Individual Details
E. Frank Crosby
(1 Sep 1852 - 13 Apr 1923)
FANNING THE EMBERS, Range Riders Reps, Miles City, Montana, 1971.
E.F. (Frank) Crosby by Helen Crosby Badgett, p84.
E.F. Crosby was born September 1, 1852. He came riding into Montana from
Dakota Territory,behind a bunch of horses in 1890, with his two oldest boys,
Emmett and Harvey (Hod). Hod was only 12.
I can well remember him telling about his blind grandmother who lived with
them, on the upper Michigan Penninsula. He could never understand how she
could tell when he took a puff on her pipe when he lighted it for her with a
coal from the fireplace. He chuckled mightily when he told it for he knew when
he grew up there was nothing wrong with her nose.
E.F. Crosby married Martha Davis at Menomonie, Wisconsin. They had seven
children before coming to Montana: Emmett, Hod, Mont, Libbie, Sylvia (Syd), Bill
and Bessie. Carsie was born in Montana.
Grandpa Crosby was fiddle-footed enough that they moved from Stump Creek to
Maxwell Butte,then back to Powder River, then to Knowlton and back to Powder
River, finally to Canada, then to Miles City.
During the years from 1902 to 1906, E.F. Crosby was County Assessor for Custer
County. Besides his ranch interests and livestock, he was an astute trader and
musician.
E.F. Crosby died in 1923, and Martha Crosby, born November 30, 1854, in 1928.
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Daily Yellowstone Journal, Miles City, Friday, 25Apr1902, Local News
E.F. Crosby's mother and sister have arrived from Menomonie, Wisconsin to spend
the summer.
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Daily Yellowstone Journal, Miles City, Monday, 16Jun1902, Local Items
E.F. Crosby has assumed the responsibility of the operation of the Ekalaka
stage line for two or three months.
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Daily Yellowstone Journal, Miles City, Wedneday, 18Mar1903, Local Items, p3
E.F. Crosby has sold his house to Fred Caton, under a contract for delivery
June 15, for $1,500. The house is situated near the convent and was bought
from W.P. Flynn by Crosby.
The Independent, Miles City, 8 Mar 1906, p5, c4, in Locals
"E. F. Crosby came in Friday from his ranch on Powder river where he has been busily engaged for several days making ready for the installation of his gasoline pump which is to raise water for irragating this summer. Mr. Crosby will irrigate something like 200 acres, having bought a fifteen horse power engine which is guaranteed to lift 2000 gallons per minute. The water will have to be elevated nine or ten feet and a short flume has been built to start the water into the ditch."
Note: E. F. Crosby has several notices in The Independent, ca 1906, signed E. F. Crosby, Assessor.
The Independent, Miles City, 3 May, 1906, p5, c2, in Locals
"E. F. Crosby came in Saturday evening from his ranch on Powder river where he went to set up his big gasoline engine and irrigating pump. Everything moved like clockwork from the start and the plant filled to overflowing a ditch carrying 200 inches of water. Mr. Crosby states that by crowding the pump to it full capacity he could increase this flow by 100 inches. The water is lifted about ten feet through a ten inch pipe and could, if necessary, be lifted twenty-five or thirty feet with all ease."
The Independent, Miles City, 5 Sep 1906, p5, c4, in Locals
"E. F. Crosby came in from his ranch on Tuesday and on Wednesday left for a visit to Au [sic] Claire, Wis."
The Stockgrowers Journal, 2 Jan 1907, Short Locals page
"E. F. Crosby is in from his ranch. He has been putting in his time during the cold weather sawing lumber for use on his ranch, for which purpose he finds his gasoline irrigating engine very useful. While operating his engine a few weeks ago his clothing became entangled in the machinery and before he extricated himself was injured about the legs so that he has been obliged to suspend activities in that direction until recovered."
The Independent, Miles City, 3 Jan 1907, p5, c1, in Locals
"E. F. Crosby and wife came in from Mizpah last Thursday. Mr. Crosby was suffering from an injury to his leg which resulted from getting his pantaloon caught in some machinery. He also was transacting business at the U.S. land office. Frank says he is running a regular double-jointed, hump-backed sawmill on Powder river."
The Independent, Miles City, 1 May 1907, p7, c2, in Locals
"E. F. Crosby and wife reached Miles City from their home at Mizpah Sunday morning. They were called here by the severe illness of Emmett Crosby, who is suffering from pneumonia."
The Independent, Miles City, 22 May 1907, p12, c1, Terry
"Friends of Emmett Crosby wull be pleased to learn that he has so far recovered from his recent illness as to be able to go to his home on the ranch. Mr. Crosby had pneumonia at Miles city."
YJ, 14 Jul 1908
"E. F. Crosby is in from his ranch on the Powder river."
YJ, 23 Oct 1908, Short Locals
"E.F. Crosby is in from his ranch today."
YJ, 1 Feb 1909, Short Locals
Frank Crosby has shipped in a big well boring outfit over the N.P."
E.F. (Frank) Crosby by Helen Crosby Badgett, p84.
E.F. Crosby was born September 1, 1852. He came riding into Montana from
Dakota Territory,behind a bunch of horses in 1890, with his two oldest boys,
Emmett and Harvey (Hod). Hod was only 12.
I can well remember him telling about his blind grandmother who lived with
them, on the upper Michigan Penninsula. He could never understand how she
could tell when he took a puff on her pipe when he lighted it for her with a
coal from the fireplace. He chuckled mightily when he told it for he knew when
he grew up there was nothing wrong with her nose.
E.F. Crosby married Martha Davis at Menomonie, Wisconsin. They had seven
children before coming to Montana: Emmett, Hod, Mont, Libbie, Sylvia (Syd), Bill
and Bessie. Carsie was born in Montana.
Grandpa Crosby was fiddle-footed enough that they moved from Stump Creek to
Maxwell Butte,then back to Powder River, then to Knowlton and back to Powder
River, finally to Canada, then to Miles City.
During the years from 1902 to 1906, E.F. Crosby was County Assessor for Custer
County. Besides his ranch interests and livestock, he was an astute trader and
musician.
E.F. Crosby died in 1923, and Martha Crosby, born November 30, 1854, in 1928.
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Daily Yellowstone Journal, Miles City, Friday, 25Apr1902, Local News
E.F. Crosby's mother and sister have arrived from Menomonie, Wisconsin to spend
the summer.
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Daily Yellowstone Journal, Miles City, Monday, 16Jun1902, Local Items
E.F. Crosby has assumed the responsibility of the operation of the Ekalaka
stage line for two or three months.
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Daily Yellowstone Journal, Miles City, Wedneday, 18Mar1903, Local Items, p3
E.F. Crosby has sold his house to Fred Caton, under a contract for delivery
June 15, for $1,500. The house is situated near the convent and was bought
from W.P. Flynn by Crosby.
The Independent, Miles City, 8 Mar 1906, p5, c4, in Locals
"E. F. Crosby came in Friday from his ranch on Powder river where he has been busily engaged for several days making ready for the installation of his gasoline pump which is to raise water for irragating this summer. Mr. Crosby will irrigate something like 200 acres, having bought a fifteen horse power engine which is guaranteed to lift 2000 gallons per minute. The water will have to be elevated nine or ten feet and a short flume has been built to start the water into the ditch."
Note: E. F. Crosby has several notices in The Independent, ca 1906, signed E. F. Crosby, Assessor.
The Independent, Miles City, 3 May, 1906, p5, c2, in Locals
"E. F. Crosby came in Saturday evening from his ranch on Powder river where he went to set up his big gasoline engine and irrigating pump. Everything moved like clockwork from the start and the plant filled to overflowing a ditch carrying 200 inches of water. Mr. Crosby states that by crowding the pump to it full capacity he could increase this flow by 100 inches. The water is lifted about ten feet through a ten inch pipe and could, if necessary, be lifted twenty-five or thirty feet with all ease."
The Independent, Miles City, 5 Sep 1906, p5, c4, in Locals
"E. F. Crosby came in from his ranch on Tuesday and on Wednesday left for a visit to Au [sic] Claire, Wis."
The Stockgrowers Journal, 2 Jan 1907, Short Locals page
"E. F. Crosby is in from his ranch. He has been putting in his time during the cold weather sawing lumber for use on his ranch, for which purpose he finds his gasoline irrigating engine very useful. While operating his engine a few weeks ago his clothing became entangled in the machinery and before he extricated himself was injured about the legs so that he has been obliged to suspend activities in that direction until recovered."
The Independent, Miles City, 3 Jan 1907, p5, c1, in Locals
"E. F. Crosby and wife came in from Mizpah last Thursday. Mr. Crosby was suffering from an injury to his leg which resulted from getting his pantaloon caught in some machinery. He also was transacting business at the U.S. land office. Frank says he is running a regular double-jointed, hump-backed sawmill on Powder river."
The Independent, Miles City, 1 May 1907, p7, c2, in Locals
"E. F. Crosby and wife reached Miles City from their home at Mizpah Sunday morning. They were called here by the severe illness of Emmett Crosby, who is suffering from pneumonia."
The Independent, Miles City, 22 May 1907, p12, c1, Terry
"Friends of Emmett Crosby wull be pleased to learn that he has so far recovered from his recent illness as to be able to go to his home on the ranch. Mr. Crosby had pneumonia at Miles city."
YJ, 14 Jul 1908
"E. F. Crosby is in from his ranch on the Powder river."
YJ, 23 Oct 1908, Short Locals
"E.F. Crosby is in from his ranch today."
YJ, 1 Feb 1909, Short Locals
Frank Crosby has shipped in a big well boring outfit over the N.P."
Events
| Birth | 1 Sep 1852 | Wisconsin |  | ||
| Death | 13 Apr 1923 | Miles City, Custer, Montana | |||
| Marriage | Menomonie, Dunn, Wisconsin - Martha Davis |
Families
| Spouse | Martha Davis (1854 - 1928) |
| Child | Emmett Crosby (1878 - ) |
| Child | Harvey Hawkins "Hod" Crosby (1878 - ) |
| Child | Libbie Crosby |
| Child | Mont Crosby |
| Child | Sylvia "Syd" Crosby |
| Child | Bill Crosby |
| Child | Bessie Crosby |
| Child | Carsie Crosby |
Endnotes
1. State of Montana, Certificate of Death.