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D wigitt l. crosby.— T he subject
of this sketch descended from a long
line of hardy Yew England ancestors,
inherits their best qualities of mind and heart.
His grandfather, Elijah Crosby, was one of
those pathfinders aaJio blazed a Avay into the
Western wilds of Ohio, and started those
arts of peace which have culminated in her
present prosperity. He Avas the first of his
family to arrive in Ashtabula county, the
date of his coming being August 2, 1806,
and was one of the earliest pioneer settlers of
that county, taking up his abode on a claim
of wild land in Rome township. He was born
in Connecticut of early Hew England auces-
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tors who came from England to Massachusetts
in 1635, their descendants being now very
numerous and scattered all over the Union.
Elijah Crosby married Phoebe Church, also
a native of Connecticut, and they had seven
sons and five daughters. (For mention of
each of the children, see Williams’ History of
Ashtabula County, Ohio, published in 1878.)
Levi Crosby, a son of Elijah and father of
the subject of this sketch, was born in East
Haddam, Middlesex county, Connecticut,
April 2, 1803. He was married in 1832
to Miss Sarah Leonard, a native of War-
ren, Herkimer county, Hew York, and they
had four children: Giles LI., Dwight L.,
Maria J. and Jane E., all of whom are liv-
ing in 1893. Levi Crosby was for many
years successfully engaged in the mercan-
tile and produce business, and at the same
time cultivated a large farm in Home town-
ship, Ashtabula county, where he died in
1883, to the great sorrow of a large circle of
friends.
His son, the subject of this sketch, was
born on the home farm in Home township,
November 21, 1836. He remained on the
farm until eighteen years of age, and received
his education in the public schools of his vi-
cinity and at the Grand Hiver Institute, in
Austinburg, Ohio. At the age of eighteen,
he went to Rock Creek as a clerk in a mer-
cantile business, owned by his father and a
partner, where he remained about sixteen
years. He was elected County Treasurer in
October, 1873, serving in that capacity one
term of two years, when, in 1875, he was re-
elected for another term of the same length of
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time. On the expiration of his second term
of office, he became Assistant Cashier of the
First National Bank of Jefferson, which po-
sition he still retains, to his own credit and
the satisfaction of all concerned.
In 1861, Mr. Crosby was married to Miss
Augusta M. Bond, a native of Morgan town-
ship, Ohio, and daughter of Frederick M.
Bond, a well known and worthy citizen. They
have had two children: a son, deceased; and
a daughter, Caspie E.
Fraternally, Mr. Crosby is a Ivnight Tem-
plar Mason, and a member of the Knights of
Pythias. In politics, he is a Republican.
In domestic, business and public life, Mr.
Crosby has ever been the same honorable,
energetic and capable gentleman, and richly
deserves the prosperity which he enjoys.
