"Portrait & Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon." Chapman
Publishing Company, 1903. p. 400.
MANFORD McCROSKY
Though a resident of Oregon but three years, Manford McCrosky has become a
man of no small importance in the industrial life of the community in which he
was chosen to make his home. Having met with a gratifying success in his line
of work in the middle west he has ventured to extend his operations into the
less tried opportunities of the Pacific slope, confident as to his ability to
win the approval and business confidence of the people with whom he should deal,
and his effort has met with speedy and entirely satisfactory results.
Mr. McCrosky is a representative of a Scotch-Irish family, his grandfather,
Samuel McCrosky, having been a near descendant of an emigrant from the country
across the water. His home was originally in Pennsylvania, and from that state
he removed to Ohio, where he continued to follow his occupation of farming. Near
St. Paris of the latter state the father of Manford McCrosky, John, was born and
reared to manhood, likewise following the occupation of an agriculturist, later
making his home near Argos, Ind., where he was well known through the
substantial results of his work. He married Cynthia Hunt, a native of Ohio, and
daughter of Isaac Hunt, a farmer in that state, and she was the mother of two
children, a son and a daughter. She died when the son, Manford McCrosky, was an
infant.
The birth of Manford McCrosky occurred near Argos, Ind., September 24,
1864, and he there grew to manhood, receiving his education in the public
schools of that state. Until 1888 he remained at home, and at that date he
removed to Rosewood, Champaign county, Ohio, and there engaged in the employment
which had occupied the attention of his forefathers. After a few years he
became interested in the creamery business in the city of Rosewood, being one of
the organizers of the Rosewood Elgin butter company, of which he became
director, secretary and manager. The business venture was entirely successful
and he continued in this employment until 1899, when he decided to carry his
interests into the west. Unlike the pioneers of old, but no less interested in
all that pertained to the welfare of the land in which he was seeking a home, he
traveled to Oregon, and at once entered the employ of the Albany Creamery
Association, remaining, however, but six weeks at their skimming station at
Tangent, before he accepted a position as butter-maker with the T. S. Townsend
Creamery Company, of Salem. For seven months he was satisfied with this
position, but January 1, 1901, he returned to Albany at the request of the
Albany Creamery Association, and though they gave him the position of manager
and secretary he also took charge of a department where he could make the
butter. Though receiving help at times in his department the work which he has
chosen is done entirely by himself, and he derives much satisfaction in so doing
when viewed in the light of results. He has competed in several butter-making
contests, his first being at the Oregon State Fair, where he took first premium.
At the Hillsboro meeting of the Oregon Dairymen's Association, December 16-18,
1902, he took the gold medal, his butter scoring 96 1/2, and through his
successive triumphs a proper valuation has been placed upon his work. He is
also interested as a stockholder in the Albany Creamery Association, of which he
is secretary and manager.
The marriage of Mr. McCrosky occurred in Urbana, Ohio, and united him with
Victoria E. Newcomb, a native of that city, and they are now the parents of two
children: Carl R. and Cecil B. Religiously Mr. McCrosky is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and politically he is a Democrat, while in his home
in Rosewood serving for six years as a justice of the peace, a position which he
resigned on coming to Oregon. Always interested in his business affairs, Mr.
McCrosky is an active member of the State Dairymen's Association, and during the
Oregon state fair at Salem, in 1900, he was a judge of the creamery display.
Transcriber's additional notes:
Census
1870, July 21; Marshall Co, IN; Greene Twp, Argos PO, p 132
John McCrosky, 32, OH, farmer, 1200 / 300
Sarah J, 28, OH, keeping house
Sarah M, 7, IN
Manford, 5, IN
1880, June 11; Marshall Co, IN; Greene Twp, p 206
John McCrosky, 42, OH, KY, VA, farmer
Sarah J, wife, 39, OH, OH, KY, keeps house
Sarah M, dau, 17, IN, OH, OH, at home
Manford, son, 15, IN, OH, OH, works on farm, att. school
Ida E. Newcomb, niece, 13, IN, OH, OH, att. school
Enoch L. Newcomb, nephew, 10, IN, OH, OH, att. school
1900, June 22; Marshall Co, IN; Green Twp, p 142
John McCrosky, 62, Feb 1838, OH, KY, KY, mar 34 yrs, farmer, owns farm free
Sarah J, wife, 59, Sept 1840, OH, OH, OH, mar 34 yrs, 0 children
1900, June 11; Marion Co, OR; Prospect Pct, p 82; 23rd
A. M. Macrosky, 35, Sept 1864, IN, OH, OH, mar 11 yrs, butter maker, rents house
Victoria, wife, 39, Dec 1860, OH, OH, OH, mar 11 yrs, 2 children-2 living
Carl R, son, 10, March 1890, OH, IN, OH, att. school
Cecil B, son, 8, Aug 1891, OH, IN, OH, att. school
1910, April 28; Jackson Co, OR; North Medford Wd 1, p 128; 184 North Riverside
avenue
Earl C. Gaddis, head, 30, OR, NY, IN, mar 1, mar 3 yrs, owner of creamer, owns
home free
Kate, wife, 27, OR, PA, IA, mar 1, mar 3 yrs
Manford McCrosky, roomer, 41, IN, OH, OH, mar 1, mar 19 yrs, butter worker
Victora E, roomer, 44, OH, OH, OH, mar 1, mar 19 yrs, 2 children-2 living
Carl R, roomer, 18, OH, OH, OH, single, att. school
Cecile B, roomer, 16, OH, OH, OH, single, att. school
1920, January 7; Delaware Co, OH; Delaware Twp, Delaware City, p 87
Manford McKrosky, 56, IN, OH, OH, engineer, ice plant
Victoria, wife, 59, OH, OH, OH
Idaho death index (search for McCrosky)
http://abish.byui.edu/
specialcollections/ or
http://www.rootsweb.com/~
idgenweb/deaths/search.htm
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in August 2006 by Diana Smith. Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.