Charles R. Crossland - Civil War Soldier Buried in Farmer Cemetery

Charles was a member of the Farmer Post

Charles Crossland was originally a Muskingham County boy, but his family was settled in Farmer Township by 1850.  In the 1860 census, Charles' father, L.G. (Luke) Crossland, was listed as a tailor with real estate worth $750, a goodly sum for the time.  His wife Rebecca, 59, and daughter, Rebecca, 24, joined sister, Terrasy, 16 and Charles, 18, our subject, to complete the family.

Charles enrolled in Company F, 111th Regiment, Ohio Infantry in 1862, and in June, 1865, transferred to Company D, 183rd Regiment, Ohio,
until he was mustered out in July, 1865 at Salisbury, Connecticut.
In the 1890 Veterans Census, he reported his disability as kidney disease.

When he returned from the war, he was enumerated in Farmer Township in 1870 when he was 28 and his wife, Isabell, was 28.  They had one child, a daughter named Florence.  Charles had a job in the sawmill.  

In the 1880 agricultural census, he was the owner of 12 tilled acres and 8 wooded acres with a value of $700.  He had one cow, seven swine, and forty chickens.  He basically grew enough crops for the family to subsist.

His wife, Isabel Snyder, died on January 14, 1895, and in 1897, he married his second wife, Susan Fraker.  Charles was 58 on the 1900 census and his wife, Susan, was 44.  Susan was a weaver of carpets and she kept this profession until she was quite elderly.  Living with them was Susan's son, Earl Fraker, 16.

On October 6, 1904, Charles Crossland died in Farmer Township.
His obituary appeared in the Bryan Democrat on October 13, 1904:

"Charles R. Crossland was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, Nov. 7, 1841, and died at his home in Farmer township Oct. 6, 1904, aged 62 years, 10 months and 29 days.  On Dec. 5, 1867, he was married to Miss Isabel Snyder.  To this union one child was born, who is now Mrs. Benton Sweet.

His wife died Jan. 14, 1895.  On Oct. 2, 1897, he was married to Mrs. Susan Fraker.  He leaves a wife, one child, four grandchildren, two brothers, three sisters and many other relatives and a large number of friends.

Mr. Crossland was a member of Co. F, 111 reg.

On Sunday, Oct. 9 at 1 p.m., after a brief service at the home, the funeral procession, led by the Lew Bowker Post of the G.A.R. went to the Farmer Union church where the funeral services were held, D. N. Kelly of Williams Center officiating.  A very large company followed the remains to the Farmer cemetery, where interment took place.  The G.A.R. had charge of the burial at the grave.

The family wish to thank the friends for their kindness during the bereavement."

Susan Crossland eventually moved back to Williams County where she continued her weaving and never remarried.  She died about 1933.