Hugh Powell Crosby (January 29, 1829 – January 8, 1905) was an

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political figure. He represented

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in the

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as a

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member from 1867 to 1874. He was born in

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in 1829 to Chauncey Crosby and Polly Detweiler (Miller) Crosby and educated there. He served as clerk and treasurer of Markham for 10 years. He was also captain in the local militia. He married Harriet N. White (1934 - 1908). They had a daughter Mary Gertrude Crosby (1869–1941) who married John Crosby Jenkins.

Electoral history

References

* * 1829 births Ontario Liberal Party MPPs 1905 deaths {{Liberal-Ontario-MPP-stub