Clarkson F. Crosby

Clarkson Floyd Crosby (November 3, 1817 – February 22, 1858) was an American politician from New York. Early life Crosby was born on November 3, 1817. He was one of twelve children born to William Bedlow Crosby (1786–1865) and Harriet Ashton (née Clarkson) Crosby (1786–1859). His parents built one of Manhattan's largest houses, modeled after a Regency house in London, that occupied two blocks on Monroe Street (now known as Rutgers Place). His paternal grandparents were Dr. Ebenezer Crosby and Catharine (née Bedlow) Crosby, who both died when his father was young; thereafter his father and his brother John Player Crosby were adopted by their bachelor uncle, Col. Rutgers, whose estate was worth a million dollars in 1830. His maternal grandparents were Rev. William Clarkson of South Carolina, and Catherine (née Floyd) Clarkson, herself a daughter of Gen. William Floyd, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was a graduate of Union College, located in Schenectady, New York, "but possessing an ample fortune never followed any profession."