F. E. Crosby
Submitted by
Robert Kingrey
Source: Unknown
F.E. Crosby, a lumber dealer residing in Rome
Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, was born here July 29, 1834.
He received good educational advantages in his youth, and has
proved himself as a man of more than ordinary business
ability. As a member of the firm of Crosby & Beckly, wholesale
lumber dealers, he has established a reputation that extends
not only over this part of Ohio, but also throughout the East,
West and South. They have a branch office in New Haven,
Connecticut.
Mr. Crosby was married September 12, 1868, to Miss
Emma Wood, who was born November 6, 1846, the daughter
of a prominent merchant of Ashtabula. They have two children:
Nora, born December 16, 1864, and Charles C., January 10,
1877.
During the Civil War, Mr. Crosby was one of the
brave soldiers in the Union ranks. He enlisted April 25, 1861,
in Company D, Nineteenth Ohio Infantry, and was discharged
August 30, 1861. On the 5th of the following
October he re-enlisted in the Sixth Ohio Volunteer Calvary,
and remained in the service until he was honorably discharged
on October 4, 1862. A portion of this time he served as
hospital steward. Mr. Crosby is a Freemason, having
attained the Royal Arch degree.
