Florence Sidette Marcy Crofut
American, 1875 - 1974
In 1901, Miss Crofut's parents moved into a house at 25 No. Beacon Street in Hartford; this became Miss Crofut's lifelong home. From 1928 through 1937 she researched and wrote a "Guide to the History and Historic Sites of Connecticut," which was published by the Yale University Press in 1937. Florence Crofut was an active member of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of Connecticut and she served as the fourth regent of the Ruth Wyllis Chapter, Daughters fo the American Revolution, 1913-1921. She served as chariman of the Chapter Committee on Preservation and Restoration of the Old State House, Hartford, which included its renovation and visitor program in the late 1950's. Later, she served on the State House Committee of The Connecticut Historical Society from 1962 until her death. As a member of the Colonial Dames, she researched and restored the Gentleman's Library in the historic Webb House in Wethersfield. She also gathered and catalogued Lutheran church records from older state parishes for the Connecticut State Library. In 1940, she was appointed Recording Secretary of the Connecticut Historical Society where she served until her death in 1974 at the age of 98.
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American, 1908 - 2004
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American, 1898 - 1974