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father, whose ancestry was English, Irish, and German, was born in Green County, Pennsylvania, December 2, 1828, and died at Wayne, Wayne County, Nebraska, July 21, 1913; he was a brickmaker. His mother was born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, January 3, 1842, of Pennsylvania Dutch descent.

He was graduated from the Monroe High School June 22, 1884, for two years was a country school teacher, and later was a farmer for a time. Since 1888 he has been engaged in the photography business at Wayne. He is now director in the First National Bank at Wayne, is a member of the Young Men's Christian Association, and the Nebraskana Society. In 1928 he served as president of the Kiwanis Club. He is a life member of the Red Cross, is affiliated with the First Presbyterian Church at Wayne, and holds membership in the Photographic Association of Amercia (sic). His social club is the Wayne Country Club, and his favorite sport is golfing.

During the World War he was prominent in Red Cross work and Young Men's Christian Association activities. He is a Republican. On October 30, 1890, he was married to Nettie Childs at Parker, South Dakota. Mrs. Craven, who was a school teacher at one time, was born at Middletown, New York, January 10, 1870, and died at Wayne, January 17, 1895; her ancestry was German. Mr. Craven was married to Hattie Olga Boethin in Minnesota, May 31, 1911. To his first marriage one child was born, Alma, born October 30, 1894, who married Ralph Waldo Hahn. Residence: Wayne.

Daniel Craven

Daniel Craven, who has been engaged in business at Norfolk, Nebraska, for the past 33 years, was born in England, October 31, 1865, the son of George and Esther (Large) Craven. His father, who was a Methodist minister, was born in England and died at Hamilton, Canada. His mother, whose ancestry was also English, died at Exeter, Nebraska.

Mr. Craven was married at Exeter, Nebraska, January 9, 1895, to Carrie Barbur. Mrs. Craven, who was a teacher before her marriage, was born in Fillmore County, Nebraska, May 26, 1871, in a dug out. In this early Nebraska home was organized the first Protestant Church in that part of the country. The nearest source of supplies was Lincoln, a distance of 46 miles, a trip of three days under the best of conditions with horses. They have seven children: Helen, born April 5, 1896; Abbie, born December 25, 1898, who married Thorvald Haines; Charlotte, born October 23, 1900; Marion L., born November 5, 1902, who married Dorothy Drebert; Robert L., born October 17, 1904, who married Lucille Dean; Ira L., born September 15, 1906; and Victor M., born January 29, 1910, who married Stella Carrico. Residence: Norfolk.

Albert O. Crawford

Albert O. Crawford, rancher and farmer, was born near Winterset, Iowa, June 17, 1868, son of James M. and Mary M. (Harmon) Crawford. The father was born in Indiana, January 9, 1835, and was an early settler in Nebraska. He died at Seneca, December 2, 1906. Mary M. Harmon was born near Burlington, Iowa, March 17, 1848, and died at Seneca, Nebraska, August 9, 1918. Her ancestry was Irish and German.

Mr. Crawford attended Buffalo school house in Madison County, Iowa, and in 1883, settled in Boone County. Since 1888, he has resided in Thomas County, where he has been prominent as a rancher and farmer and in local politics. A Democrat, he served one term as county commissioner and for a number of years has been county surveyor. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Nebraskana Society.

On November 8, 1899, he was married to Hilma C. Anderson at Seneca. She was born at Princeton, Illinois, May 16, 1872, of Swedish parentage. Four children were born to them, three of whom are living, Anna M., born September 20, 1900, who married N. M. Anderson; Bud E., born April 21, 1904; Ora, born December 16, 1906, who died February 13, 1909; and Alvo O., born May 19 1909. Residence: Seneca.

Bryce Crawford, Junior

Bryce Crawford, Jr., son of Bryce Crawford, county judge of Douglas County, was born at Omaha, May 14, 1899. His father was born at Sparta, Illinois, of Scotch parentage, June 12, 1867. His mother, Agnes Love Crawford, was born in Lawrence, Kansas, October 15, 1870. She is of Scotch and Irish descent.

Both of Bryce Crawford's grandfathers served in the Civil War.

Mr. Crawford was graduated from Lake School, in 1913, and from Omaha Central High School in 1917. He received his LL. B. from the University of Nebraska in 1922. He is a member of Phi Kappa Psi, and Phi Delta Phi, and while at the university played tennis.

He was married to Mary Lelia Brundage at Tecumseh, May 2, 1925. Mrs. Crawford, who is of English and German descent, was born at Tecumseh, May 5, 1903. They have two children, Bryce III, born June 2, 1927, and Anne, born February 15, 1930.

Since his admission to the bar in July, 1922, Mr. Crawford has been engaged in the practice of law. He was elected on the Republican ticket as assistant county attorney of Douglas County for the term 1926-30. During the world war he was a student aviator, in the Naval Aviation Service. He is a member of the American Legion His religious affiliation is with the First Presbyterian Church. He belongs to the Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Community Club, and the Nebraska State and Douglas County Bar Associations. His sports are golf and squash, and his clubs are the Omaha Club and Happy Hollow Country Club. Residence: Omaha.

Frank Elmer Crawford

Frank Elmer Crawford, lawyer and postmaster, was born in Wymore, Nebraska, August 22, 1877, son of James and Carrie Jane (Lott) Crawford. James Crawford was born in New York City, New York, October 25, 1847. His father, and family of eights boys and two girls, migrated from Ireland only a short time prior to the birth of James. James Crawford was a Civil War veteran, belonged to Company G, 64th Illinois Infantry, and was active in Grand Army of the Republic organization. He engaged in farming, and served several terms as county commissioner.

Carrie Jane Crawford, mother of Frank, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Lott. Monroe Lott, a German minister, came to this country at a very early date and was one of the first homesteaders in Nebraska. Carrie Lott was born at Blue Springs, Nebraska, May 4, 1863. She was prominent in the Women's Relief Corps.

After graduating from high school at Wymore on June 3, 1898, Frank Crawford became a student at the University of Nebraska, and graduated in 1903 receiving his Bachelor of Laws degree.

His wife, Jennie May Smith, who was born at Wymore, September 16, 1884. Her parents, A. K. and Kate M. (Newton) Smith, were early settlers in Nebraska. To Mr. and Mrs. Crawford was born a daughter, Kathleen, on January 14, 1912. She was a student of the University of Nebraska and was later married to Harlan Amos. Mrs. Crawford died January 28, 1912, at Wymore, Nebraska.

On April 30, 1914, Mr. Crawford's marriage to Maude L. Clark was solemnized. Her father, W. H. Clark, has been associated with the legal department of the Burl-

ington for the past thirty years. A daughter, Virginia, was born to them on May 22, 1920.

Mr. Crawford is a Republican. He has resided in this state for fifty-four years, and during this time he spent ten years as a police judge, thirteen years practicing law prior to the World War, and at the present time is postmaster in Wymore.

During the War he was captain of Company F, 134th infantry and Company E, 11th Infantry. While overseas he participated in the Meuse-Argonne engagement. He also served through the Mexican Border campaign.

Mr. Crawford is a member of the Wymore Bapitst (sic) Church, serving as superintendent of the Sunday school for nine years, and is a member of the Young Men's Christian Association. He is active in the Gage County Bar Association and State Bar Association, Wymore Community Club, is chairman of the Boy Scout committee, and is a member of the Kiwanis, American Legion, Independent Order of the Odd Fellows, Maccabees, Woodmen of the World, Royal Highlanders, Ben Hur, Security Benefit Association, Nebraska State Historical Society, The Nebraskana Society, National Council of Northern Baptist Men, and serves on the Wymore school board. Mr. Crawford's hobby is military technic. Residence: Wymore.

Robert Platt Crawford

Robert Platt Crawford, author and educator of Nebraska, has lived in this state for the past 20 years. He was born at Council Bluffs, Iowa, December 7, 1893, the son of Nelson Antrim and Fanny Vandercook Crawford. His father, who was a lawyer, was born at East Fairfield, Columbiana County, Ohio, May 18, 1853, and died at Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, October 20, 1927. His mother was born at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Professor Crawford was graduated from the Council Bluffs High School in 1912. He was awarded the A. B. degree at the University of Nebraska in 1917, and in 1926 received the A. M. degree from Columbia University in New York. He was reporter for the Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln, 1914-16, was agricultural editor for the University of Nebraska, 1917-18, was assistant editor of the United States Department of Agriculture at Washington, 1918, and was associate editor of the Nebraska Farmer, 1919-21. He was engaged in historical research work for the College of Agriculture of the University of Nebraska, 1922, and established a course in agricultural journalism at this institution, 1922. In 1923 he was assistant professor, in 1924 associate professor, and since 1926 has been professor of agricultural journalism. Since 1928 he has also been assistant to the chancellor of the University of Nebraska.

He is the author of These Fifty Years, 1925, (a book) and The Magazine Article, 1931, (a book). He has contributed many articles to leading magazines, and has traveled to every part of the United States in studying economic situations. He holds membership in the following professional organizations: Nebraska Writers' Guild, serving as secretary, 1925-26, and president, 1928-29; American Country Life Association; the American Farm Economic Association; the National Economic League; American Association of Teachers of Journalism; National Association of Teachers of Marketing and Advertising; American College Publicity Association; American Association of Agricultural College Editors; American Association of University Professors, serving as secretary of the University of Nebraska chapter 1928 and 1929; and the Nebraskana Society.

He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Kiwanis Club, and the University Club of Lincoln, and is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. During the World War, Professor Crawford served in the United States Army, and is now a member of the American Legion. His favorite sport is horseback riding. He is a Republican. Residence: Lincoln. (Photograph in Album).

John Martin Creamer

John Martin Creamer, cashier of the Farmers State Bank of Ogallala was born in Mills County, Iowa, September 9, 1881, and the following years was brought to Nebraska by his parents. His father, Cyrus LaFayette Creamer, was born in Missouri, January 15, 1851. He was a farmer whose death occurred at Elmwood, Nebraska, May 14, 1925. His mother, Clara Jane, was born in Illinois, November 24, 1861.

Mr. Creamer received his education in public school and business college. He has been in the banking business since 1903. He is a Republican. During the World War he was food commissioner of Banner County, and active in other loan and war activities. He is a member of Ogallala Methodist Episcopal Church, the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Odd Fellows, and the Modern Woodmen of America.

His marriage to Mabel Ruth VanEvery was solemnized at Wabash, Nebraska, December 29, 1909. Mrs. Creamer was born in Cass County, Nebraska, February 2, 1881. They have one daughter, Ruth born March 11, 1921. Residence: Ogallala.

Sanford Preston Cresap

Sanford P. Cresap was born at St. Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri, April 26, 1869, the son of William Sanford and Ann Maria (White) Cresap. His father, who was a physician, was born in Maryland, and died at St. Charles, in 1882. He was directly descended from Thomas Cresap who migrated from Yorkshire, England, in 1751, and settled in Maryland. His ancestors served in the Indian wars and the Revolution.

His mother was born at Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, and died at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1912. Her ancestors came from England to Virginia where they were prominent for many years in civic affairs.

Mr. Cresap has lived in Nebraska for the past 10 years. He attended the public schools at St. Charles, Missouri, and later was a student at the following colleges: Central College at Fayette, Missouri; American School of Classic Studies at Rome. He was awarded a medal for honors in declamation and oratory at Central College. Before coming to Nebraska he held the following pastorates, in the Methodist Missouri Conference; Maryville; Moberly; Columbia; and St. Joseph. He is now retired.

His marriage to Sarah Martha Payne was solemnized at Payne, Fremont County, Iowa, December 27, 1894. Mrs. Cresap was born in Howard County, Missouri, the daughter of Rev. Moses U. Payne, a pioneer farmer of southwestern Iowa.

Mr. Cresap was prominent during the World War in all the various loan drives and relief work. He is president of the Otoe Chapter of the Red Cross, and is president of Associated Charities at Nebraska City. He was president of the Nebraska City Chamber of Commerce for ten years, and was president of the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce for one year. He is national director of the Izaak Walton League of America and from 1929 to 1930 was president of the Nebraska division of this organization.

He is a member of the Sons of the Revolution; and is a director and vice chairman of the state committee of the Young Men's Christian Association. His favorite sport is fishing. He is a Democrat. Residence: Nebraska City.

Howard McKee Crilly

Howard M. Crilly, newspaper publisher and editor of Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska, was born at Riverton, Franklin County, Nebraska, September 6, 1894. His father, Hugh Crilly, who was born at Belfast, Ireland, in 1855, is a real estate and insurance man at Campbell, Nebraska. His mother, Mary Caroline (Merriott) Cril-

ly, was born at Chicago, Illinois, 1860, and died at Campbell, January 16, 1930.

Mr. Crilly was graduated from the Campbell High School in 1912; was a student at the University of Nebraska for one year; and in 1917 was graduated from Peru State Teachers' College. He was a member of the Bushnell Guild Fraternity, at the University of Nebraska in 1916. He was the editor of newspapers consecutively at Campbell, Bird City, Kansas, and McCook, Nebraska. Since 1925 he has been editor of the Wilber Republican.

He was united in marriage with Lenore Nadene Hagel at Beatrice, Nebraska, October 26, 1921. They have two children: Donn, born May 7, 1927; and Janis, born July 20, 1928.

During the World War Mr. Crilly was a corporal in the 24th Machine Gun Battalion, 1918-19. He is a member of the American Legion. He served as president of the Wilber Commercial Club in 1930; is a member of the board of directors of the Wilber Rotary Club; and is a member of the Nebraskana Society. He is a Mason and a Knight of Pythias. He is a member of the Congregational Church. He is an Independent in politics. Residence: Wilber.

Neil Louis Criss

Neil Louis Criss, physician and later insurance executive, was born at Sac City, Iowa, August 13, 1886. His parents were James Louis and Villa M. (Wodell) Criss, the former a merchant and insurance man, born in Pennsylvania. He died at Omaha in February, 1918. Villa Wodell Criss died at Omaha, in October, 1924.

Neil L. Criss was educated in the public schools of Omaha, and received his M. D. from Creighton University in 1912. He was secretary and treasurer of his senior class, and is a member of Phi Rho Sigma. He is unmarried. After being engaged in the practice of medicine three years, he entered the insurance field as assistant manager of the Mutual Benefit and Health and Accident Association. He is now assistant treasurer and medical director of the last mentioned company and medical director and treasurer of the United Benefit Life Insurance Company.

During the World War he was first lieutenant, Medical Section of Air Service. He belongs to the American Legion, and the Red Cross. His religious affiliation is with the First Presbyterian Church. He is a member of the Elks Lodge No. 39, and the Chamber of Commerce. He is interested in all sports, but golf particularly. His clubs are the Omaha Athletic and the Omaha Field Clubs. Residence: Omaha.

Edwin Darling Crites

Edwin Darling Crites, lawyer, was born at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, January 29, 1884, son of Albert Wallace and Mary (Minnie) Caroline (Hayt) Crites. The families, which are of Pennsylvania Dutch and English extraction, came to America about 1650.

Mr. Crites attended public school at Chadron and Lincoln high school. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nebraska in 1906. At time present time Mr. Crites is senior member of the firm of E. D. and F. A. Crites, president of the Chadron Building and Loan Association, and a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank of Chadron.

He is serving as a member of the state normal board, is past grand master of Masons of Nebraska, a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, and of the Mayflower Descendants. He is a Democrat. Residence: Chadron

Frederick Augustus Crites

Frederick Augustus Crites, attorney and counselor at law, was born at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, July 1, 1885, son of Albert Wallace and Minnie Caroline (Hayt) Crites

Albert W. Crites was born in the town of Waterford,Wisconsin, May 12, 1848, and died at Chadron, August 23, 1915. His family originated in Pennsylvania. Its forbears having come to America about 1650. Albert W. Crites was a lawyer and past grand master of the Masons, and served as district judge of the 16th Judicial District of Nebraska. His wife, Minnie Caroline, was born at Bellevue, Michigan, January 11, 1846, and died at Chadron, March 2, 1926. She was a Daughter of the American Revolution, and past grand matron of the Order of Eastern Star. Her family originated in England, her mother being a lineal descendant of the Southworth family, a branch of which came over in the Mayflower.

Mr. Crites was graduated from Lincoln High School, and from the University of Nebraska in 1909, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He is a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.

Since June 11, 1913, Mr. Crites has been active in the practice of law. From 1918 until 1930, he served as county attorney of Dawes County, and from 1914 until 1927, was referee in bankruptcy for the Chadron division.

On August 18, 1914, he was married to Marion Smith Hart at Kansas City, Missouri. Mrs. Crites was born at Colwick, Kansas, July 4, 1888. They have three children, Wallace, born February 1, 1915; Sherman, born January 12, 1918, and Marion, born January 11, 1925.

Mr. Crites is a Democrat. He is affiliated with the Congregational Church, is a member of the Chadron Chamber of Commerce, the Nebraska State Bar Association, the Kiwanis Club, the Masons, and the Elks. For more than 20 years he has served as a member of the Chadron board of education, serving as president five years of his time. His club is the Chadron Country Club. He enjoys hunting and fishing. Residence: Chadron.

Marion Smith Crites

Marion Smith Crites, daughter of Sherman Elisha and Caroline (Smith) Hart, was born at Colwick, Kansas, July 4, 1888. She has resided in Nebraska for the past 27 years.

Her father, Sherman Elisha Hart, was born at Gullford, Connecticut, July 17, 1862. He is a salesman, a lineal descendant of John Hart, the first graduate of Yale. His wife, Caroline, was born in Marietta, Ohio, November 4, 1868, and was graduated from the Lincoln Conservatory of Music. She is a member of the Ames Amateurs,. and is a lineal descendant of the Courtney family of England.

Upon her graduation from Lincoln High School in 1905, Marion Smith Hart entered the University of Nebraska, from which she was graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She is a member of Alpha Omicron Pi.

Her marriage to Frederick August Crites was solemnized at Kansas City, Missouri, April 18, 1914. They have three children, Wallace, born February 1, 1915; Sherman, born January 12, 1918; and Marion, born January 11, 1925.

Mrs. Crites is a Republican. She is a member of the Congregational Church, the Order of the Eastern Star, and the P. E. O. Sisterhood. Her club is the Chadron Country Club. She enjoys reading. Residence: Chadron.

Charles Gifford Crittendon

Charles G. Crittendon, business executive of Lincoln, was born at Buffalo, New York, November 14, 1863. His father, Myron Lyman Crittendon, a grain merchant, was born at Buckland, Massachusetts, March 31, 1822, and died at Buffalo, April 28, 1913, his English ancestors came to America in 1584. Parthenia (Morse) Crittendon, his mother, was born at Charlemont, Massachusetts, August 28, 1826, and died at Buffalo, April 2 1920; she was of English descent.

Mr. Crittendon attended public schools and was a

student in business college for two years. He has lived in this state for the past 36 years and has held the following positions: treasurer of Harris & Company; vice president and president of the Central Granaries Company; and president of the Crittendon Grain Company. He now holds the latter position. He is a member of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce and for many years was a member of the Lincoln Rotary Club. He is affiliated with St. Matthews Episcopal Church at Lincoln; is a member of The Nebraskana Society; and is a member of the Republican Party.

His marriage to Marian Elizabeth Brown was solemnnized (sic) at Buffalo, August 10, 1892. Mrs. Crittendon was born at Buffalo, May 66 (sic), l 865. They have one child: Cornelia, born May 14, 1895, who is assistant professor of languages at Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kansas. Residence: Lincoln.

Lodowick Fitch Crofoot

Lodowick Fitch Crofoot, lawyer, was born at Pontiac, Michigan, October 9, 1865, son of Michael E. and Annie E. (Fitch) Crofoot.

He attended the public and high schools of Pontiac, and in 1888 received the Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Michigan.

On June 25, 1896, he was married to Mary Nash at Omaha. The children are Edward B., Lodowick F., Jr., David N., Michael J., and Virginia.

Mr. Crofoot is active in the practice of law, and is a member of the American, Nebraska State and Omaha Bar Associations. His clubs are the Omaha Country Club the Omaha Club and the New York and Eastern Yacht Clubs. Residence: Omaha.

Mary Nash Crofoot

Mary Nash was born at Omaha, April 26, 1875, and is the daughter of Edward Watrous and Catherine (Barbeau) Nash. Her father, who was born at Akron, Ohio, April 8, 1846, was a business man and was president of the American Smelter Company. He died at Omaha, July 22, 1905. Catherine Barbeau Nash was a native of Quebec, Canada, born April 18, 1848. She was of French Canadian and Irish descent. She died at Omaha, November 3, 1928.

Mary Nash was educated in the convent of the Sacred Heart in Omaha and New York. On June 25, 1896, she was married to Lodowick Fitch Crofoot at Omaha. Mr. Crofoot is a lawyer, born at Pontiac, Michigan, October 9, 1865. They have five children, Edward, born December 26, 1898, who married Josephine Ellick; Virginia, born March 29, 1900; Lodowick, born January 6, 1902; David, born November 16, 1908, and Michael, born September 6, 1911. Edward is a lawyer.

Mrs. Crofoot, whose main interest out side her home is music, has done much for the cultural development of Omaha along musical lines. She has been instrumental in bringing many musicians to Omaha, and in the development of musical appreciation. She is a member of the Catholic Church of St. Margaret Mary. Residence: Omaha.

Edward Porter Cromer

Edward Porter Cromer, son of John Basor and Mary Catherine (Hedrick) Cromer, was born at Muncie, Indiana, January 18, 1860. His father was born at Hagerstown, Pennsylvania, and died at Irving, Illinois, in 1898. He was a blacksmith, a preacher and a farmer, and a strong advocate of prohibition. His ancestors came from Holland. His wife, Mary Catherine, was born in Maryland, and died at Louisville, Kentucky, in 1910.

Educated first in the country schools of Montgomery County, Illinois, Mr. Cromer received his academic education at Hillsboro, Illinois, and after 23 years in Nebraska, Mr. Cromer was made a Master Farmer of Nebraska on January 8, 1927. A Republican, he was elected state representative November 5, 1930, and is a candidate for re-election.

He was married to Ida Jane Kerr at Hillsboro, Illinois, August 16, 1883. She was a teacher of Scotch descent, born at Greenfield, Ohio, November 12, 1861. Mrs. Cromer is the daughter of Sampel P. and Catherine (Howard) Kerr. She attended country schools near Hillsboro. Illinois, and was a student at Hillsboro Academy one year, and Indianapolis, Indiana, two years. To them were born four children, Rowena Clare on March 31, 1888, who married Earl M. Kendall, and is a graduate of Wesleyan University and took a post graduate course in music at Boston, Massachusetts; George Chalmers, born on March 3, 1890, was a student at the University of Nebraska, and married Freda Henach of Scribner, Nebraska and married George A. Coughran (sic), residing at Gering; Ida Gladine, born January 29, 1892, was graduated from the University of Nebraska, and married George A. Coughran, and who resides at Gering; and Miriam Edna, born on July 3, 1897, who was also graduated from the University of Nebraska, and married Charles M. Jefferay. Gladine and Miriam are teachers, and George is a farmer.

On August 16, 1929, Mr. Cromer was elected first honorary president of the Oregon Trail Association at Gering. He has been active in the introduction and extension of irrigation in western Nebraska, since 1900. His hobby is the breeding of registered Percheron horses,

For the past 44 years he has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Gering, he is a member of the Red Cross, the Chamber of Commerce, and is director of the Scottsbluff Agricultural Society. He is a member of the Nebraska State Historical Society and a life member of the Nebraskana Society. Residence: Gering.

Julius Dennis Cronin

Julius Dennis Cronin was born near O'Neill, May 29, 1895, the son of Dennis H. and Katherine (Lorge) Cronin. His father, who was born at Heola, Michigan, January 10, 1869, was an outstanding newspaper publisher, served as a member of the Nebraska Legislature and the Nebraska Senate for several terms, and has been United States Marshall for the past ten years; he is editor and publisher of the Frontier at O'Neill. His mother, whose ancestry is German, was born at Festina, Iowa, August 24, 1871, and died at O'Neill, April 6, 1911.

Mr. Cronin was graduated from the O'Neill High School, and in 1916 received the LL. B. degree at Creighton University where he was a member of Delta Theta Phi. He has been engaged in the practice of law at O'Neill since 1919, and is now serving his third term as county attorney of Holt County. He holds membership in the County Attorneys' Association of which he was president in 1930, is a member of the Nebraska Bar Association, and holds membership in the Elks and the Knights of Columbus. He is affiliated with St. Patrick's Catholic Church of O'Neill. During the World War Mr. Cronin served as first class sergeant in the 137th Aero Squadron, and was overseas for 13 months in France and England. He is now a member of the American Legion. Residence: O'Neill.

William Sherman Crook

One of Nebraska's pioneer farmers is William Sherman Crook, who was born at Dodgeville, Wisconsin, November 7, 1866, the son of John and Jennie (Maitland) Crook. His father, who was a farmer, and who served for four years in the Union Army during the Civil War, was born at Bolton, England, March 24, 1840, and died at Meadow Grove, Nebraska, August 13, 1929. His mother was born in Scotland, in 1845, came to this country with her parents in 1848, and died at Meadow Grove, in 1915.

Mr. Crook served as county commissioner from 1915 to 1918, in Madison County, Nebraska, and since 1923, has held that office. He is affiliated with the Meadow Grove Methodist Episcopal Church and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society and the Republican party. He

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