Crossthwait, Thomas P.

CROSSTHWAIT

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Date: 7/5/2021 at 12:04:16

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.589

CROSSTHWAIT, THOMAS P., Indianola, saddle and harness-maker; was born in Fulton county, Illinois, in 1843, and at an early age removed to Davis county, Iowa, and lived there until 1865, and then moved to Missouri, and came to this county in 1862; July 15, 1863, he enlisted in Company M, 8th Iowa Cavalry, and served until the close of the war; the command, besides other fields of operation, was with Nelson in Georgia, and was mustered out at Macon, Georgia; he spent one year in Colorado; he learned his present business, and engaged in it on his own account in 1868; he has held the office of city treasurer, and is agent of the American Express Company at this place; he married Miss Lizzie D. Robberts in 1868; she was born in Indiana; they have two children: Eugene and Nellie.