Background
Marriott, Crittenden was born on March 20, 1867 in Baltimore. Son of John McKim and Cornelia (Coleman) Marriott.
Marriott, Crittenden was born on March 20, 1867 in Baltimore. Son of John McKim and Cornelia (Coleman) Marriott.
G.g.s. of Honorary John Jay Crittenden of Kentucky. Educated United States Naval Academy, 1883-1885, resigned on account of failing eyesight.
Swope (wife of W. B. Higgins, United States of America). Clerk in insurance office, Louisville, 1885-1887. Architectural draughtsman, Washington, 1887-1888, San Francisco, 1888-1890.
Reporter, Chronicle, and Associated Press, San Francisco, 1890-1892. In South Africa as correspondent, 1892-1893. Ship news reporter Tribune, New York, 1892-1893.
Went to Brazil for Associated Press on dynamite cruiser Nictheroy, 1893-1894. Newspaper correspondent, Washington, 1895-1902. Went to Cuba, 1897, for Chicago Record, and to P.R. with General Miles for Associated Press, 1898 (Spanish War).
District of Columbia Service, Board of Charities, 1902-1905. Editorial clerk United States Geological Survey, 1904-1917. Volunteer, War Trade Board, intelligence division, 1917-1918.
After being four times rejected by Army on account of age, went to France for Young Men’s Christian Association. Director of activities, 2d region (Bordeaux), and same with 37th Division on Nancy-Thicourt front and later in Flanders, where headed Y force in double drive across the Lys and Escaut rivers, May-November 1918. After the armistice, in library department in Paris, Luxemburg and Coblenz.
Returned to the United States, March 25, 1919. Assistant director education, United States Public Health Service, 1920-1923. Prepared and took to Centennial Exposition at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Public Health exhibit, 1922-1923.
Received gold medal from President of Brazil. Editor Institute of Economics, Washington, 1923-1924. Associate editor United States Tariff Commission since 1925.
Member Virginia Society (Cincinnati).
Married Katherine E. Swope, of Louisville, Kentucky, June 18, 1895.