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William Whitfield Croom

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William Whitfield Croom

Birth
Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Death
27 Oct 1949 (aged 72)
Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
Plot
Square 6-Lot 126
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William Whitfield Croom was the son of Maj. Cicero Stephens Croom and Mary (Marshall) Croom; grandson of William Whitfield Croom & Julia (Stephens); great-grandson of Gen. William Croom and Elizabeth (Whitfield); great-grand nephew of Gen. Nathan Bryan Whitfield of Gaineswood, Demopolis.

His mother, Mary Marshall Croom, operated a school for girls with her sister-in-law, novelist Elizabeth Croom Bellamy, in the Croom family home at 1001 Augusta Street.

He married June 7, 1904, at Christ Church, Mobile, to Anita Augusta Gaillard. In 1948 he was a realtor and partner in the firm of Croom and Tonsmeire.
William Whitfield Croom was the son of Maj. Cicero Stephens Croom and Mary (Marshall) Croom; grandson of William Whitfield Croom & Julia (Stephens); great-grandson of Gen. William Croom and Elizabeth (Whitfield); great-grand nephew of Gen. Nathan Bryan Whitfield of Gaineswood, Demopolis.

His mother, Mary Marshall Croom, operated a school for girls with her sister-in-law, novelist Elizabeth Croom Bellamy, in the Croom family home at 1001 Augusta Street.

He married June 7, 1904, at Christ Church, Mobile, to Anita Augusta Gaillard. In 1948 he was a realtor and partner in the firm of Croom and Tonsmeire.


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