OBITUARY
Galena, Illinois
Died at New Diggins, Wisconsin, on Sept.3.
Dr. Benjamin P. Crossman, of Congestive fever. Born in Oneida Co. New York, but had been a practicing physician in this part of the country for some fifteen years.
On the conclusion of his medical studies in New York, he wished to visit France and England, and being poor, he shipped as a common sailor for his passage. He studied for some time in Paris and afterward visited England.
At the time of his death, he was a prominent candidate to form a constitution for Wisconsin.
Beloved son of Nathaniel and Marcia(Pratt)Crossman; brother of Marcy(Crossman)Wilmarth; Uncle of Philip Mason Wilmarth. Buried with the Philip M. Wilmarth family.
Galena, Illinois
Died at New Diggins, Wisconsin, on Sept.3.
Dr. Benjamin P. Crossman, of Congestive fever. Born in Oneida Co. New York, but had been a practicing physician in this part of the country for some fifteen years.
On the conclusion of his medical studies in New York, he wished to visit France and England, and being poor, he shipped as a common sailor for his passage. He studied for some time in Paris and afterward visited England.
At the time of his death, he was a prominent candidate to form a constitution for Wisconsin.
Beloved son of Nathaniel and Marcia(Pratt)Crossman; brother of Marcy(Crossman)Wilmarth; Uncle of Philip Mason Wilmarth. Buried with the Philip M. Wilmarth family.
OBITUARY
Galena, Illinois
Died at New Diggins, Wisconsin, on Sept.3.
Dr. Benjamin P. Crossman, of Congestive fever. Born in Oneida Co. New York, but had been a practicing physician in this part of the country for some fifteen years.
On the conclusion of his medical studies in New York, he wished to visit France and England, and being poor, he shipped as a common sailor for his passage. He studied for some time in Paris and afterward visited England.
At the time of his death, he was a prominent candidate to form a constitution for Wisconsin.
Beloved son of Nathaniel and Marcia(Pratt)Crossman; brother of Marcy(Crossman)Wilmarth; Uncle of Philip Mason Wilmarth. Buried with the Philip M. Wilmarth family.
Galena, Illinois
Died at New Diggins, Wisconsin, on Sept.3.
Dr. Benjamin P. Crossman, of Congestive fever. Born in Oneida Co. New York, but had been a practicing physician in this part of the country for some fifteen years.
On the conclusion of his medical studies in New York, he wished to visit France and England, and being poor, he shipped as a common sailor for his passage. He studied for some time in Paris and afterward visited England.
At the time of his death, he was a prominent candidate to form a constitution for Wisconsin.
Beloved son of Nathaniel and Marcia(Pratt)Crossman; brother of Marcy(Crossman)Wilmarth; Uncle of Philip Mason Wilmarth. Buried with the Philip M. Wilmarth family.
Inscription
Inscription at the top pf the stone:
Our brother is gone but not forgotten.
Dr. B. P. Crossman
Native
of
Deerfield
Oneida Co., N. Y.
Died
Sept 3, 1846
AE. 45 yrs.
Inscription at the bottom of the stone:
Mark the man perfect, and behold the upright; for at the end of that man is peace.
Family Members
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