Crosby, William Chase, 1806-1880.
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Crosby, William Chase, 1806-1880.
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Crosby, William Chase, 1806-1880.
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Crosby engaged in lumbering operations in the Penobscot River area near Bangor, Maine and was interested in railroad building in Maine. His business operations were continued by his son Wilson Crosby.
William Chase Crosby was born in Atkinson, Maine in 1806. He was educated at the Gardiner Lyceum. He moved to Bangor in 1828 and was a businessman there until moving to Atkinson in 1835. He farmed there and was admitted to the Piscataquis County Bar in 1845. He soon moved to Bangor to practice law and was active in city government.
The East Maine Kansas Aid Society was formed for the purpose of organizing and financing groups of Free settlers in Kansas. William C. Crosby of Bangor was chairman of the executive committee of the society.
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Slavery
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