Biography:

Newspaper editor, teacher. Born– March 15, 1852, Lexington, Ky. Parents– Marcus Henderson and Matilda Washington (Chrisman) Cruikshank. Married– Mary Rachel Smith, October 7, 1887. Children– Two. Education– Peabody Institute, Talladega; Southwood Academy, and Synodical College, B.A.. Taught at Talladega; principal of State Institute for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind for six years. Editor for Talladega Reporter, 1881-1883; admitted to the bar in 1882; appointed general administrator of Talladega County in 1883; bought an interest in and became editor of the Birmingham Chronicle; co-founder of the Evening Chronicle, 1889. Served as superintendent of the House folding room at the U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C., 1890-1893; assistant postmaster in Birmingham, 1893-1897. Editor of the Birmingham Ledger, 1897-1918. Member of the Alabama Press Association, the Birmingham Press Club, and the Masonic order.  Died September 15, 1936.

Source:

Alabama Pioneers online.

Owen’s Dictionary of Alabama Biography.

Publication(s):

A History of Birmingham and Its Environs; a Narrative Account of Their Historical Progress, Their People, and Their Principal Interests. 2 vols. Chicago; Lewis Pub. Co., 1920.