Bio: Crosby, Charles F. (1881)

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Surnames: Crosby, Spencer

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin, (Marathon County, Wis.) page 558

Hon. Charles F. Crosby, attorney at law, Wausau, was born in the town of Waterloo, Jefferson Co., Wis., Dec. 12, 1847, and when he was nine years of age moved with his father, Elisha F. Crosby, to Dell Prairie, Adams Co., Wis., living there until the Spring of 1871, when he went to Luverne, Rock Co., Minn., and engaged in the practice of law there. Mr. Crosby was educated at Bronson and Kilbourn Institutes, pursuing a collegiate course expecting to enter Lawrence University. He was admitted to the Bar in the Fall of 1870. While in Minnesota, he was District Attorney, County, Judge, and member of Assembly. He came to Wausau July 29, 1875, and was District Attorney in 1878, and elected State Senator in the Fall of 1880. He was married, Nov. 18, 1873, in Benton, Kennebec Co., Me., to Adassah C. Spencer, a native of Benton.