The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-08-17
Obituary.

Prof. Alphcus Bcnning Crosby, A.
NJ, NJ. d., whose death occurred at
Hanover, n. H., on Thursday, Aug. 9,
was born at CHINATOWN, N. H., Feb
ruary %, 1882. His father, the late
Dixi Crosby, M. d., Ii. D., was for
many years distinguished professor in
the Dartmouth Medical college, while
his grandfather, DR.. Asa Crosby, was q
celebrated physician of Sandwich, n.
II. The Crosby family descended from
patriotic stock, and the great-grandfa-
ther of the deceased, Capt Josiah Cros-
by, was an officer in the Revolutionary
war. In literary ability and I'm .he pro-
fession of medicine the Crosby family
Is one of the most remarkable i'm the
country. Prof. Alphcus Crosby, the
noted Greek scholar and professor at
Dartmouth, the late Professor Thomas
II. Crosby of the same college, the late
Josiah Crosby, MD, of Manchester and
Judge Nathan Crosby of Lowell, were
uncles of the deceased
The subject of this sketch graduated
al Dartmouth in 1858 Among his
classmates were Prof. Henry Fairbanks
of ST. Johnsbury, VT; Calvin G.. Hol-
lenbush, a surgeon of the United States
army; Hon. John Hutchinson of Kan
sas; Franklin McDuffee of Rochester,
n. H.; Prof. Nathan j. Morrison of Oh
ivet college, Mich. Prof. Isaac A. Park
er of the Lombard University of Hi
nois; Rev. Moses Il. Runnells, late of
the American Sunday School Union ;
Prof. David B. j. Sargent of Oberln
college, Ohio; Prof. Henry L. Stanton
of the Leavenworth Collegiate Institute
Of Virginia; William G.. Thompson, U.
5. consul at New Providence, West In
dies; Col. Edward J. Wood of Indiana,
a distinguished officer of the Rebellion
war, and Prof. G. A. Young, the cele-
brated astronomer, who has recently
gone from Dartmouth to Princeton col
lege.
After graduation at Hanover, young
Crosby studied medicine with his ia.
ther and at the college of Physicians
and Surgeons at New York city, while
he was for time assistant surgeon al
the United States Marine Hospital al
Chelsea. He received the degree OF
Doctor of Medicine at the Dartmouth
Medical college in 1856, and then locat.
ed in the practice of medicine at Hano
YER. On the breaking out of the civi
war, DR.. Crosby promptly offered his
services to the state, and was appointed
surgeon of the first regiment of New
Hampshire (three months) Volunteers
The same year O96D he was made :
brigade surgeon and medical director
on the staff Of Gen. G.. L. Stone. Sub
scquently he filled the latter position OF
the staff of Gen. John Sedgwick, ant
also OH that of Gen. Silas Casey and o.
(Aan Vnln Danlr Io Ii
ton in the army in July, 1862, after tn,
Peninsular campaign. Afterward h,
was reappointed surgeon by the sccre
tary of war, but declined the position
AT the fall session of 1862 he wa
made Associate Professor of Surgery a
the Dartmouth Medical College, and il
1871 was constituted Professor, as In,
successor of his illustrious father. Ii
1865 he was appointed Professor of Sur
gerry in the Medical Department of tin
University of Vermont, and was ais,
chosen Professor of Surgery in the Uni
versity of Michigan. Subsequently h,
was given the same chair at the Lon.
Island Hospital College, and also mad,
Professor of Anatomy at the Bellevue
Hospital college in New York city
These high positions that the deceasc,
filled gave him for his age probably th
most eminent rank of any college in
strnctor in the country. lie arrived il
Hanover only few days ago, to delive
lectures at the Medical College, but
sudden sickness came upon him, and il
brief time death called him away from
the many duties of useful and valua
BILE life.
. Besides attending to his active pro
fessional duties he had prepared an
published many paper upon subject
connected with his medical studies. ii
was very skillful physician and mos
faithful and successful instructor.
man of fine presence, genial and court
eous manners and with character beal
ing the stamp of the purest knight
honor-his name will be transmitted a
one of the noblest lights in the profes
: sion of medicine in America. The de
5 ceased was married to Miss Mildre
l Glassell Smith at Baltimore, Md, Jul
20, 1862, and several children had bee
born to them.
He was an active member of the Epi:
copal church and was made Freemf
,, son in the Winslow Lewis Lodge c
l Boston.
Albert ii. Crosby, NJ. D., of Concord
was brother of the deceased and W
think his mother still remains at the ol
, home at Hanover.-[B Boston journal.