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Philip Crosthwaite

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Philip Crosthwaite

Birth
Athy, County Kildare, Ireland
Death
19 Feb 1903 (aged 77)
San Diego County, California, USA
Burial
San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA Add to Map
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Crosthwaite was active in the San Diego Lodge of the Freemasons. He visited his sister in San Andreas, California where her husband William Jeff Gatewood was publishing the San Andreas Register. Crosthwaite suggested that Gatewood move the paper to San Diego, which didn't have a newspaper then. He did and the first issue of San Diego Union was issued October 10, 1868. Crosthwaite was appointed Chief of Police in San Diego in 1869. The same year, he partnered with Thomas Whaley to run a store in Old Town.
Crosthwaite was active in the San Diego Lodge of the Freemasons. He visited his sister in San Andreas, California where her husband William Jeff Gatewood was publishing the San Andreas Register. Crosthwaite suggested that Gatewood move the paper to San Diego, which didn't have a newspaper then. He did and the first issue of San Diego Union was issued October 10, 1868. Crosthwaite was appointed Chief of Police in San Diego in 1869. The same year, he partnered with Thomas Whaley to run a store in Old Town.


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