Washington

CROSSETT, Janus & James Edward

Biography of Janus CROSSETT (father of James E.)

Men of Vermont: Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters & Sons of 
Vermont. Ullery. Brattleboro: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, p 85

Janus CROSSETT, of Waterbury [Washington County, Vermont], was born 12 
November 1823 in Duxbury [Washington County, Vermont], son of Edward and 
Hannah (CARTER) CROSSETT. Edward CROSSETT was a prominent citizen and farmer 
of the town of Duxbury. His father dying when Janus was twenty-one years 
old, from that time the entire care and support of the family devolved upon 
Janus. Mr. CROSSETT commencing as a farmer, soon devoted his attention to 
the lumber business, which he has carried on for more than thirty years. He 
is a practical man, with a bent for statistics, and during the last 
forty-four years he has kept a careful record of business matters, which has 
been of much use as a basis of various settlements. A Republican in 
politics, he has held one or more town offices constantly for the last forty 
years. He represented Duxbury in the Legislature in 1855-1856-1857, and was 
elected assistant judge in 1871. A devoted advocate of temperance, he has 
never used liquor or tobacco, and carries his three score and ten years as 
actively as most men do fifty. For forty years he has been a member of the 
Winooski Lodge No. 49, Free & Accepted Masons, of Waterbury. On 27 November 
he [Janus CROSSETT] married Eureta R., daughter of Amos and Fanny (WHEELER) 
CROSBY. They have two children: Menta F., Mrs. E. W. HUNTLEY; and James E.



Biography of James Edward CROSSETT (son of Janus) 

Encyclopedia Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches 
of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. 
Dodge. Burlington: Ullery Publishing Company, 1912, p 159

James Edward CROSSETT, Duxbury, farmer and lumberman, was born 06 December 
1854 at Duxbury [Washington County, Vermont], son of Janus and Euretta 
Rachael (CROSBY) CROSSETT. Educated in the public schools of Duxbury. 
Farmer; manufacturer of lumber, box shooks, and chair stock; in he lumber 
business thirty-eight years. Republican; selectman seventeen years, chairman 
of the board eighteen years; justice of the peace two years; represented 
Duxbury in the Legislature 1890, and at the extra session 1891; liberal in 
his religious convictions. In 1874 he [James Edward CROSSETT] married 
[Miss?] Mary Jane McMULLEN, of Duxbury; they have one daughter, Tenie Mae 
(Mrs. Philip SHONIO, of Duxbury).

Submitted by Cathy Kubly