Career
He represented York East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1874. He was born in Markham in Upper Canada in 1829 to Chauncey Crosby and Polly Detweiler (Miller) Crosby and educated there. He served as clerk and treasurer of Markham for 10 years.
He was also captain in the local militia.
They had a daughter Mary Gertrude Crosby (1869–1941) who married John Crosby Jenkins.