Eugene Crosier (1840 - 1879)

Born 1840 in Lincoln, Addison, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Died 26 Dec 1879 at about age 39 in Bristol, Addison, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Eugene Crosier is a part of US Black heritage.

Eugene was born about 1840 in Vermont.

He was the grandson of Rhoda and Amos Morocco.

Occupations

• 1863: Laborer
• 1850, 1870: Farmhand

Residences

• 1870: Bristol, Vermont with his mother and siblings
• 1863: Bristol, Vermont (military enlistment)
• 1850: Bristol, Vermont with his mother and siblings

Military Service

Private in Company A of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry regiment, the first regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. He was 21 years old, single and working as a laborer when he enlisted on 14 August 1864 in Bristol, Vermont. Mustered out 20 August 1865 with his regiment.

His brother Silas Crosier served in Company K.

Census Race

• 1850: Black

Death

He passed away in 1879 in Bristol^[1] and is buried at Briggs Hill Cemetery in Bristol, Vermont.

Projects

• 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

Sources

1. ↑ Washington: Eugene Crosier, 27 December 1879

• 1850 United States Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Bristol, Addison, Vermont; Roll: M432_920; Page: 333B; Image: 664 (as Ugine Crosiar)
• 1860 United States Federal Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Bristol, Addison, Vermont; Roll: M653_1315; Page: 81; Family History Library Film: 805315
• 1870 United States Federal Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Bristol, Addison, Vermont; Roll: M593_1614; Page: 33B; Family History Library Film: 553113
• Emilio, Luis Fenollosa. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865. Boston, MA, 1894.
• Find a Grave: Eugene Crosier
• Washington, Lawrence. Composite List of Vermont Marriages & Deaths in Middlebury Newspapers, 1801-1870. Weybridge, Vermont: 2003.