"Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley, Oregon"
A compilation of work by a number of writers
Chapman Publishing Co.; 1903, page 400
MANFORD McCROSKY
Though a resident of Oregon but three years, Manford McCrosky has become a man of no small importance in the industrial life of the community in which he was chosen to make his home. Having met with a gratifying success in his line of work in the middle west he has ventured to extend his operations into the less tried opportunities of the Pacific slope, confident as to his ability to win the approval and business confidence of the people with whom he should deal, and his effort has met with speedy and entirely satisfactory results.
Mr. McCrosky is a representative of a Scotch-Irish family, his grandfather, Samuel McCrosky, having been a near descendant of an emigrant from the country across the water. His home was originally in Pennsylvania, and from that state he removed to Ohio, where he continued to follow his occupation of farming. Near St. Paris of the latter state the father of Manford McCrosky, John, was born and reared to manhood, likewise following the occupation of an agriculturist, later making his home near Argos, Ind., where he was well known through the substantial results of his work. He married Cynthia Hunt, a native of Ohio, and daughter of Isaac Hunt, a farmer in that state, and she was the mother of two children, a son and a daughter. She died when the son, Manford McCrosky, was an infant.
The birth of Manford McCrosky occurred near Argos, Ind., September 24, 1864, and he there grew to manhood, receiving his education in the public schools of that state. Until 1888 he remained at home, and at that date he removed to Rosewood, Champaign county, Ohio, and there engaged in the employment which had occupied the attention of his forefathers. After a few years he became interested in the creamery business in the city of Rosewood, being one of the organizers of the Rosewood Elgin butter company, of which he became director, secretary and manager. The business venture was entirely successful and he continued in this employment until 1899, when he decided to carry his interests into the west. Unlike the pioneers of old, but no less interested in all that pertained to the welfare of the land in which he was seeking a home, he traveled to Oregon, and at once entered the employ of the Albany Creamery Association, remaining, however, but six weeks at their skimming station at Tangent, before he accepted a position as butter-maker with the T. S. Townsend Creamery Company, of Salem. For seven months he was satisfied with this position, but January 1, 1901, he returned to Albany at the request of the Albany Creamery Association, and though they gave him the position of manager and secretary he also took charge of a department where he could make the butter. Though receiving help at times in his department the work which he has chosen is done entirely by himself, and he derives much satisfaction in so doing when viewed in the light of results. He has competed in several butter-making contests, his first being at the Oregon State Fair, where he took first premium. At the Hillsboro meeting of the Oregon Dairymen's Association, December 16-18, 1902, he took the gold medal, his butter scoring 96 1/2, and through his successive triumphs a proper valuation has been placed upon his work. He is also interested as a stockholder in the Albany Creamery Association, of which he is secretary and manager.
The marriage of Mr. McCrosky occurred in Urbana, Ohio, and united him with Victoria E. Newcomb, a native of that city, and they are now the parents of two children: Carl R. and Cecil B. Religiously Mr. McCrosky is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and politically he is a Democrat, while in his home in Rosewood serving for six years as a justice of the peace, a position which he resigned on coming to Oregon. Always interested in his business affairs, Mr. McCrosky is an active member of the State Dairymen's Association, and during the Oregon state fair at Salem, in 1900, he was a judge of the creamery display.
A compilation of work by a number of writers
Chapman Publishing Co.; 1903, page 400
MANFORD McCROSKY
Though a resident of Oregon but three years, Manford McCrosky has become a man of no small importance in the industrial life of the community in which he was chosen to make his home. Having met with a gratifying success in his line of work in the middle west he has ventured to extend his operations into the less tried opportunities of the Pacific slope, confident as to his ability to win the approval and business confidence of the people with whom he should deal, and his effort has met with speedy and entirely satisfactory results.
Mr. McCrosky is a representative of a Scotch-Irish family, his grandfather, Samuel McCrosky, having been a near descendant of an emigrant from the country across the water. His home was originally in Pennsylvania, and from that state he removed to Ohio, where he continued to follow his occupation of farming. Near St. Paris of the latter state the father of Manford McCrosky, John, was born and reared to manhood, likewise following the occupation of an agriculturist, later making his home near Argos, Ind., where he was well known through the substantial results of his work. He married Cynthia Hunt, a native of Ohio, and daughter of Isaac Hunt, a farmer in that state, and she was the mother of two children, a son and a daughter. She died when the son, Manford McCrosky, was an infant.
The birth of Manford McCrosky occurred near Argos, Ind., September 24, 1864, and he there grew to manhood, receiving his education in the public schools of that state. Until 1888 he remained at home, and at that date he removed to Rosewood, Champaign county, Ohio, and there engaged in the employment which had occupied the attention of his forefathers. After a few years he became interested in the creamery business in the city of Rosewood, being one of the organizers of the Rosewood Elgin butter company, of which he became director, secretary and manager. The business venture was entirely successful and he continued in this employment until 1899, when he decided to carry his interests into the west. Unlike the pioneers of old, but no less interested in all that pertained to the welfare of the land in which he was seeking a home, he traveled to Oregon, and at once entered the employ of the Albany Creamery Association, remaining, however, but six weeks at their skimming station at Tangent, before he accepted a position as butter-maker with the T. S. Townsend Creamery Company, of Salem. For seven months he was satisfied with this position, but January 1, 1901, he returned to Albany at the request of the Albany Creamery Association, and though they gave him the position of manager and secretary he also took charge of a department where he could make the butter. Though receiving help at times in his department the work which he has chosen is done entirely by himself, and he derives much satisfaction in so doing when viewed in the light of results. He has competed in several butter-making contests, his first being at the Oregon State Fair, where he took first premium. At the Hillsboro meeting of the Oregon Dairymen's Association, December 16-18, 1902, he took the gold medal, his butter scoring 96 1/2, and through his successive triumphs a proper valuation has been placed upon his work. He is also interested as a stockholder in the Albany Creamery Association, of which he is secretary and manager.
The marriage of Mr. McCrosky occurred in Urbana, Ohio, and united him with Victoria E. Newcomb, a native of that city, and they are now the parents of two children: Carl R. and Cecil B. Religiously Mr. McCrosky is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and politically he is a Democrat, while in his home in Rosewood serving for six years as a justice of the peace, a position which he resigned on coming to Oregon. Always interested in his business affairs, Mr. McCrosky is an active member of the State Dairymen's Association, and during the Oregon state fair at Salem, in 1900, he was a judge of the creamery display.
"Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley, Oregon"
A compilation of work by a number of writers
Chapman Publishing Co.; 1903, page 400
MANFORD McCROSKY
Though a resident of Oregon but three years, Manford McCrosky has become a man of no small importance in the industrial life of the community in which he was chosen to make his home. Having met with a gratifying success in his line of work in the middle west he has ventured to extend his operations into the less tried opportunities of the Pacific slope, confident as to his ability to win the approval and business confidence of the people with whom he should deal, and his effort has met with speedy and entirely satisfactory results.
Mr. McCrosky is a representative of a Scotch-Irish family, his grandfather, Samuel McCrosky, having been a near descendant of an emigrant from the country across the water. His home was originally in Pennsylvania, and from that state he removed to Ohio, where he continued to follow his occupation of farming. Near St. Paris of the latter state the father of Manford McCrosky, John, was born and reared to manhood, likewise following the occupation of an agriculturist, later making his home near Argos, Ind., where he was well known through the substantial results of his work. He married Cynthia Hunt, a native of Ohio, and daughter of Isaac Hunt, a farmer in that state, and she was the mother of two children, a son and a daughter. She died when the son, Manford McCrosky, was an infant.
The birth of Manford McCrosky occurred near Argos, Ind., September 24, 1864, and he there grew to manhood, receiving his education in the public schools of that state. Until 1888 he remained at home, and at that date he removed to Rosewood, Champaign county, Ohio, and there engaged in the employment which had occupied the attention of his forefathers. After a few years he became interested in the creamery business in the city of Rosewood, being one of the organizers of the Rosewood Elgin butter company, of which he became director, secretary and manager. The business venture was entirely successful and he continued in this employment until 1899, when he decided to carry his interests into the west. Unlike the pioneers of old, but no less interested in all that pertained to the welfare of the land in which he was seeking a home, he traveled to Oregon, and at once entered the employ of the Albany Creamery Association, remaining, however, but six weeks at their skimming station at Tangent, before he accepted a position as butter-maker with the T. S. Townsend Creamery Company, of Salem. For seven months he was satisfied with this position, but January 1, 1901, he returned to Albany at the request of the Albany Creamery Association, and though they gave him the position of manager and secretary he also took charge of a department where he could make the butter. Though receiving help at times in his department the work which he has chosen is done entirely by himself, and he derives much satisfaction in so doing when viewed in the light of results. He has competed in several butter-making contests, his first being at the Oregon State Fair, where he took first premium. At the Hillsboro meeting of the Oregon Dairymen's Association, December 16-18, 1902, he took the gold medal, his butter scoring 96 1/2, and through his successive triumphs a proper valuation has been placed upon his work. He is also interested as a stockholder in the Albany Creamery Association, of which he is secretary and manager.
The marriage of Mr. McCrosky occurred in Urbana, Ohio, and united him with Victoria E. Newcomb, a native of that city, and they are now the parents of two children: Carl R. and Cecil B. Religiously Mr. McCrosky is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and politically he is a Democrat, while in his home in Rosewood serving for six years as a justice of the peace, a position which he resigned on coming to Oregon. Always interested in his business affairs, Mr. McCrosky is an active member of the State Dairymen's Association, and during the Oregon state fair at Salem, in 1900, he was a judge of the creamery display.
A compilation of work by a number of writers
Chapman Publishing Co.; 1903, page 400
MANFORD McCROSKY
Though a resident of Oregon but three years, Manford McCrosky has become a man of no small importance in the industrial life of the community in which he was chosen to make his home. Having met with a gratifying success in his line of work in the middle west he has ventured to extend his operations into the less tried opportunities of the Pacific slope, confident as to his ability to win the approval and business confidence of the people with whom he should deal, and his effort has met with speedy and entirely satisfactory results.
Mr. McCrosky is a representative of a Scotch-Irish family, his grandfather, Samuel McCrosky, having been a near descendant of an emigrant from the country across the water. His home was originally in Pennsylvania, and from that state he removed to Ohio, where he continued to follow his occupation of farming. Near St. Paris of the latter state the father of Manford McCrosky, John, was born and reared to manhood, likewise following the occupation of an agriculturist, later making his home near Argos, Ind., where he was well known through the substantial results of his work. He married Cynthia Hunt, a native of Ohio, and daughter of Isaac Hunt, a farmer in that state, and she was the mother of two children, a son and a daughter. She died when the son, Manford McCrosky, was an infant.
The birth of Manford McCrosky occurred near Argos, Ind., September 24, 1864, and he there grew to manhood, receiving his education in the public schools of that state. Until 1888 he remained at home, and at that date he removed to Rosewood, Champaign county, Ohio, and there engaged in the employment which had occupied the attention of his forefathers. After a few years he became interested in the creamery business in the city of Rosewood, being one of the organizers of the Rosewood Elgin butter company, of which he became director, secretary and manager. The business venture was entirely successful and he continued in this employment until 1899, when he decided to carry his interests into the west. Unlike the pioneers of old, but no less interested in all that pertained to the welfare of the land in which he was seeking a home, he traveled to Oregon, and at once entered the employ of the Albany Creamery Association, remaining, however, but six weeks at their skimming station at Tangent, before he accepted a position as butter-maker with the T. S. Townsend Creamery Company, of Salem. For seven months he was satisfied with this position, but January 1, 1901, he returned to Albany at the request of the Albany Creamery Association, and though they gave him the position of manager and secretary he also took charge of a department where he could make the butter. Though receiving help at times in his department the work which he has chosen is done entirely by himself, and he derives much satisfaction in so doing when viewed in the light of results. He has competed in several butter-making contests, his first being at the Oregon State Fair, where he took first premium. At the Hillsboro meeting of the Oregon Dairymen's Association, December 16-18, 1902, he took the gold medal, his butter scoring 96 1/2, and through his successive triumphs a proper valuation has been placed upon his work. He is also interested as a stockholder in the Albany Creamery Association, of which he is secretary and manager.
The marriage of Mr. McCrosky occurred in Urbana, Ohio, and united him with Victoria E. Newcomb, a native of that city, and they are now the parents of two children: Carl R. and Cecil B. Religiously Mr. McCrosky is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and politically he is a Democrat, while in his home in Rosewood serving for six years as a justice of the peace, a position which he resigned on coming to Oregon. Always interested in his business affairs, Mr. McCrosky is an active member of the State Dairymen's Association, and during the Oregon state fair at Salem, in 1900, he was a judge of the creamery display.
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