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H Gilbert Crosbie

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Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Lambton Ontario, J.H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1907; pp.51-53:
Gilbert S. Crosbie, deceased. To few men have greater opportunities of studying mankind in all their varying aspects been accorded than to the late Gilbert S. Crosbie, whose reputation as an oil prospector brought him business engagements in almost every position of the globe and enabled him to study at close range an unusual number of nationalities.
The Crosbie family was originally of Scottish extraction, but many generations made their home in Ireland before the first representative of the name appeared in America. Samuel Crosbie, great-grandfather of Gilbert S., was born in Perth, Couny of Lanark, Ont., and there remained, dying in 1843, at the age of sixty-five. In the early twenties his son Samuel Crosbie left his native place and settled on 110 acres in Bathurst township, Lanark County, rough, uncleared land which required much labor before it could properly be called a farm. There he spent the rest of his life, and he was buried in the cemetery in Bathurst township, on the 8th Line. He married Miss Mary Williams, a native of Waterford, Ireland, daughter of an officer in the British army, and the children born to this union were: Gilbert, father of Gilbert S.; John, an oil operator, who died in Sumatra; Sarah Ann, who married William Bygrove, of Enniskillen township; Richard, of Sarnia; Mary, widow of James Chambers; and Jane, who married John Leckie, of Moore township. After the death of Mr. Crosbie his widow married Patrick Tole, and her last years were spent in the home of her son Gilbert, in Sarnia, where she died; she was interred in the Providence cemetery.
Gilbert Crosbie, father of our subject, was born on the homestead, in the town of Perth, County of Lanark, Ont., April 28, 1828. His opportunities for securing an education were limited to the subscription schools, which he could only attend for a short time. He was obliged to assist his father from an early age, and after the death of the latter he remained at home in charge of the farm until 1857, when he and his wife moved to Lambton County, settling at Sarnia, on the line of Moore township. Mr. Crosbie bought 100 acres of wild land there, on which he built a log cabin and entered upon the usual course of pioneer life. In time he made extensive impovements on the place, brought it all under cultivation, and built a new house. It is now owned by his son John. Mr. Crosbie afterward bought another 100 acres in Moore township, on the 12th line, near the old homestead, and after operating that for some years now lives upon it, in virtual retirement, although he is still an active man. He has always been greatly interested in cattle and horses, and has always kept fine horses for his own use. He is a Conservative in politics, and he belongs to the Sarnia Baptist Church.
Gilbert Crosbie was married, in Bathurst township, July 11, 1849, to Miss Jane Tole, daughter of Patrick Tole, who was born in Ireland. Mrs. Crosbie was called from this world March 31, 1864, and her remains were laid in Providence cemetery. She was a member of the Baptist Church. She bore her husband six children, as follows: Eliza, born Feb. 20, 1852, married James Harris and lives in South Dakota. Mary Ann, born March 31, 1854, married the late Leonard Johnson, and lives in Sarnia. Jane, born July 21, 1856, died young. Gilbert S. was born Sept. 12, 1858. Adda, born April 22, 1860, died young. John, born Feb. 22. 1862, is owner of the old homestead and was an oil operator, first in Sumatra, and later in Texas; he married Miss Elizabeth Wray, daughter of George Wray, of Sarnia, and has four children, Jennie, Margaret, Ethel and Lee.
Mr. Crosbie married again, choosing for his second wife Miss Eliza Derew, a native of Lanark County. She also died, passing away March 24, 1900, and was buried in Providence cemetery. In religious belief she as a Baptist. The children of this marriage were as follows: Almor, born Sept. 11, 1865, residing in Moore township; Alfred, born April 9, 1868, an oil operator in Texas; Lyndon, born Nov. 1, 1871, of North Dakota; Rosallia, born Oct. 10, 1874, at home; Harris, born Sept. 11, 1877, in Texas, as is also Thomas, who was born in February, 1880; and Frederick, born Nov. 6, 1882, at home.
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