Critcher, John – Croft, Charles William
Critcher, John
soldier, planter, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born March 11, 1820, in Westmoreland county, Va. He received his education at Brent's Classical school, the university of Virginia, and the university of France. He is a successful planter and lawyer of his native state at Alexandria, and Washington, D. C. He has been commonwealth attorney of his county; twice a member of the state senate of Virginia; was a member of the secession convention of Virginia in 1861; served as lieutenant-colonel of the fifteenth Virginia cavalry during the civil war; and commanded the Lomax brigade at Cold Harbor. He has been judge of the tenth judicial circuit of Virginia, and was a member of the forty-second congress of the United States. For the last eighteen years he has practiced law in the city of Washington, D. C.; and in the seventy-fifth year of his age his cash professional receipts amounted to nearly forty thousand dollars.
Critchett, Clara A
educator, poet, was born in Maine. She has attained success as an educator; and is the author of several poems of merit which have generally appeared under the nom de plume of Ferne Arland.
Crittenden, George Bibb
soldier, state librarian, was born March 20, 1812, in Russellville, Ky. In 1861 he entered the confederate service; was commissioned brigadier-general; and became major-general. During 1867-71 he was state librarian in Frankfort, Ky. He died Nov. 27, 1880, in Danville, Ky.
Crittenden, John Jordan
soldier, lawyer, governor, congressman, United States senator, was born Sept. 10, 1787, in Woodford county, Ky. He served during the war of 1812 as a major. He became a lawyer and served a number of years in the state legislature; and in 1817-19 as a member of the United States senate from Kentucky. In 1835 he was again elected to the United States senate; and in 1841 was appointed attorney general by President Harrison.
During 1843-49 he was again a member of the United States senate; and again received the re-election in 1855. In 1860 he was elected a representative from Kentucky to the thirty-seventh congress. He was also governor of Kentucky in 1848-50.
He died July 26, 1863, in Frankfort, Ky.
Crittenden, Thomas Leonidas
soldier, lawyer, merchant, was born May 15, 1815, in Russellville, Ky. In 1842 he became attorney for the commonwealth.
He served in the Mexican war as a lieutenant-colonel. During 1849-53 he was United States consul to Liverpool, England. He served with distinction through the civil war, and was promoted majorgeneral.
Crittenden, Thomas T
lawyer, congressman, governor, was born about 1828, in Alabama. He was appointed attorney-general of Missouri in 1864 to fill an unexpired term; and was elected to the forty-third and forty-fifth congresses from Missouri. He was elected governor of Missouri for the term of four years, and served during 1881-84.
Crocheron, Augusta J
author, poet, was born Oct. 9, 1844, in Boston, Mass. She has been very prominent in Women's Mutual Improvement associations; and has been recording secretary of more than a score of associations. In 1881 she published a volume of poems entitled Wild Flowers of Deseret; and in 1884 appeared Representative Women of Deseret, a biographical work. She has taken three gold medals and several cash prizes for Christmas stories.
Crocheron, Henry
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from New York from 1815 to 1817.
Crocheron, Jacob
congressman, He was a representative in congress from New York from 1829 to 1831; and in 1837 was a presidential elector.
Crocker, Alvah
manufacturer, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 14, 1801, in Leominster, Mass. He became proprietor of a paper manufactory; was president of the Boston and Fitchburg railroad; and a commissioner of the Hoosac tunnel. He was a member of the state legislature in 1836, 1842, and 1843; was a member of the state senate two terms; and was elected to the fortysecond congress to fill a vacancy, and was re-elected to the forty-third congress as a republican. He died Dec. 26, 1874, in Fitchburg, Mass.
Crocker, Charles
merchant, state legislator, was born Sept. 16, 1822, in Troy, N. Y. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Sacramento in 1852, with one of his brothers, and eventually made his store the leading dry goods house of the city.
In 1854 he was elected to the common council of Sacramento, and in 1860 to the legislature.
Crocker, George Glover
lawyer, author, was born in 1843, in Massachusetts. He is a lawyer of Boston; and the author of Principles of Procedure in Deliberative Assemblies.
Crocker, George Louis
lawyer, orator, was born Nov. 6, 1864, in Copper City, Cal. In 1890 he graduated from the college at Ann Arbor, Mich.; and has since attained prominence as an able lawyer of Merced, Cal., and a leading orator of that state. He has been editor of the Merced Express; and has filled several positions of honor in his county and state.
Crocker, Mrs. Hannah Mather
author, was born in 1765, in Boston, Mass.
She was the author of Letters on Free Masonry; The School of Reform; and Observations on the Rights of Woman.
She died July 10, 1847, in Roxbury, Mass.
Crocker, Marcellus M
soldier, was born Feb. 6, 1830, in Franklin, Ind.
He entered the army in 1861; and was appointed brigadier-general in 1861. He died Aug. 26, 1865, in Washington, D. C.
Crocker, Martin
lawyer, state senator, was born in 1858, in New Baltimore, Mich. Since 1880 he has practiced law in Mt. Clemens, Mich.; and for several years served as city attorney. In 1886 he was elected to the Michigan house of representatives; and in 1891 served with distinction as a member of the state senate. In 1896 he was a delegate to the democratic national convention held in Chicago.
Crocker, Nathan Bourne
clergyman, lecturer, was born July 4, 1781, in Barnstable, Mass. He was elected rector of St. John's church in Providence, over which he presided until his death. He was secretary of the corporation of Brown university from 1837 till 1843. He died Oct. 19, 1865, in Providence, R. I.
Crocker, Ruth M
poet, dress reformer. She studied physiology under the late Calvin Cutter; and has always advocated dress reform for women. She has written considerably on moral science; and her poems have constantly appeared in current literature.
Crocker, Samuel L
manufacturer, congressman, was born March 31, 1804, in Taunton, Mass. In 1849 he was elected a member of the executive council of Massachusetts; and was a representative from Massachusetts to the thirty-third congress.
Crocker, Uriel Haskell
lawyer, journalist, author, was born in 1832, in Massachusetts. He is a lawyer of Boston; and the author of The Cause of Hard Times; Notes on Common Forms; Book of Massachusetts Law; Excessive Saving a Cause of Commercial Distress; and Notes on General Statutes of Massachusetts.
Crockett, David
soldier, congressman, pioneer, author, poet, was born Aug. 17, 1786, in Limestone, Tenn. He is a noted hunter and pioneer who enlisted in the Texan army in the revolt against Mexico, and was slain in the massacre at the Alamo, in San Antonio. He served as a member of the Tennessee legislature; and served as a member of congress during 1827-31, and 1833-35. He was the author of Tour to the North and Down East; Life of David Crockett, by Himself (1834); Colonel Crockett's Exploits in Texas; Life of Martin Van Buren, Heir Apparent; and Leisure Hour Musings in Rhyme.
Crockett, John W
congressman, was the son of the celebrated David Crockett. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1838 to 1843. He died Nov. 24, 1852, in Memphis, Tenn.
Croes, John
bishop, was born June 1, 1762, in Elizabethtown, N. J. He was the first protestant episcopal bishop of the diocese of New Jersey. He died July 30, 1832, in New Brunswick, N. J.
Croes, John J. R
civil engineer, was born Nov. 25, 1834, in Richmond, Va.
He is a noted civil engineer of New York city; and the suburban rapid transit road in the northeastern part of New York city was built after his plans and under his supervision.
Croffut, William Augustus
journalist, author, poet, was born Jan. 29, 1835, in Redding, Conn. He is a wellknown journalist attached to many journals, east and west, and connected with the United States geological survey since 1888. He is the author of The War History of Connecticut; A Helping Hand; Bourbon Ballads; Deseret, an opera; A Midsummer Lark, a humorous volume of travels; The Vanderbilts; The Folks Next Door; and The Prophecy and Other Poems.
Croft, Charles William
lawyer, was born Oct. 2, 1855, in Corsicana, Texas.
He first practiced law in Colorado City, Texas, then in Midland till 1887; since which time he has practiced his profession in his native city. He has acquired a good reputation as a practitioner in both civil and criminal law.
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