A. C. Croom

Alonzo Church Croom
Comptroller of Florida
In office
1901–1912
Preceded byWilliam H. Reynolds
Succeeded byWilliam V. Knott
Personal details
Born(1845-12-01)December 1, 1845
Quincy, Florida
DiedFebruary 7, 1912(1912-02-07) (aged 66)
Ocala, Florida
Spouse
Maria Bond
(m. 1870)

Alonzo Church Croom (December 1, 1845 – February 7, 1912) was an American politician who served as Comptroller of Florida from 1901 until 1912.[1][2]

His father, George Alexander Croom, owned the Casa de Laga Plantation in Tallahassee, and his mother was the daughter of University of Georgia president Alonzo Church[3] for whom he was named. He was born near Quincy, Florida.[4] Hardy Bryan Croom was his older brother.[5]

He married Maria Bond on April 26, 1870. They had children.[6]

He died December 7, 1912, in Ocala, Florida, and was survived by his wife, son, and daughter.[7]

  1. ^ "A. C. Croom, Florida Comptroller". Florida Memory. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. ^ Whitfield, Theodore Marshall (September 8, 1948). "Whitfield, Bryan, Smith, and Related Families: Whitfield" – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "The Florida Bar Journal". Florida Bar. September 8, 1963 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Clipped From The Tampa Times". The Tampa Times. February 7, 1912. p. 1 – via newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ Rogers, William Warren; Clark, Erica R. (January 1, 2010). The Croom Family and Goodwood Plantation: Land, Litigation, and Southern Lives. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820334837 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Genealogy of the Cutts Family in America". J. Munsell's sons. September 8, 1892 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "A. C. Croom is Dead". News-Press. 8 February 1912. p. 1. Retrieved 26 September 2020.