children: George Jr., b. May 7, 1897; Davis Hastings, b. Feb. 6, 1909. Chairman Worcester Com. of Woman's Welfare Dep't, Nat. Civic Federation. Mem. Mass. Colonial Dames, Chilton Club of Boston. Protestant Episcopal. Favors woman suffrage.
CRONEMILLER, Mary Maria, 815 Tenth St., Sacramento, Cal.
Physician and surgeon; b. California, July, 1861; dau. Perry Hazard and Dorcas Maria (Knight) Cronemiller; ed. Sacramento, San Francisco, and Chicago, M.D. Active in Sunday-school primary work; mem. Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc; past pres. Y.W.C.A.; past pres. and life mem. of Woman's Council and Saturday Club of Sacramento; recording sec. and treas. Northern California Homoeopathic Med. Soc. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Republican (Progressive). Mem. Y.W.C.A., W.C.T.U., Western Star Frauen Verein (examining surgeon); second vice-pres. California State Med. Soc.
CRONK, Clara L. K. (Mrs. C. H. Cronk), Bloomfield, Iowa.
Physician and surgeon; b. Paisley, Can., Feb. 4, 1863; dau. William and Matilda (Tiers) Patterson; ed. public school and high school of Rock Island, Ill.; m. Bloomfield, Ia., July 31, 1904, C. H. Cronk, M.D. Chairman of Com on Public Health Among Women for Davis County; has written several articles and read before Davis County Med. Soc. Med. examiner for Royal Neighbors of America, also Am. Order United Workmen and Yeomen. Has given talks on hygiene to the Bloomfield High School. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist Mem. Davis County Med. Soc., Iowa State Med. Soc, Tri-State Med. Soc, Am. Med. Ass'n, Des Moines Valley Med. Ass'n.
CRONK, Katharine Scherer (Mrs. E. C. Cronk), Columbia, S.C.
Editor and missionary writer; b. Marion, Va., July 14, 1877; dau. Rev. John Jacob Scherer, D.D., and Elizabeth Katharine (Killinger) Scherer; grad. Marion Coll., Marion, Va., '93; m. Marion, Va., May 29, 1895, Rev. E. C. Cronk (Lutheran minister); one son: John Edward, b. June 28, 1904. Editor since 1905 of the Children's Missionary Magazine of the Lutheran Church in the South. Missionary writer for magazines; active as speaker and writer in denominational and interdenominational Sunday-school work, North and South. In 1908 appointed editor and sec of literature by the Woman's Conference of the Lutheran Church in the South. Active In various forms of religious, philanthropic and social work.
CRONK, Lucy Irene Morton (Mrs. Harvey Reed Cronk), 257 W. One Hundredth St., N.Y. City.
Organist; b. Winneconue, Wis., Sept 7, 1864; dau. Charles Calvin and Louis S. (Olin) Morton; ed. Omro High School, Ripon Coll., Wis.; m. New York, April 19, 1889, Harvey Reed Cronk; one son: Harvey Morton Cronk. Presbyterian. Mem. Logan Circle No. 12 G.A.R. Mem. Washington Heights Chapter D.A.R., Round Table, Columbia University.
CROOKER, Florence Kollock (Mrs. Joseph Henry Crooker), 26 Conway St., Roslindale, Boston, Mass.
Universalist minister; b. Waukesha, Wis., Jan. 19, 1848; dau. William Edward and Ann Margaret (Hunter) Kollock; ed. Univ. of Wis., A.M. '82; grad. Canton Theological School of St Lawrence Univ., '75 (Phi Beta); m. Freeport, Ill., June 18, 1896, Rev. Joseph Henry Crooker, D.D. Founder Stewart Av. Universalist Church (Englewood), Chicago; pastor for 13 years; founder and pastor Universalist Church, Pasadena, Cal; last ministry, St. Paul's Universalist Church, Boston, Mass., 1904-10. Lecturer for temperance, woman suffrage, education, philanthropy and for missions. Writer of many articles for magazines and papers. Mem. Woman's Professional Club, Boston; University Club, Boston. Universalist. Republican.
CROOKS, Annie Marcy (Mrs. Charles M. Crooks), Saundersville, Mass.
Born Somesrville, Mass., Aug. 20, 1876; dau. Charles DeWitt and Sophie (Hilliker) Marcy; ed. Girls' Latin School, Boston; Smith Coll., B.A. '99; m. Boston, Sept. 25, 1901, Rev. Charles Melvis Crooks; children: Elizabeth Foster, b. 1902; Grosvenor Marcy, b. 1904. Congregationalist.
CROPSEY, Emma F. Rockwood (Mrs. A. J. Cropsey), 552 S. Hennepin Av., Dixon, Ill.
Born Vermont; moved in her early years to Illinois; grad. Rockford (Ill.) Sem. (now college) '83; m. Hon. A. J. Cropsey (Union soldier and mem. State Legislatures in Illinois and Nebraska; died Mar. 25, 1896). Taught in Rockford Sem., 1863-65, followed by many years of teaching, chiefly in academy and high school. Has been interested in temperance and jail work and the Sunday mission at Reform school. Presbyterian; concerned in the various church activities, particularly missions.
CROSBY, Daisy (Mrs. F. M. Crosby), Kennewick, Wash.
Born Millbank, Ont, Can.; dau. Benjamin and Euphenia (Farrell) Armstrong; ed. in schools of Toronto, Guelph and Hamilton, Ont; m. Burlington, Ont., Oct 27, 1903, Dr. F. M. Crosby; one son: Elmer Lloyd Crosby. Interested in social, philanthropic and educational matters. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Republican. Recreations: Tennis, bridge and motoring. Mem. and ex-pres. of Woman's Club; mem. Ladies' Literary Club, Social Club.
CROSBY, Elizabeth Coolidge (Mrs. Maunsell S. Crosby), 140 W. Fifty-seventh St., N.Y.
Born Boston, Mass., Nov. 1, 1889; dau. Albert Leighton and Elizabeth (Wiggin) Coolidge; ed. Boston and Munich schools; m. 1908, Manusell S. Crosby; one daughter: Helen E., b. Sept., 1911. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Woman's Political Union. Episcopalian. Mem. Women's Welfare Dep't of N.Y. Civic Federation, State Charities Aid Ass'n, Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; mem. Colony Club of N.Y. City.
CROSBY, Emma Erskine (Mrs. William Howard Crosby), 1042 Main St., Racine, Wis.
Born Natick, Mass.; dau. Massena B. and Susan (Perry) Erskine; ed. in schools of Racine, Wis.; m. Racine, 1876, William Howard Crosby. Presbyterian. Vice-pres. gen. for Wis. Nat Soc. D.A.R. Pres. Wis. Federation of Women's Clubs; Boston Woman's Educational and Industrial Union; City Club (Milwaukee); Alliance Française, Chicago; New England Historic-Genealogical Soc (Boston), Racine Woman's Club.
CROSBY, Fanny (Mrs. Frances Jane Crosby Van Alstyne), 226 Welles St, Bridgeport, Conn.
Hymn writer; b. South East, Putnam Co., N. Y., Mar. 24, 1820; dau. John and Mercy Crosby; ed. N.Y. Inst, for the Blind; m. N.Y. City, Mar. 5, 1858, Alexander Van Alstyne (died July 18, 1902). Blind since six weeks old; was teacher of rhetoric and history in N.Y. Inst for the Blind, 1843-58. Began hymn-writing in 1864 for William B. Bradbury, publisher of religious music, continuing until 1868, since which has been writing and editing sacred poetry for Bigelow & Main. Author of the widely known hymns: Safe in the Arms of Jesus; Blessed Assurance; All the Way My Saviour Leads Me; Rescue the Perishing; I Am Thine, O Lord; and several thousand other hymns; also of Memories of Eighty Years (autobiography). Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Republican. Mem. D.A.R., Woman's Relief Corps of G.A.R., and most of the Protestant religious societies.
CROSBY, Georgina, 17 Madison St, Somerville, Mass.
Dentist; b. Chelsea, Mass., Apr. 26, 1876; dau. George and Mary Susan (Haynes) Crosby; ed. Mt. Holyoke Coll., Boston Dental Coll., D.D.S., Tufts Dental School, D.M.D. Practices dentistry in Somerville, Mass. Mem. and past pres. New England Dental Club (women dentists), sec. Met Dental Hospital Ass'n; charter mem. Forthian Club of Somerville (mem. committees); mem. Mt. Holyoke Alumnae Ass'n, Boston, and Tufts Dental Alumnae Ass'n. Recreations: Out-of-door
