Rousseau O. Crump
Rousseau O. Crump | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 10th district | |
In office March 4, 1895 – May 1, 1901 | |
Preceded by | Thomas A. E. Weadock |
Succeeded by | Henry H. Aplin |
Mayor of West Bay City | |
In office 1892–1895 | |
Preceded by | William J. Martin |
Succeeded by | Peter Lind |
Personal details | |
Born | Pittsford, New York | May 20, 1843
Died | May 1, 1901 West Bay City, Michigan | (aged 57)
Resting place | Elm Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Michigan |
Political party | Republican |
Rousseau Owen Crump (May 20, 1843 – May 1, 1901) was a politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Crump was born in
After finishing his education, he worked for a time with his father as a builder, and then learned the trade of wagon and carriage making. After finishing his apprenticeship, he took up another trade, that of ship-carpentering, helping to build one of the largest sailing vessels on the
In 1865, Crump engaged with Colonel Abel Streight, who had escaped from the Confederate Libby Prison with 107 other soldiers during the Civil War. Crump worked as a salesman at Streight's Indianapolis lumberyards for nearly a year, until poor health forced him to return to New York to recuperate.
Crump resigned his position in 1868 and married Phebe A. Tucker of
In the summer of 1881, Crump and his wife made a tour of the Great Lakes, visiting
Crump and his wife raised one son and four daughters. Shelley C. and Millie were born in Plainwell, Mabel A. in Pittsford, while Enid and Susie were born in West Bay City.
In West Bay City, Crump served on the board of
Crump died, while in office, in West Bay City just three weeks before his fifty-eighth birthday, and is interred in Elm Lawn Cemetery of
See also
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
References
- United States Congress. "Rousseau O. Crump (id: C000957)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
- The life and works of Rousseau Owen Crump, M.C. 1843–1901, Victor W Killick
- "s.v. Hon. Rousseau O. Crump". Cyclopedia of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Library. 2005 [1900]. pp. 88–89. Retrieved March 19, 2007.
- "s.v. Crump, Rouseau O.". Men of progress: embracing biographical sketches of representative Michigan men. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Library. 2005 [1900]. p. 304. Retrieved March 19, 2007.