Col. Hiram B. Crosby, ca 1864*
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 took a trip to Michigan's Upper Peninsula in the fall of 1872 as part of a prospecting party to analyze the potential for iron mines near Iron Mountain, Michigan—more on this to come.
He separated from his first wife, Mary Scott, but did not divorce her before partnering with Margaret Ackerman (see newspaper clipping below)—more on this to come!
Father: Hiram Crosby (1806-1879)
Mother: Nancy Elizabeth Carew (1810-1890)
Spouse 1: Mary Zilpha Scott (ca 1842-1903)
Spouse 2: Margaret Anna Ackerman (1843-1924)
December 25 - Born in Norwich, Connecticut. The first of 2 children born to Hiram and Nancy Elizabeth (nee Carew) Crosby.
Graduates from Dartmouth College.
Admitted to the Bar.
September - Marries Mary Zilpha Scott.
July 11 - Son Charles born in Norwich, Connecticut.
Enlistes in the 18th Connecticut and is transferred to the 21st Connecticut.
September 16 - Discharged from Union Army, returns to Norwich and resumes his legal career.
Moves to New York City.
Marries(?) Margaret Anna Ackerman.
July 24 - Son Hiram born.
Sept & Oct travels to Michigan's Upper Peninsula as part of a prospecting party to analyzed the potential for iron mines.
July 4 - Daughter Margaret born.
Sister Elizabeth Ann (Crosby) Lucas dies aged 40.
October 9 - Son William born.
February 6 - Son John born.
August 4 - Daugher Helen born.
September 7 - Father dies aged 73.
November 26 - Son Thomas Gresham born.
January 12 - Daughter Constance born.
February 22 - Son Alpheus Dixi born.
May 30 - Daughter Gertrude born.
April 11 - Mother dies aged 79.
April 6 - Daughter Elizabeth born.
January - First wife, Mary, sues for divorce.
October 7 - Dies in New York City, aged 68 years.
Ad appearing in the Norwich Morning Bulletin (Norwich CT), 21 April 1862, for Hiram's law practice. Solomon Lucas is the husband of Hiram's sister, Elizabeth.
New York Herald, Saturday 18 January 1896: 
Hiram Benjamin Crosby
* Photo of Hiram B. Crosby in uniform is from Hubbell, William Stone, Delos D. Brown, Alvin Millen Crane. The Story of the Twenty-First Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, During the Civil War, 1861–1865 (Middletown, CT: Press of the Stewart Print. Co.), 1900, page 17. https://archive.org/details/00544322.3071.emory.edu/page/17/mode/2up
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