Josiah Frazier Crosby

Full Name: Josiah Frazier Crosby
Date of birth: January 3, 1829
Date of death: January 3, 1904

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Biographical Notes
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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	73	Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857	6th		Unknown / Presidio		El Paso, Presidio
H	73	Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855	5th ⁽¹⁾		Magoffinsville / El Paso		El Paso, Presidio

(1) A post office operated at Magoffinsville in 1852 and 1853. In January 1854 an army post was established there. In March 1854 the post was officially designated Fort Bliss. Handbook of Texas Online.

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House District 73
Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857
Legislatures: 6th
Home City/County: Unknown / Presidio
Counties in district: El Paso, Presidio

House District 73
Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855
Legislatures: 5th ⁽¹⁾
Home City/County: Magoffinsville / El Paso
Counties in district: El Paso, Presidio

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Resolutions and Journal entries

5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Josiah [F.] Crosby, age 25, native state South Carolina, emigrated from Alabama in 1838, lawyer, postoffice McGoffinsville, El Paso County. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

CROSBY, JOSIAH FRAZIER (1829-1904). Birth date 1/3/1829; death date 1/3/1904. Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, Josiah Frazier Crosby. Biographical Encyclopedia of Texas, 1880, New York, pp. 38-39. Birth date 1/3/1829; native of Charleston, South Carolina. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Obituary, "Judge Crosby at Rest," El Paso Daily Times, 1/6/1904, p. 5, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "In 1852 the deceased came to El Paso and in '54 and '56 he was elected to the state legislature." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, acting quartermaster general with Henry H. Sibley and later adjutant general on the staff of Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith. Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Judge Josiah Frazier Crosby, born 1829, death date 1/3/1904, burial in Concordia Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County. Includes portrait and obituary. No grave marker photo. Find a Grave.

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6th R.S. - 1855 Capitol Appropriations, Construction, and Furniture Civil and Criminal Codes, Governor's Message, Select Comptroller and Treasurer Books, Examine Engrossed Bills Federal Relations Indian Affairs (Chair) Judicial Districts, Select Land Titles West of Nueces River, Select Public Debt Slaves and Slavery Surveying Public Lands, Select
5th R.S. - 1853 Federal Relations Indian Affairs Internal Improvements Judicial Districts Judiciary Rules

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