Crosby, Fayette Shepard

Notes from Debbie Harrison:
1905 Linn County, OR East Albany
Fayette S. Crosby 76 Painter born NY
Leonora 50 Born in IN

JCR: What type of record is this?
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Fayette and Lenora are both buried in Riverside Cemetery, Albany Oregon.It is unclear if they ever had children. Also in the Cemetery (not nearthem) are Gaius E. Crosby 1906-1978 and Nora Crosby 1909-1972.

JCR: If there is a child listed as a daughter in the 1880 census recordfor them, why is this unclear?
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An Obit? for Fayette Crosby had the following: Came overland to Oregon in1849. Arrived in time to see the Indians hung in Oregon City that tookpart in the Whitman Massacre. Married to Leona McClelland at Milwaukee,Oregon Territory, Feb. 6, 1852. Lived in Oregon City, Portland, So.Oregon and listed in Albany in 1880. Married 12 March 1868 to L. Newhouseat
her father''s house in Albany. Quoted in the OREGONIAN in 1903 as beingamazed at all the changes he had witnessed. Died March 25, 1920 inAlbany, OR.
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From "The Oregon Historical Quarterly" on Southern Oregon Business
"Crosby''s Hotel was personally supervised by the proprietor, FS Crosby,who declared that the table was always supplied and the best that themarket affords, and that "choice Liquors and cigars were always availableat the bar." In 1865 Mr. Crosby became an ardent temperence worker. Hisdaughter was married to Rev. Myron Eels, a Congregational Minister, atBoise City, Idaho January 18, 1875. She is a widow and now lives in UnionCity, Mason Co. WA. Her oldest son is a graduate of Whitman and for anumber of years has been the supt. of the fine dairy farm of the lateHazard Stevens, the son of Gen. Isaac Stevens, first Governor ofWashington Territory. The farm is located between Olympia and Tumwaterand no dairy farm in Oregon or Washington is more up to date in allrespects."
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After re-marrying and moving to the Oregon Coast, Fayette was appointedLighthouse Keeper at Cape Foulweather; was keeper at Umpqua Lighthouse."Plaindealer Micro, 7 Feb 1873." (Sent to me in 1990 by the Douglas Co,OR Museum of History and Natural History)
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From "Land of the Umpqua" p. 148 The Umpqua lighthouse was the first onthe Oregon Coast and illuminated its beacon in 1857. Fayette Crosby, anative of New York and former hotel keeper in Lower Scottsburg, becamethe first keeper. Ed Breen served as his assistant. The life of thisstation was brief. Less than four years after its completion theighthouse toppled into the Umpqua River."
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