Alonzo Church Croom | |
Comptroller of Florida | |
Term Start: | 1901 |
Term End: | 1912 |
Predecessor: | William H. Reynolds |
Successor: | William V. Knott |
Birth Date: | 1 December 1845 |
Birth Place: | Quincy, Florida |
Death Place: | Ocala, Florida |
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]