BIO: Richard Croum, Bullitt Co., kY ***************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. Commercial entities must ask for and receive permission from submitter before downloading. Added June 5, 2001 In Memory of Jeff Murphy - Ky Biographies Project ***************************************************************************** Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888, Jefferson Co. RICHARD CROUM, Bullitt County, was born in Green County in 1820. He is the fifth of ten children born to Henry and Nancy (Skaggs) Croum, the former a native of North Carolina, the latter a daughter of Moses Skaggs, of Green County. Henry C. was a gallant soldier in the war of 1812, and bore an honorable part in the memorable battle of New Orleans. The subject of this sketch was reared in Green County, and received but a limited education. He married Miss Frances Towns, and to them have been born two children, viz: Elam, born March 10, 1860, and Bert, born May 12, 1862. When the civil war broke out in 1861, Mr. Croum enlisted in the Thirteenth Kentucky (Federal) Infantry, and served to the close of the war, receiving an honorable discharge, in 1865, at Chattanooga. Croum Skaggs Towns Bullitt-KY Green-KY NC