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Alanson Crossman

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Alanson Crossman
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
from the Washtenaw County district
In office
November 2, 1835 – December 31, 1837
Personal details
BornSt. Johnsbury, Vermont
Died1853
Political partyDemocratic

Alanson Crossman (unknown – 1853) was an American blacksmith and politician who served in the first two sessions of the Michigan House of Representatives.

Biography

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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

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Crossman married Evelina Bailey Ewen, and they had at least one daughter, Jerusha Phelps Crossman.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Bingham 1888, p. 208.
  2. ^ Burton 1910, p. 130.
  3. ^ Boltwood 1878, p. 140.

References

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  • Bingham, Stephen D. (1888), Early History of Michigan: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators, Lansing: Thorp & Godfrey, retrieved 2018-11-19
  • 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 2018-11-19
  • Burton, M. Agnes, ed. (1910), "Henry Little", Michigan Historical Collections, vol. 17 (2nd ed.), Lansing, Michigan: Wynloop Hallenbeck Crawford, pp. 129–131, retrieved 2018-11-19