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Joseph Crosslow

Joseph Crosslow

Male 1844 - 1909  (~ 65 years)

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  • Name Joseph Crosslow 
    Born May 1844  Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried 1909  Moffett Cemetery, Lukin township, Lawrence, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Cemetery Location Approx 8 MI Sr Sumner, Illinois, USA
    Died 8 Jun 1909  Sumner, Lawrence, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I22249  Tofterå Slettemoen
    Last Modified 16 Mar 2024 

    Father James W. Croslow,   b. Abt 1805, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Washington, Brown, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Catharine Simmons,   b. 1810, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Johnson, Brown, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6665  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Abashaba Elizabeth Shipley,   b. Feb 1848, Brown County, IN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1909, Lukin Twp, Lawrence, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1864  Brown County, IN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Hiram Ulysses Grant Crosslow,   b. 11 Aug 1869, Johnson, Brown, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1936, Holland, Pemiscot, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     2. Sarah Emma Crosslow,   b. 13 Feb 1872, Brown County, IN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1943, Ashley, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     3. Thomas Caption Crosslow,   b. 1 Jun 1882, Brown, Ripley, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1950, Mt Carmel, Wabash, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     4. Jimmy Croslow,   b. 29 May 1883, Brown County, IN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1883, Brown County, IN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     5. James William Crosslow,   b. 19 May 1885, Brown County, IN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1947, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     6. Rosa Ann Crosslow,   b. 19 Jan 1887, Brown County, IN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1951, Cooter, Pemiscot, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     7. Joseph Alfred Crosslow,   b. 19 Jan 1887, Brown, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1934, Manila, Mississippi, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2012 
    Family ID F7170  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 1860, Joseph is 16 and living with his sister Nancy Crider, her husband George and sons in Johnson, Brown, Indiana. They are a few houses over from the Shipleys, with daughter Basheba. Elijah Johnson is in the same township, but only four years old at the time.

      >: Joseph Crosslow married to Bashaba/Barshaba Shipley on 12-25-1864. Soon after marriage Joseph enlisted in service as a soldier. He returned in spring of 1865. They separated Jan.1, 1868, she left.
      >: Joseph Croslow married to Martha Todd on July 18, 1869 (abandoned her in the winter of 1869)
      >: Martha filed Complaint for divorce on Sep 18, 1871, claiming he had taken up with his wife from a former marriage.
      >: Joseph and Abashaba remarried July 3, 1873. Separated Sep 25 1873, when she charges that he abandoned her.
      >: Complaint for Divorce filed Feb. 23 1874, mentions Ulysus age 5 and Emma age 3.
      >: Abashaba Croslow married to Elijah Johnson on Jan 13 1875, filed for divorce Oct 25 1875. Elijah left in 1875, just before her confinement. Relatives took food and clothing to her during her confinement. A child was born to them in October 1875. Separated in Jan 1876, he left. Complaint for Divorce filed Jan 9, 1879. Abasha now lives in Washington Twp. and has a child, Martha J. Johnson, age 4.
      >: Joseph Croslow again married to Abashaba (now Johnson) on April 7, 1879.

      Information from Brown County, Indiana. Marriages 1836-1893.

      Corporal, Company K., 145th Indiana Infantry, enrolled 16 Jan 1865, discharged, 21 Jan 1866, Columbus, Indiana. Promoted to Corporal on Feb. 16, 1865. Mustered out at Macon, Georgia.

      In 1860 he lives with his sister Nancy Crider and family in Johnson, Brown County.

      1900 Census for Busseron Township, Emison Precinct, Knox, Indiana:
      Joseph and wife Bashiba live with their children, plus their son Ulysses with his wife Joanna and their children, and Josephs sister Tabitha, widow with six children.
      Joseph Crosslow May 1844 Indiana m. 1866
      Bashiba Crosslow Feb 1849 Indiana m. 1866
      Thomas Crosslow May 1885 Indiana
      James Crosslow Jun 1883 Indiana
      Joseph A Crosslow Feb 1887 Indiana
      Rose A Crosslow Feb 1889 Indiana
      Ulysses G Crosslow Aug 1870 Indiana m. 1895
      Joanna Crosslow Feb 1876 Indiana m. 1895
      Alma A Crosslow Dec 1895 Indiana
      Bashiba E Crosslow Sep 1898 Indiana