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William Miller Crowfoot was born on May 2, 1837, in Beccles, Suffolk, England.

He was a physician, amateur naturalist, botanist, and archaeologist. He studied at Basel in Switzerland and the University of London, where he earned gold medals in anatomy, physiology, comparative anatomy, and surgery. Following his education, he entered into practice with his father in Beccles, continuing the family tradition into its third generation. Always committed to staying updated on medical knowledge and procedures, Dr. Crowfoot's opinions were highly regarded by his colleagues, and he generously shared his extensive experience with younger medical professionals. In 1890, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.

In addition to his medical career, Dr. Crowfoot was an enthusiastic naturalist, botanist, and archaeologist. He was also an early supporter of the Volunteer movement, which began in 1860 and garnered the support of many forward-thinking medical practitioners. He held the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel. As a justice of the peace for Suffolk and an active member of borough and county councils as well as Diocesan Committees, Dr. Crowfoot was highly esteemed by his neighbours across all ranks for the soundness and fairness of his judgment.

In 1874, he married Cathrine Anne Bayly (1848–1932). He died on April 6, 1918, in Beccles, Suffolk, England.

Samuel Aldrich Crozer was born on December 24, 1825, in West Branch, near Crozerville, Aston Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

He was a wealthy manufacturer, landowner, and philanthropist. In 1845, his father John P. Crozer purchased the Chester mills and in 1847, Samuel joined him, and the firm became John P. Crozer & Son until his father's death in 1866. His estate was divided among his three sons and Samuel received Mill No. 2, in which he conducted the manufacture of cotton fabrics until 1881 when his son, John P. Crozer, the younger, was admitted into partnership and the firm became S. A. Crozer & Son. He owned extensive coal lands in Virginia and had large holdings in the Crozer Steel and Iron Company in Roanoke, Virginia. He also devoted much of his means and time to the cause of religious and public charities. In 1865, he was elected president of the National Baptist Council for Missionary Purposes; for over forty years he was one of the managers of the Training School for Feeble-Minded Children, located at Elwyn, Pennsylvania; he was president of the Baptist Publication Society, and for half a century he served as manager of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum of Philadelphia. He was also on the board of trustees of the Crozer Theological Seminary which his family founded in 1868. Crozer was an extensive traveller, having crossed the Atlantic eighty-odd times, and had visited China, Japan, and India, and the islands of the Indian Ocean. In the Western Hemisphere, his journeys have been through all sections of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the West Indies.

In 1854, he married Abby Cheney. He died on June 28, 1910, in Upland, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

Rev. Alfred Benjamin Cruchet was born on July 19, 1854, in Ramsay, Québec.

He was a Presbyterian minister, author, journalist, and innkeeper. He studied at the Institut évangélique de Pointe-aux-Trembles in 1867 and, in 1871, he pursued theological studies at The Presbyterian College in Montreal. In 1877, he began his ministry in New Glasgow in the Laurentians. In 1879, he started at Saint-Sauveur parish where he stayed for over 10 years. In 1883, he took charge of the Franco-protestant short-lived weekly L'Aurore and he published his well-received sermons in 1884. In 1885, he agreed to join the Literary and Musical Circle of Montreal at the request of McGill University Professor Daniel Coussirat. In 1889, he made the first presentation to the French section of the Royal Society of Canada. He was interested in Quebec and French poetry and he contributed articles for the Montreal Weekly Witness on French-Canadian literature. He also became a francophone columnist for the weekly newspaper Semeur franco-américain. In 1890, he was forced to resign as a pastor due to an affair with a younger woman from Montreal and the birth of a child outside of marriage. To survive and to support his new family, he worked as a private tutor and an innkeeper on the Lake L'Achigan in Saint-Hippolyte. He also wrote book reviews for the newspaper L'Avenir du Nord. In appreciation of his past contributions, he was elected president of the Amicale des anciens et nouveaux élèves de Pointe-aux-Trembles in 1912.

In 1878, he married Iphigénie "Eugénie" Bourgoin (1852–1880). In 1884, he remarried Alice Blanche Lafleur (1855–1887) and in 1890, Elise Marion (1868–1943). He died on January 2, 1915, in Montreal, Quebec.