Hiram Benjamin Crosby
Col. Hiram Benjamin Crosby
1831-1900
Col. Hiram B. Crosby, ca 1865
Hiram B. Crosby was a Dartmouth class of 1854 graduate, a colonel with the 18th and 21st Connecticut Infantry who was honorably discharged in 1864; later an attorney and Counsellor at law with an extensive practice in New York City and Westchester County, New York.
He separated from his first wife, Mary Scott, but did not divorce her before partnering with Margaret Ackerman—more on this to come!
Father: Hiram Crosby (1806-1879)
Mother: Nancy Elizabeth Carew (1810-1890)
Spouse 1: Mary Zilpha Scott (ca 1842-1903)
Children:
- Charles Erskine Crosby (1860-1897)
Spouse 2: Margaret Anna Ackerman (1843-1924)
Children:
- Hiram Bedford Crosby (1872-1948)
- Margaret Acherman Crosby (1873- ? )
- William Carew Crosby (1875- ? )
- John Spencer Crosby (1878- ? )
- Helen Bancroft Crosby (1879- ? )
- Thoman Gresham Crosby (1880-1932)
- Constance C. Crosby (1883-1945)
- Alpheus Dixi Crosby (1885- ? )
- Gertrude Crosby (1888-1891)
- Elizabeth Ackerman Crosby (1891- ? )
Timeline
- 1831
December 25 - Born in Norwich, Connecticut. The first of 2 children born to Hiram and Nancy Elizabeth (nee Carew) Crosby.
- 1854
Graduates from Dartmouth College.
- 1859
September - Marries Mary Zilpha Scott.
- ~1860
Son Charles born.
- 1862
Enlistes in the 18th Connecticut and is transferred to the 21st Connecticut.
- ~1865
Marries(?) Margaret Anna Ackerman.
- 1872
July 24 - Son Hiram born.
- 1873
July 4 - Daughter Margaret born.
- 1874
Sister Elizabeth Ann (Crosby) Lucas dies aged 40.
- 1875
October 9 - Son William born.
- 1878
February 6 - Son John born.
- 1879
August 4 - Daugher Helen born.
September 7 - Father dies aged 73. - 1880
November 26 - Son Thomas Gresham born.
- 1883
January 12 - Daughter Constance born.
- 1885
February 22 - Son Alpheus Dixi born.
- 1888
May 30 - Daughter Gertrude born.
- 1890
April 11 - Mother dies aged 79.
- 1891
April 6 - Daughter Elizabeth born.
- 1896
January - First wife, Mary, sues for divorce.
- 1900
October 7 - Dies in New York City, aged 68 years.
Last updated: 17 Sep 2025