Crounse, Lorenzo
governor, soldier, legislator, jurist, was born Jan. 27, 1834, in Sharon, N. Y. For awhile he was employed with his father in the tanning business; then taught school; and was admitted to the bar in 1857.
During the war he was captain of battery K, first regiment New York light artillery; and he was severely wounded during the second Bull Run battle. In 1866 he served in the territorial legislature of Nebraska; in 1867 he was elected a justice of the supreme court; and for several years was supreme court reporter. He served in the forty-third and forty-fourth congresses as a republican; and in 1892 was elected governor of the state of Nebraska.
CROUSE, GEORGE WASHINGTON, soldier, manufacturer, congressman, was born Nov. 23, 1832, in Tallmadge, Ohio.
He has been prominently identified with the business and public affairs of Akron, Ohio; and during the war was a sergeant in company F, one hundred and sixty-fourth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. During 1885-87 he was a member of the Ohio state senate; when he resigned and was elected to the fiftieth congress as a republican. He is now president of the City National bank; the Akron Twine and Cordage company; the Akron Printing and Publishing company; the Akron Water Works company; and numerous other business enterprises. a CROUTER, A. L. EDGERTON, educator, author, was born in Canada. He is superintendent of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb; and is the author of Statistics of Articulation Teaching in America; and numerous other works.