SGT
US ARMY
WORLD WAR I

GEORGE CROSTHWAIT
Birth Date: 22 November 1895
Death Date: May 1975
Est. Age at Death: 79Y 5M
Issuing State: Railroad Board
Residence at Death: Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas
SSDI

He appears on these two Censuses with his parents:
1900/ Tennessee/ Davidson
h/ Charles A Crosthwait, 32y b.May 1868 TN, M/7, occ: Switchman/Railroad
w/ Lula M, 26y b.May 1874 TN, mother of 3/3 living
d/ Margaret H, 6y b.Nov 1893 TN
s/ George H, 4y b.Nov 1895 TN
d/ Hattie M, 1y b.May 1899 TN
residence: 14 Tennessee Street, Nashville

1910/ Tennessee/ Davidson…(would not load)
h/ Charles Crosthwait, 41y b.TN
w/ Lula M, 35y b.TN
d/ Margaret A, 16y b.TN
s/ George H, 14y b.TN
d/ Hattie M, 10y b.TN
s/ Albert L, 8y b.TN
s/ Charles A, 5y b.TN
plus one other

Physical description in 1917
Medium height, medium build, blue eyes, brown hair.

1920/ ?

G H Crosthwait (28y) and Gladys Gilmore (20y) married 18 April 1925 in Jackson County, Missouri. (Image)

1930/ Kansas/ Wyandotte
h/ George H Crosthwait, 34y b.TN, occ: Switchman/Railroad, * Veteran-Yes-WW *
w/ Gladys, 24y b.MO
s/ Robert W, 4y b.KS
s/ George Jr, 2y 8mos b.KS
residence: 331 N 32nd [Street], KCK

1940/ Kansas/ Wyandotte…(would not load)
h/ George H Crosthwait, 44y b.TN
w/ Gladys, 34y b.MO
s/ Robert, 14y b.KS
s/ George [Jr], 12y b.KS
residence in 1935: same house

George Henry Crosthwait
b.22 November 1895
birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee
occupation: Santa Fe Railroad
physical description: Ruddy complexion, 5 ft 8 inches tall, 175 lbs, blue eyes, gray hair.
relative: C B Miller
event:Draft Registration
event date: 27 April 1942
event place: Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas
"US WW II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

1950/ Kansas/ Wyandotte (ED 105-29B, pg 24)
h/ George CROSSTHWAIT, 54y b.TN, occ: Truck Driver/Transfer Co
w/ Gladys L, 44y b.MO
s/ George Jr, 22y b.KS, occ: Machinist/Railroad

Link to son, Robert W "Bob" Crosthwait. Sent edit to link parents 06 July 2023.

Link to brother, Albert L Crosthwait. Sent edit to link parents 06 July 2023.

This obituary was added in a merge, no source cited.
George Henry Crosthwait was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of Charles Anderson and Lula Mae Carter Crosthwait. He had lived in Kansas City, Kansas, for more than sixty years, making his home at 2108 North 38th Street.

George married Gladys Lee Gilmore on April 18, 1925, in Kansas City, Missouri. They were the parents of two sons.

George had worked as a switchman for the Santa Fe Railroad and the Rock Island Railroad from 1937 to 1949. He then worked as a dispatcher for the Heuer Truck Line from 1949 to 1960, when he retired. Mr Crosthwait was an Army veteran of World War I and attended the Open Door Baptist Church.

George Henry Crosthwait, 79 years old, passed away on Thursday, May 29, 1975, at Veterans Hospital in Leavenworth. Services were held at the Porter Chapel, where the family received friends. Interment was at Highland Park Cemetery.

[Surviving are] his wife, Gladys; two sons, Robert Wayne Crosthwait of 1817 North 77th and George Henry Crosthwait Jr of 6605 Rowland; a brother, Charles Anderson Crosthwait, of 2733 North 34th; and a sister, Mrs Vivian Black Chaffin, of3641 North 60th, all of Kansas City, Kansas; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.