Jesse Walker Crosley

Jesse was born in Wisconsin in Beetown Grant County Wisconsin on May 16, 1859. He was the son of Reuben Thompson Crosley and Minerva Ellie Bass.
Just as a side note, I think Jesse "might" have been named after the Methodist Circuit Preacher Jesse Walker. Minerva's Grandmother Susan Zumwalt met him in St. Charles Missouri.

On March 11, 1880 he married Elizabeth Wire Atkinson.

Jesse Walker Crosley & Elizabeth Wire Atkinson Crosley

To this marriage 8 children were born:

Cora Belle b. 1881
Burton Roscoe b. 1884
William Glade b. 1887
Mabel Florence b. 1891
David Elijah b. 1893
ReubenThompson b. 1896
Harriet M. b. 1898
Ruth Gertrude b. 1903 

Jesse and Elizabeth moved around quite a bit. The census shows them going back and forth from Wisconsin to Colorado.





Jesse Walker Crosley died on April 15, 1938 in Lancaster Wisconsin

Here is the obituary:

Wisconsin State Journal
Madison Wisconsin
April 20, 1938
Crosley Services Held at Lancaster
Lancaster - Funeral services for Jesse W. Crosley were held at the Hoskins funeral home Tuesday. Mr. Crosley, a retired farmer, died at his home April 15, at the age of 78. He was born in Beetown May 16, 1859, the son of Reuben and Minerva Bass Crosley. He is survived by two sons, Bert, of California: Reuben, of Lancaster: and two daughters, Mrs. Beryl Bennett, Lancaster: and Mrs. Bert Healy, Chicago. Burial will be at Hillside.