Brief Life History of Heber R.
Heber R. Crosby was born in December 1897, in South Carolina, United States as the son of Harvey Edward Crosby Sr. He lived in Bell Township, Colleton, South Carolina, United States for about 20 years and Colombia in 1951. He died on 21 March 1956, in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 58.
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- Heber Crosley in household of Stephen B Crosley, "United States Census, 1920"
- Heber Crosby in entry for Willie H Crosby, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
- Heber Crosby in household of Stephen Crosby, "United States Census, 1910"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1899
Thousand Days' War. Around 120,000 people die in civil war between Liberals and Conservatives. Panama becomes an independent state.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called with Old Norse kross ‘cross’ + bȳ ‘farm, settlement’ in Lancashire, Cumberland, Westmorland, North Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire.
Irish: surname adopted by bearers of the Gaelic name Mac an Chrosáin (see McCrossen ).
History: The surname of the Irish family of Crosbie is ultimately derived from providing the chief bards to the O’Mores, Chiefs of Leix: crosán means ‘bard’ or ‘satirist’. Pádraic Mac Crosáin or Mac An Chrosáin took the Anglicized name Patrick Crosbie c. 1583.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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