Barth Stephen Cronin (June 14, 1858 in

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– February 15, 1933 in Brooklyn,

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) was an American businessman and politician from

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Life

He was the son of Richard Cronin, a

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builder, and Elizabeth (Hartye) Cronin. He attended Star of the Sea Parochial School, graduated from

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, and took a course at Brown's Business School. Then he joined his father's business, and later set up his own dock-building company. On January 4, 1883, he married Margaret Magdalen Kidney (1862–1944), and they had five children. Cronin was a member of the

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(5th D.) from 1909 to 1912, sitting in the 132nd, 133rd, 134th and

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s; and was Chairman of the Committee on Banks from 1911 to 1912. He died on February 15, 1933, at his home at 8070 Narrows Avenue in

, of a heart attack; and was buried at the Holy Cross Cemetery there.

Sources

''Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes''
by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 366f)
''BANK PLUM FOR CRONIN''
in NYT on January 20, 1911

in NYT on February 16, 1933 (subscription required)
''BARTH S. CRONIN''
in the ''Brooklyn Daily Eagle'' on February 17, 1933
''FUNERAL TOMORROW''
in the ''Brooklyn Daily Eagle'' on February 17, 1933 (with portrait)
''Encyclopedia of American Biography''
(1934) {{DEFAULTSORT:Cronin, Barth S 1858 births 1933 deaths Democratic Party New York (state) state senators Politicians from Brooklyn St. Francis College alumni 20th-century members of the New York State Legislature