Alanson Crossman
Alanson Crossman | |
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| Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the Washtenaw County district | |
| In office November 2, 1835 – December 31, 1837 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Died | 1853 |
| Party | Democratic |
Alanson Crossman (unknown – 1853) was an American blacksmith and politician who served in the first two sessions of the Michigan House of Representatives.
Biography
[edit]Alanson Crossman was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, and was educated in Montpelier, Vermont.[1]
He left St. Johnsbury on October 3, 1831, in the company of Henry Little and his family; the party arrived in Galesburg, Michigan, that November 5.[2] Crossman settled in the town of Dexter, working as a blacksmith.[1]
He was elected as a Democrat to the Michigan House of Representatives for its first session after the adoption of the state constitution in 1835, and re-elected to another term in 1835.[1]
He died in 1853.[1]
Family
[edit]Crossman married Evelina Bailey Ewen, and they had at least one daughter, Jerusha Phelps Crossman.[3]
Notes
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Bingham 1888, p. 208.
- ↑ Burton 1910, p. 130.
- ↑ Boltwood 1878, p. 140.
References
[edit]- Bingham, Stephen D. (1888), Early History of Michigan: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators, Lansing: Thorp & Godfrey, retrieved November 19, 2018
- Boltwood, Lucius M. (1878), History and Genealogy of the Family of Thomas Noble, of Westfield, Massachusetts, Hartford, Connecticut: Case, Lockwood, Brainard, ISBN 978-5-87495-958-6, retrieved November 19, 2018
{{citation}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - Burton, M. Agnes, ed. (1910), "Henry Little", Michigan Historical Collections, vol. 17 (2nd ed.), Lansing, Michigan: Wynloop Hallenbeck Crawford, pp. 129–131, retrieved November 19, 2018
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