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Crowley, Denis O

philanthropist, poet. He was elevated to the priesthood in 1883. In 1887 he was transferred to San Francisco, where the city waifs were confided to his care. Since then he has built a large and beautiful home for the destitute and homeless boys of the city and state. He is the author of A Chaplet of Verse.

Crowley, Miles

lawyer, state state senator, congressman, was born in 1859, in Boston, Mass. He was elected chief engineer of the Galveston fire department for two terms; was a member of the house of representatives of the twentysecond legislature of the state of Texas; and a state senator of the twenty-third and twenty-fourth legislatures. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a democrat.

Crowley, Richard

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 14, 1836, in Lockport, N. Y. He was city attorney in 1865; was a state senator from 1866 to 1870; was United States district attorney from 1871 to 1879, when he resigned; and was elected a representative from New York to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a republican.

Crowninshield, Jacob

state legislator, congressman, was born March 31, 1770, in Salem, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts legislature in 1801; was elected a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1803 to 1805; and was appointed secretary of the navy in 1805. He died April 14, 1808, in Washington, D. C.

Croxton, John Thomas

soldier, journalist, lawyer, was born Nov. 20, 1837, in Bourbon county, Ky. He participated in the battles of Sherman's army, and at the close of the war was put in command of the military district of southwest Georgia, with headquarters at Macon. He established the Louisville Commercial as a republican journal. He died April 16, 1874, in Bolivia.

Croxton, Thomas

lawyer, congressman, was born March 15, 1822, in Tappahannock, Va. He was commonwealth attorney for his native county from 1852 to 1865; was a presidential elector in 1880; and in 1884 was elected a representative from Virginia to the forty-ninth congress as a democrat.

Crozier, John H

congressman, was born in Tennessee. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1845 to 1849.

Crozier, Mrs. M. P. A

poet, was born Feb. 23, 1834, in Richmond Centre, N. Y. In 1887 a small volume of her poems was published by her son.

Crudup, Josiah

congressman, was born in Wake county, N. C. He was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1821 to 1823.

Cruft, Charles

soldier, was born in Indiana. He was commissioned an officer of volunteers from Indiana in 1862, and became a major-general of volunteers in 1865. He died March 23, 1883, in Terre Haute, Ind.

Cruger, Daniel

congressman. He was a member of the New York assembly a number of years; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1817 to 1819.

Crump, George William

physician, congressman, was born in Powhatan county, Va. He was a member of the legislature; and was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1826 to 1827 to fill a vacancy. He died in 1850.