Full Name: Josiah F. Crosby
Birth date: January 3, 1829
Death date: January 3, 1904
Terms of Service
House,
6th Legislature
11/5/1855 - 11/2/1857
House,
5th
(1)
Legislature
11/7/1853 - 11/5/1855
(1)
A post office operated at Magoffinsville in 1852 and 1853. In January 1854 an army post was established there. In March 1854 the post was officially designated Fort Bliss.
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