Background
Crosby, George Heman was born on March 27, 1849 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Heman and Eveline (Hill) Crosby.
Crosby, George Heman was born on March 27, 1849 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Heman and Eveline (Hill) Crosby.
Student Cornell Univercity, 1869-1870.
General United States Army), Hermione, Edith East., Frederick K. (deceased). Was general freight agent of C., R. I. & P. Railway. Entered railway service as rodman on Pennsylvania & Sodus Bay Railway, 1870.
Assistant engineer Chicago and Southwestern Railway, Atchison, Kansas, 1871.
Identified with C., R. I. & P. Railway, March 1872-1918, as clerk, pass. agent, traveling agent, traveling auditor, freight auditor, secretary, 1898-1903, secretary and treasurer, 1903-1909, vice president, secretary and treasurer, December 1909-November 1, 1918, when retired. Was director, vice president, secretary and treasurer Keokuk & Des Moines Railway Company, Peoria & Bureau Valley Railway Company, and subsidiary coal and railway companies of Rock Island Lincolnshire.
Clubs: Union League, Beverly Country.
Married Jennie M. Ball, January 24, 1871 (died November 5, 1939). Children: Herbert B. (deceased, was major.