Fayette County PA Archives Biographies.....Crossland, Elijah April 23, 1845 - ????
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Source: Gresham and Wiley, 1889: Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia, Fayette Co, PA, pg 327
Author: John H. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley

    Elijah Crossland, a prosperous citizen of Menallen 
township, is a son of Greenbury and Sarah Stearns Crossland, 
and was born at Uniontown April 23, 1845.  Greenbury 
Crossland, one of the worthy and self-made men of Uniontown, 
was born at Connellsville, June 13, 1813, and is a son of 
Elijah Crossland and Catherine Smith Crossland.  Greenbury 
Crossland came to Uniontown at nine years of age, where he 
received a limited education, but by push and vim won his 
way to fortune and high standing as a citizen.  In 1833 he 
engaged in butchering with a capital of $23, ten of which 
were borrowed from his wife.

    Since 1841 he has been very successful in buying cattle 
for the Eastern markets.  In 1847 he effected his first 
purchase of real estate, and now owns nearly a thousand 
acres of choice farming and rich mineral land in the 
vicinity of Uniontown.  He and his wife have been members of 
the Methodist Episcopal church in Uniontown since January 1, 
1845, and he is one of the church's most liberal 
contributors.  A man of high repute has analyzed his 
character as follows: "Moral characteristics, faithfulness, 
honor, honesty, benevolence, and regard for the rights of 
others. Business characteristics, good judgment, caution, 
energy, perseverance, watchfulness, combined with great 
shrewdness, and knowledge of market values.  Religious 
characteristics, enthusiasm, sincerity, simplicity in manners 
and dress, charity and single-mindedness."

    Elijah Crossland was raised in North Union township and 
educated in the common schools.  He engaged in farming and 
in 1876 removed to his present farm which contains 154 acres 
of well improved and highly cultivated land.

    On October 31, 1867, he married Miss Nancy J Martin, 
daughter of Edward Martin and Mary Rose Martin of Uniontown. 
 Their union has been blessed with five children: Mary 
Elizabeth Crossland, born August 10, 1868, and married 
December 30, 1886, to Evan Jeffries, son of Harvey Jeffries; 
Sarah Crossland, born May 25, 1870; Alice Crossland, born 
December 2, 1872; Anna Crossland, born December 13, 1874; 
and William Crossland, born April 10, 1878.

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