High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Alanson Leavitt Crosby

1 Jan 1868 – 13 Jun 1913 · about 45 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Alanson Leavitt Crosby lived from 1 Jan 1868 to 13 Jun 1913, a span of about 45 years.

Theirs is one of 3 markers bearing the name Crosby in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 4relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Alanson Crosby1833–1911Lydia T. Leavitt Crosby1835–1905
Alanson Leavitt Crosbym.Charlotte Simmons Torrey Crosby1869–1938also here
Genevieve Crosby1897–1970also here

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

A 1893 History of Hingham entry, likely this person uncertain match

The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact birth date, found in the Corthell family genealogy (read as a lead), corroborated by a relative's name and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.

The entry, as printed
13, 1835. " Shoemaker." Resides on Leavitt St. Child, b. in Hing., — i. Alanson Leavitt, Jan. 1, 1868. Note. — Samuel T. m. June6, 1848, Sarah E., dau. of Martin Lincoln. Francis Everett, b. Feb. 18, 1867. Clara M (dau. of Samuel T. and Sarah E. (Lincoln) ra. Sept. 16, 1873, Frederick E. C. Bryant of Boston. Clorinda (Gin), a native of Orland, Me., d. 24 Oct. 1875, ast.

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

Died in Philippines.

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