Bio of CROMBIE, John Samuel (b.1854), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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JOHN SAMUEL CROMBIE - Vol II, pg 566
An interesting figure in connection with the development of the public school
system of Minneapolis and the advancement of educational standards here was John
Samuel Crombie, who in 1885 became principal of the Central high school. He was
a man of liberal education and culture, coming from a family noted for strong
intellect and high ideals. He was born June 19, 1854, in Pontiac, Michigan,
being a son of John G. and Rebecca (Runyan) Crombie. The home training of the
son was such as to awaken in him a desire to attain the highest and best in
life. He mastered the elementary branches of learning taught in the public
schools of his native state and passed through consecutive grades to his
graduation from the high school of Pontiac in 1873. Later he continued his
studies in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and next entered the University of Minnesota,
from which he was graduated with the class of 1877, upon the completion of a
more specifically literary course. He afterward took up the profession of
teaching, which he followed for several terms, and was then advanced, to the
position of superintendent of schools at Coldwater, Michigan, in which capacity
he continued to serve for about three years. Later he was called to the
superintendency of the public schools at Big Rapids, Michigan, where he remained
for five years.
It was in 1885 that Professor Crombie arrived in Minneapolis to become principal
of the old Central high school of this city, of which he was in charge for seven
years, and during that time his zeal and interest in the work constituted
forceful factors in the excellent record made by the school. In 1892 he was
called to the east as principal of the Delphi Academy at Brooklyn, New York,
there continuing his work as an educator to the time of his death, which
occurred on the 16th of April, 1893.
In 1880 Mr. Crombie was married to Miss Sarah Foster of Lapeer, Michigan, and
they became parents of two children: Dwight Crombie, who died in 1907; and Ruth,
now the wife of William Kelso. The part which Mr. Crombie played in connection
with the educational development of Minneapolis well entitles him to
representation in this volume. He was a man of lofty principles and high ideals
and, moreover, he had the ability to inspire teachers and pupils under him with
much of his own zeal and interest in the work. There are many residents of
Minneapolis today who remem­ber most pleasantly their years of study pursued
under his direction.