The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-03-24
Hon. William G. Gro shy.

tltlEtHH builiS OF Il long PROBES
sonal life devoted to the practice of law, his elo
quence and skill as an advocate rendered him
leader at the bar, while by his sound Judgment and
learning he became equally distinguished as safe
counsellor Before as well as since he retired from
active business. his cordial sympathy amenity of
manners, charm of conversation, and readiness to
impart advice instruction, bound him closely by
ties of regard and attachment to all who shared his
acquaintance and the news of his death was re-
ceiyed with deep significance and regret.
Governor Crosby born in Belfast on the
tenth Of September 1905. His father Hon. William
Crosby, generally known a. Judge Crosby was an
eminent lawyer who resided here from 1902 untilhis
death fifty wears after. His mother closed her long
and useful life in ISL the advanced age of ninety
three, being with single exception the oldest per
son in town. Both We're natives of Bierca, Mas
sachusett where the ancestors of Judge Crosby set
tied soon after arriving from England in 1885.
After completing his preparatory studies at Bel
fast Academy. under the instruction of Ralph Cush-
man and Rev. William Frothingham Young Crosby
entered Bowtlon College in 1879, being then in his
fourteenth year That institution was then in it in
fancy. the first class having taken their degrees
only thirteen wears before. The whole number of
students during his college course hardly exceeded
one hundred. Among his classmates were William
Pitt Fe~senden, John Otis and Luther v Bell and
the roll Of his other contemporaries contains the
names of Hawthorne, Longfellow Franklin Pierce,
Chief Justice Appleton, Prot. William SMITH. Prof.
stowe, senator james W. Bradbury, George B.
Checyer ~targent = PrtntioS, John = {. Abbott.
and others. who have acquired more than local dis
tnction. He graduated on the 81 of September,
o33, few days before he wa, eighteen wears old,
being the first person horn in Belfast who ever re
ccived a college education. BUT four Of his thirty
three classmates survive him. The only one Of his
instructors now living i the Rev. Alpheus : Pack
ard y. H., then tutor in latin and mathematics, and
till occupying profc~sor>hip in the College. with
which he HAS been connected Since l>l9.
MI Crosby rommenrement part was poem on
The Enthusiasm of t,enius." The whispering
pines of Brunswick seem to have infused taste
for poetry in many of the young men assembled
there, and with him, continued after he left the
scene Of Inspiration lie frequently contributed
/ poetical pieces for the newspapers, two III which
were aftcrward reproduced in volume entitled
"Bowloin Poets. printed some forty years since.
His ode at the rommcmoration Of Adams and JET
teI~on, in lS26. and poem delivered before the
Belfast Lycom five years later indicated merit and
promise Many of hi college associates believed
that the MUSES. had been layi>hin their gifts To him,
and when rclinquished for the stern arithmetic of
life could tpnlv fine words of pone. ..Uo,y sweet
IN ovid vas in Murray lost >fter couuletinp
course Of legal studies with hi. father he practiced
law in Boston for two wears. Here he formed tile
acquaintance II COL harles q, Greene afterwards
well known the editor of the Boston Post, and
his brother, the late Nathaniel Greene. \. F. Willis,
and other Young men, whose literary tastes assimi-
lated with hi, own. MANY of these friendships
were OF lifelong duration. In lS2S he returned to
Belfast, and became permanently established here.
From 1886 10 l>lD ID wa III partnership with Hiram
q. Alden Esp.
Mr. Crosby wl~ malried in 1881 to Mis- Ann VI.
Patterson, daughter of Capt. Robert Patterson it'll,
son al one OF the first settlers of Belfast Their
children who sur, ivcd infancy. wtr, Anne NJ now
Mrs. Richard Chenerv; Sarah F.. now Mrs. John
IIitchcocA of Boston. William. who resides here.
George. who died Feb Il ISIS ,,nJ AZ. Horace,
yho il III bu,ine,. N Mchee.rort. PA ana Fro,I
erirk NH, w. Lfred Nix nm arci,lnn+ at Src,,.a
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In $50. Mr. Crosby WAS nnonimousI, nominated
for Governor l,y 4 I9ru. Who convention and 70
ceyed a in,ich greater vote than had Lceu oivpn to
any WING candidate since the eIectinn of Governor
Kent ten wears before lie received \ second nom
ination in ls52. ana although Belfast was then .
strong Democratic town. hi. fellow citizens honored
him hv a majority of over tvv, hundrnd ,rit,tion
of the Maine Law. and fine Free Soil element had
divided the Democratic party. and there, was no
choice by the people After protractcd contest in
the Legislature, he was chosen overflow Hubbard
the regular Democratic nominee and Arson q.
Chandler, who represented the Anti Maine Law di-
vision. His election was repeated by the legislature
of 1874. During these two wears his constitutional
advisers As well as many member, OF the senate
and House, were men of ability and of public con
tidence In the Council were Franklin smith, Amos
NJ. Roberts Albert PiI.hlny H. IT. Johnson Thco-
dore {. Woo,lman an, Samuei p ,I,v.. while the
Legislature contained ,,porrc NJ Chase Shepard
Calv William T. FcssenJen ,rtcmas Iihbnv
Henry W. Paine. Freeman II Morse Jobn r. nm
w.