1816 Darius F Crosby was born on December 6, 1816 in Mason County, Kentucky.
1853 Darius F. Crosby married Catharine (Swango) Henderson on September 29, in Shelby County, Indiana. [1]
1860 Darius F. Crosby (age 44) and wife Catherine (age 34) lived in Sugar Creek, Shelby County, Indiana with children Cordelia (age 4), Richard (age 3), and George (age 1). [2]
1870 Darius Crosby (age 54) and Catherine Crosby (age 44) lived in Sugar Creek, Shelby County, Indiana with Cordelia (age 16), Richard (age 14), and George (age 12), John (age 10), Franklin (age 8), Thomas (age 6), Andrew (age 2). [3]
1880 Darius Crosby (age 64) and Catherine Crosby (age 54) lived in Sugar Creek, Shelby County, Indiana with Richard (age 23), Darius (age 16), Thomas (age 14), Andrew (age 12), Catherine (age 10), and Joseph (age 7). Nancy Swango (age 78) and nephew Allen Henderson (age 22) lived with them. [4]
1896 Darius Franklin Crosby died on October 13, 1896 and was buried at Center Cemetery Shelby County, Indiana. Darius was born on December 5, 1816. [5]
1896 "Darius Crosby died at his home in Sugar Creek township at seven a.m. Tuesday, October 13, of paralysis, age eighty years. Mr. Crosby was born in [Mason County] Kentucky in 1816, came to Indiana in 1837 and settled in Sugar Creek township, Shelby county. He was married to Catherine Swango in 1843. To them were born ten children, seven sons and three daughters, all of whom are living." [6]
[1] FamilySearch.org, [FamilySearchRecord].
[2] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[3] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[5] Find A Grave Memorial 108396647, [FindAGrave].
[6] Indiana, Shelby County Obituaries, citing the Shelbyville Republican, Thursday, October 15, 1896, page 3, column 1, [ShelbyCountyIndiana].