He was born William Henry Crosthwait, s/o Thomas Crosthwait Jr. & Susanna Powers, h/o Mary Margaret Turner, it's believed she died in Kansas and is buried there.
William moved from Clark Co., Kentucky with his parents in a wagon train to Boone Co., Missouri in 1829. There he married in 1842. He built a saw mill on the Platte River close to the Kansas/Missouri border. They lost several children attributed to living so close to the river. He died of tuberculosis, his wife moved to Chetopa, Kansas to live with her daughter Mary after her husband died.
1860 Census Platte Co MO
W H Crosswhite 38yr b. in KY
Margaret 38yr b. in KY
Thomas J 20yr b. in MO
James 15yr b. in MO
William Henry Jr 15yr b. in MO
Susan 11yr b. in MO
Silas 13yr b. in MO
Daniel 9yr b. in MO
John 7yr b. in MO
David L 2yr b. in MO
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Other children not listed on the 1860 Census
Mary Melseina
Franklin
Francis
Samuel Clinton
William moved from Clark Co., Kentucky with his parents in a wagon train to Boone Co., Missouri in 1829. There he married in 1842. He built a saw mill on the Platte River close to the Kansas/Missouri border. They lost several children attributed to living so close to the river. He died of tuberculosis, his wife moved to Chetopa, Kansas to live with her daughter Mary after her husband died.
1860 Census Platte Co MO
W H Crosswhite 38yr b. in KY
Margaret 38yr b. in KY
Thomas J 20yr b. in MO
James 15yr b. in MO
William Henry Jr 15yr b. in MO
Susan 11yr b. in MO
Silas 13yr b. in MO
Daniel 9yr b. in MO
John 7yr b. in MO
David L 2yr b. in MO
______________
Other children not listed on the 1860 Census
Mary Melseina
Franklin
Francis
Samuel Clinton
He was born William Henry Crosthwait, s/o Thomas Crosthwait Jr. & Susanna Powers, h/o Mary Margaret Turner, it's believed she died in Kansas and is buried there.
William moved from Clark Co., Kentucky with his parents in a wagon train to Boone Co., Missouri in 1829. There he married in 1842. He built a saw mill on the Platte River close to the Kansas/Missouri border. They lost several children attributed to living so close to the river. He died of tuberculosis, his wife moved to Chetopa, Kansas to live with her daughter Mary after her husband died.
1860 Census Platte Co MO
W H Crosswhite 38yr b. in KY
Margaret 38yr b. in KY
Thomas J 20yr b. in MO
James 15yr b. in MO
William Henry Jr 15yr b. in MO
Susan 11yr b. in MO
Silas 13yr b. in MO
Daniel 9yr b. in MO
John 7yr b. in MO
David L 2yr b. in MO
______________
Other children not listed on the 1860 Census
Mary Melseina
Franklin
Francis
Samuel Clinton
William moved from Clark Co., Kentucky with his parents in a wagon train to Boone Co., Missouri in 1829. There he married in 1842. He built a saw mill on the Platte River close to the Kansas/Missouri border. They lost several children attributed to living so close to the river. He died of tuberculosis, his wife moved to Chetopa, Kansas to live with her daughter Mary after her husband died.
1860 Census Platte Co MO
W H Crosswhite 38yr b. in KY
Margaret 38yr b. in KY
Thomas J 20yr b. in MO
James 15yr b. in MO
William Henry Jr 15yr b. in MO
Susan 11yr b. in MO
Silas 13yr b. in MO
Daniel 9yr b. in MO
John 7yr b. in MO
David L 2yr b. in MO
______________
Other children not listed on the 1860 Census
Mary Melseina
Franklin
Francis
Samuel Clinton
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