Nathan Crossman and Rachel Mary Dennison Blose

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Husband Nathan Crossman ¹

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            AKA: Nathan Croasman,2 Nathan Croasmun 3 4
           Born: 1826 - North Mahoning Twp, Indiana Co, PA 5
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         Father: Asa Crossman (1794-1864) 6 7
         Mother: Mary McHenry (Abt 1799-1878) 5 6 7

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       Marriage: 17 Jun 1852 4

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Wife Rachel Mary Dennison Blose ^{1 4 8 9}

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           Born: 9 Mar 1829 4
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           Died: 10 Dec 1913 4
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         Father: John George Blose (1803-1877) 3 10
         Mother: Esther Ament (      -1881) 3 10

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Children

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1 M Cyrus G. Croasman ⁵

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           Born: 1853 - Perry Twp, Jefferson Co, PA 5
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           Died: Abt 1855
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M William A. Crossman ¹

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            AKA: William A. Croasman 5
           Born: 1855 5
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Neal (      -      ) 5

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3 M John D. Crossman ¹

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            AKA: John D. Croasman 5
           Born: 1858 5
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         Spouse: Annie Coalter (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 1888 5

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4 F Iola Jane Crossman ¹

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            AKA: Iola J. Croasman 5
           Born: 1860 5
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5 F Ina Maud Crossman ¹

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            AKA: Ina M. Croasman 5
           Born: 1863 5
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         Spouse: H. D. Dafibaugh (      -      ) 5

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6 M Darius M. Crossman ¹

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            AKA: Darius M. Croasman 11
           Born: 1866 11
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         Spouse: M. M. Henry (      -      ) 11
           Marr: 1889 11

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7 M Silas Ralph Crossman ¹

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            AKA: S. Ralph Croasman 11
           Born: 1869 11
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General Notes: Husband - Nathan Crossman

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He grew to manhood in Indiana county, Pennsylvania, obtaining a very limited education. After marriage he and his wife began their domestic life on a farm in Perry township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, where he had located the year previous, having purchased 180 acres of partially-improved land. To its further development and cultivation he then devoted his time and attention, erected a large and comfortable residence in 1873, building good barns and making many other improvements. In connection with farming he was also extensively interested in lumbering, and purchased a tract of timber land in Gaskill township, Jefferson County, which he cleared, rafting the lumber down the Mahoning and Allegheny rivers to western markets. Later he bought 100 acres on Elk run, converted the timber into square lumber, and in 1884, in company with George Putney & Sons and others, purchased 2,400 acres of timber land on Maple creek in Forest County, where they erected a large sawmill and extensively engaged in the manufacture of sawed lumber.
Reared as an Old-line Whig, he became a pronounced Republican on the organization of that party, and held the offices of school director two terms, and supervisor one term, but never cared for political preferment. He and his wife were faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Valier, Jefferson County.

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General Notes: Wife - Rachel Mary Dennison Blose

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from Jefferson Co, PA

1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 467.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1128.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1123.

4 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 179.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1129.

6 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 467, 479.

7 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 161.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1123, 1129.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 464.

10 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 178.

11 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1130.