| Birth: | Oct. 7, 1844
Church Gresley
Derbyshire, England | | Death: | Jan. 26, 1889
Butte
Silver Bow County
Montana, USA | 
Son of John Croxall and Eliza Orgyle
Married Mary Eliza Young, 4 Jun 1865, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Utah
Married Caroline Partridge Young, 7 Oct 1868, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, later divorced
Married Hulda Zachariesen, after 1868, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Mark came to Utah in 1860.
Mark was remembered as one of the most popular men and gifted musicians of the city of Salt Lake. His skill as a cornetist was widely known, and won for him praise and admiration of professionals at home and abroad.
As a mere boy he created something of a sensation in New York with his wonderful mastery of the cornet, a gift which afterward made him one of the leading musicians in Croxall's Band, a well-known organization first led by his father. He also played in the Salt Lake Theatre orchestra, of which he was a member for many years. Mark, while taking part in all the musical enterprises of early days in Utah.
Mark was busy in other ways, having been employed in the Deseret Telegraph office and also the office of Z.C.M.I. Later he was a member of the music firm of Careless & Croxall.
In 1868 he married Mary Young, a daughter of President Brigham Young, who died sometime later. He also married Miss Caroline Young, another daughter of President Young.
Aristocratic in looks and bearing, yet one of the most genial and affable of men, he was very popular among the associates of his young manhood.
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Spouses:
Hulda Wilhemina Zachariesen Croxall (1856 - 1921)
Mary Eliza Young Croxall (1847 - 1871)
Caroline Partridge Young Cannon (1851 - 1903)
Children:
Mary Eliza Croxall Young (1866 - 1955)*
Emily Ada Young Croxall Cannon (1870 - 1966)*
Caroline Young Croxall Cannon (1875 - 1955)*
Tracy Young Cannon (1879 - 1961)*
Vera Young Croxall Sharp (1881 - 1968)*
Verna Young Croxall (1881 - 1883)*
*Calculated relationship
| | | Burial:
Mount Moriah Cemetery
Butte
Silver Bow County
Montana, USA |
Created by: SMS
Record added: May 14, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 26805998 |
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