Background
Croffut, William Augustus was born in 1835 in Redding, Connecticut, United States. Son of Benedict and Harriet N. (Hull) Croffut.
Croffut, William Augustus was born in 1835 in Redding, Connecticut, United States. Son of Benedict and Harriet N. (Hull) Croffut.
Education common schools. (Doctor of Philosophy, Union College).
In newspaper work, since 1852. Private United States of America, in Civil War. Phonographic reporter and correspondent on many leading journals Was some time editor Minneapolis Tribune, New York American, Rochester (New York) Democrat, New Haven (Connecticut) Palladium, American Architect, Hearth and Home, and Daily Post, Washington.
Executive officer United States Geological Survey, 1888-1894. In 1899, organized and became secretary Anti-Imperialist League. President Liberty League.
Author: Helping Hand for American Homes. War History of Connecticut. The Vanderbilts; Folks Next Door.
A Midsummer Lark; The Open Door of Dreamland. The Lord’s Day or Man’s. Labor’s Riddle Guessed At.
Fifty Years in Camp and Field, being a Diary of Major General Ethan Allen Hitchcock. The Crimson Wolf (novel). Home: Washington, Distric.
Married Margaret Marshall. Married second, Bessie B. Nicholls.