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Rh medical department there in 1856. Meanwhile he had devoted one year as an assistant surgeon in the marine hospital at Chelsea, Mass. Returning to Hanover, he began practice, but at the begin- ning of the civil war joined the 1st New Hamp- shire volunteers as surgeon, and was afterward promoted to brigade-surgeon. In 1862 he re- signed, and became associate professor of surgery to his father, who was professor of surgery and anatomy in Dartmouth. On his father's death, in 1868, he became his successor, and occu- pied the chair until 1877. Dr. Crosby was also, in 1866-'72, a professor in the University of Vermont, in 1869-'70 a lecturer in the University of Michi- gan, in 1869 a professor and lecturer in Bowdoin college, in 1871-'2 a professor in the Long Island college hospital, and in 1872-'7 professor of an- atomy in Bellevue hospital medical college. In June, 1877, he presided at the annual meeting of the New Hampshire medical society, and delivered an address upon " The Ethical Relations of Physi- cian and Patient." Many of his medical lectures have been published. — Nathan's son, Stephen Moody, b. in Salisbury, Mass., 14 Aug., 1827, was educated in the Boston Latin-school and the Lowell high-school, graduated at Dartmouth in 1849. and at Harvard law-school in 1852. At the beginning of the civil war he entered the national service, was paymaster from 1862 till 1866. and brevetted lieutenant-colonel for meritorious ser- vices. He was elected representative in the state legislature in 1869, was state senator in 1870-'l, state director of the Boston and Albany railroad for 1871-'2. commissioner of the Hoosac tunnel in 1874-'5, and treasurer of the Massachusetts Trust company in 1870-'83, when he became president of that corporation.

CROSBY, Eben, soldier. Of his early life nothing is known. He served with distinction in the national army throughout the civil war, losing an arm at Gettysburg. He received, on 28 July, 1866, the appointment of second lieutenant of in- fantry in the U. S. army, and on 27 May, 1869, was assigned to service on the western border. He was killed by Indians, near Heart river, fifteen miles from Fort Rice, while returning from the Yellowstone expedition, 3 Oct., 1872.

CROSBY, Ebenezer, physician, b. in Brain- tree, Mass., 30 Sept., 1753; d. 16 July, 1788. He was a son of Judge Joseph Crosby, and was gradu- ated at Harvard in 1777, and at the medical de- pai'tment of the University of Pennsylvania in 1780. He served through the Revolutionary war as surgeon of Gen. Washington's guards, and was one of the original members of the Society of the Cincinnati. At the close of the war he mar- ried Catharine, daughter of William Bedlow, and niece of Col. Henry Rutgers, of New York, and be- came a physician in that city. He was also pro- fessor of obstetrics at Columbia college, and one of the trustees of that institution until his death. — His son, William Bedlow, philanthropist, b. in New York city. 7 Feb., 1786; d. there, 18 March, 1865. His parents died when he was two years old, and he was adopted by Col. Henry Rutgers, his mother's uncle, from whom he received a large part of the old Rutgers estate, comprising most of the present seventh ward of New Y^orkcity. Pie never engaged in business, but gave his time and atten- tion to the care of his property and to works of benevolence. He was connected with many so- cieties, and spent a large part of his income in private charities. By virtue of his father's ser- vice in the war of the Revolution, he was made a member of the Society of the Cincinnati. — William Bedlovv's son, Howard, b. in New York, 27 Feb., 1826 ; d. there, 29 March, 1891, was graduated at the University of New Y^ork, and became professor of Greek there in 1851. In 1859 he was called to the chair of Greek at Rutgers. Two years later he entered the ministry of the Presby- terian church, and united the duties of pastor of the first church of New Brunswick with ttiose of his professorship. In 1863 he gave up his work at New Brunswick to become pastor of the Fourth avenue Presbyterian church in New York, remain- ing till his death. He also held the office of chancellor of the University of New York from 1870 till 1881, and was for many years a member of its council. In 1859 he received the degree of D. D. from Harvard, and in 1871 that of LL. D. from Columbia. He was chosen moderator of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church of the United States in 1873, and was frequently a dele- gate to that body. In 1877 he was a delegate to the first Presbyte- rian general council at Edinbvrgh. In addition to his work as an educator and clergyman. Dr. Crosby exhibited a lively interest and exerted a beneficent influence in public affairs, particularly in adv^ocating temperance as distinguished from total abstinence. In 1877 he took the principal part in founding the Society for the Prevention of Crime, whose chief object is the reduction of the number of saloons and the restriction of the liquor traffic. Through this society, of which he was president from its foun- dation, and apart from it, he did much in this great work, influencing legislation and the mu- nicipal government of his own city in so far as it has relation to the regulation of intemperance and crime. He was also actively interested in the welfare of the Indians, and in the procure- ment of an international copyright law. His published works include " Lands of the Moslem." written after a tour in the east (New Y^ork, 1851) ; "CEdipus Tyrannus of Sophocles," edited with notes (1851); "Scholia on the New Testament" (1861); "Social Hints " (1866) ; " Life of Jesus " (1870); "Bible Companion" (1870): "Healthy Christian " (1871) ; " Thoughts on the Pentateuch " (1873); "Noteson Joshua" (1875); "Commentary on Nehemiah " (1876) ; " The Christian Preacher" (1879): "The Humanity of Christ" (1880): and "Commentary on the New Testament" (1885). He also wrote largely for periodicals, and was a member of the American committee to revise the New Testament. — Howard's nephew. John Schuyler, soldier, b. in Albany. N. Y., 19 Sept., 1839. He was educated in the New Y^ork schools and at the University, but before gi-aduation made a tour of the world. At the beginning of the civil war he entered the regular army as sec- ond lieutenant of artillery, served with his batterv under McClellan in the Army of the Potomac, and in the Florida campaign of 1862 was transferred to the Department of the Gulf under Gen. Banks, and brevetted captain after the Teche camyiaign He carried the flrst despatches from the Red river