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Mark Croxall

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Mark Croxall

Birth
Derbyshire, England
Death
26 Jan 1889 (aged 44)
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Burial
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA Add to Map
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Son of John Croxall and Eliza Orgyle

Married Mary Eliza Young, 4 Jun 1865, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Utah

Married Caroline Partridge Young, 7 Oct 1868, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, later divorced

Married Hulda Zachariesen, after 1868, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Married Juliette Octavia Zachariason

History - Mark came to Utah in 1860.

Mark was remembered as one of the most popular men and gifted musicians of the city of Salt Lake. His skill as a cornetist was widely known, and won for him praise and admiration of professionals at home and abroad.

As a mere boy he created something of a sensation in New York with his wonderful mastery of the cornet, a gift which afterward made him one of the leading musicians in Croxall's Band, a well-known organization first led by his father. He also played in the Salt Lake Theatre orchestra, of which he was a member for many years. Mark, while taking part in all the musical enterprises of early days in Utah.

Mark was busy in other ways, having been employed in the Deseret Telegraph office and also the office of Z.C.M.I. Later he was a member of the music firm of Careless & Croxall.

In 1868 he married Mary Young, a daughter of President Brigham Young, who died sometime later. He also married Miss Caroline Young, another daughter of President Young.

Aristocratic in looks and bearing, yet one of the most genial and affable of men, he was very popular among the associates of his young manhood.
Son of John Croxall and Eliza Orgyle

Married Mary Eliza Young, 4 Jun 1865, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Utah

Married Caroline Partridge Young, 7 Oct 1868, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, later divorced

Married Hulda Zachariesen, after 1868, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Married Juliette Octavia Zachariason

History - Mark came to Utah in 1860.

Mark was remembered as one of the most popular men and gifted musicians of the city of Salt Lake. His skill as a cornetist was widely known, and won for him praise and admiration of professionals at home and abroad.

As a mere boy he created something of a sensation in New York with his wonderful mastery of the cornet, a gift which afterward made him one of the leading musicians in Croxall's Band, a well-known organization first led by his father. He also played in the Salt Lake Theatre orchestra, of which he was a member for many years. Mark, while taking part in all the musical enterprises of early days in Utah.

Mark was busy in other ways, having been employed in the Deseret Telegraph office and also the office of Z.C.M.I. Later he was a member of the music firm of Careless & Croxall.

In 1868 he married Mary Young, a daughter of President Brigham Young, who died sometime later. He also married Miss Caroline Young, another daughter of President Young.

Aristocratic in looks and bearing, yet one of the most genial and affable of men, he was very popular among the associates of his young manhood.


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  • Added: May 14, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26805998/mark-croxall: accessed ), memorial page for Mark Croxall (7 Oct 1844–26 Jan 1889), Find a Grave Memorial ID 26805998, citing Mount Moriah Cemetery, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA; Maintained by SMS (contributor 46491005).