Brief Life History of Taylor
When Taylor Crosby was born on 25 September 1836, in Athens, Monroe, Mississippi, United States, his father, William Crosby, was 28 and his mother, Sarah Jane Harmon, was 28. He married Martha Adeline Hamblin in 1860, in Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Iron, Utah, United States in 1870 and Paria, Kane, Utah, United States in 1900. In 1914, his occupation is listed as farmer in Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States. He died on 23 July 1914, in Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Kanab City Cemetery, Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States.
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- Taylor Crosly in household of William Crosly, "United States Census, 1870"
- Not Known, "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1963"
- Taylor Crosby in entry for Sarah Jane Hales Crosby, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1857
Historical Boundaries: 1857: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States
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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Taylor Crosby Sawmill
Taylor Crosby, a convert from the southern states, built a sawmill on what is known as Mill Creek Canyon under the pink cliffs forty miles northeast of Kanab. Per the following website: **********.
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