Individual Details

Harvey Hawkins "Hod" Crosby

(3 May 1878 - Jun 1946)

Harvey H. "Hod" Crosby was born at Menomonie, Wisconsin on May 3, 1878 to E. F.
"Frank" Crosby and his wife Martha. When he was a few months old they moved
into what is now South Dakota, then Dakota Territory, and settled near
Estelline.

In 1890 the family migrated to Montana, settling sever miles below Hocket Basin
on the Powder River.

Hod married twice; first to Elizabeth Doon who bore him three daughters--
Marie, Ethel and Helen. Hod then married Laura Hill and had four more
children-- Dorothy, Dick, Dixie and Betty.

Hod died in June of 1946 at the age of 68 and is buried in Miles City in the
Custer County Cemetery.

("As We Recall", Custer County Area History, the Harvy H. (Hod) Crosby story,
by Ethel M. Welborn, p260/261.)

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Daily Yellowstone Journal, Miles City, Friday, 26Sep1902, Local Items, p3

Mr. and Mrs. Harve Crosby have bee made happy by the visitation of the stork.
A girl was born to Mrs. Crosby at the Remington sanitorium last night. [Marie
Crosby]

The Stockgrowers Journal, 19 Dec 1906, Short Locals
"H. H. Crosby was in from his ranch the fore part of the week."

The Stockgrowers Journal, 13 Nov 1907
"H. H. Crosby is in from his ranch."

YJ, 8 Feb 1909, Short Locals
"H. H. Crosby is in the city from his ranch at Hockett."

Events

Birth3 May 1878Menomonie, Dunn, Wisconsin
MarriageDec 1899Elizabeth Doonan
DeathJun 1946
DivorceElizabeth Doonan
BurialMiles City, Custer, Montana, Custer Co Cem

Families

SpouseElizabeth Doonan (1877 - 1964)
ChildEthel Crosby (1904 - 1986)
ChildMarie Crosby (1902 - 1972)
ChildHelen Crosby
FatherE. Frank Crosby (1852 - 1923)
MotherMartha Davis (1854 - 1928)
SiblingEmmett Crosby (1878 - )
SiblingLibbie Crosby
SiblingMont Crosby
SiblingSylvia "Syd" Crosby
SiblingBill Crosby
SiblingBessie Crosby
SiblingCarsie Crosby