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Crosby, Jesse Wentworth, 1848-1915

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1848 - 1915

Biographical History

Jesse Wentworth Crosby (1848-1915) was an early member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and settler in Big Horn, Wyoming, and member of the Wyoming legislature.

Jesse Wentworth Crosby was born on June 22, 1848 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Jesse Wentworth Crosby and Hannah Elida Baldwin. He married Sarah Pauline Clark on October 4, 1867, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and they had twelve children together. He later married Sarah Francis Jacobs aprroximately in 1878, Annie Maria Davies in 1878, and Sarah Ann Meeks in 1894. Jesse Crosby was President of the Panguitch Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1882 to 1900. He was an early settler in Big Horn, Wyoming, and was a member of the Wyoming legislature, representing Big Horn County, beginning in 1910.

Jesse Wentworth Crosby died on February 24, 1915, in Cowley, Wyoming.

Citation:
FamilySearch.org, November 12, 2014 (Jesse Wentworth Crosby. b. June 22, 1848 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Jesse Wentworth Crosby and Hannah Elida Baldwin; m. Sarah Pauline Clark on Oct. 4, 1867, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and they had twelve children together; later married Sarah Francis Jacobs aprroximately in 1878, Annie Maria Davies in 1878, and Sarah Ann Meeks in 1894; d. Feb. 24, 1915, in Cowley, Wyoming)

UPB Files, November 12, 2014 (was President of the Panguitch Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1882 to 1900; early settler in Big Horn, Wyoming, and was a member of the Wyoming legislature, representing Big Horn County, beginning in 1910)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Jesse Wentworth Crosby diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2180
Scope and Contents Materials contain an account of Jesse Wentworth Crosby's activities in Cowley, Wyoming, and in nearby communities. Entries focus on canal construction, his store, and other business enterprises, plus agricultural, church, and political activities. Pre-1902 entries are mostly notes taken at LDS general conferences and other meetings, with a few diary entries interspersed. Diaries begin in earnest on January 1, 1902. Manuscript volumes, also on microfilm, span the following dates: (1) 1884...
Dates: 1884-1914
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jesse Wentworth Crosby diaries

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