduated from the military university of Vermont, and served as a captain in the fifty-fifth regiment Illinois volunteer infantry. In 1847 he was admitted to the bar, and has practiced in all state and federal courts.

Crooks, George Richard

clergyman, author, was born Feb. 3, 1822, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a methodist clergyman and religious journalist; and the author of Life of John McClintock, Life of Matthew Simpson; First Books in Latin and Greek (with J. McClintock); and Latin-English Lexicon.

Crooks, Samuel Stearns

manufacturer, was born April 30, 1851, in Hopkinton, Mass. In 1892 he started the business known as Sharood and Crooks, manufacturers of fine shoes and slippers, and in 1894 more than 2,000 persons were engaged in this factory in St. Paul, Minn.

Cropper, John

soldier, was born in 1756, in Virginia. He served in the revolutionary war; and attained the rank of colonel. He died Jan. 15, 1821.

Cropsey, Andrew George

soldier, lawyer, was born Feb. 10, 1850, in New Utrecht, N. Y. In 1874-1880 he was justice of the peace and school commissioner of Kings county, N. Y. He served as a private in the civil war.

Cropsey, Jasper Francis

artist, was born Feb. 18, 1823, in Staten Island, N. Y. In 1837, at the age of thirteen, he received a diploma from Mechanics and American Institute fairs of New York city for architectural modeling. He received a medal and diploma for painting from the Philadelphia Centennial exposition, and a medal for services in the London exhibition of 1862. His principal works are Autumn on the Hudson; and A Showery Day.