Cloyd was born about 1855. He is the son of Ross Crossley and Phoebe Apple. He had five children with his first wife, Caroline, but no record has been located for the youngest child.
Sources
"Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD7R-X2W : 10 February 2018), Cloyd J. Crossley and Carolina Bechton, 31 Aug 1875; citing Allen, Ohio, reference pg. 332; FHL microfilm 901,414.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ17-ZP9 : 14 January 2022), Cloyd Crossley, Perry Township, Allen, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM5W-2BB : accessed 28 July 2023), Floyd J Cross*, Columbian Township, Flathead, Montana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 32, sheet 10A, family 233, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,911.
"Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F33W-KG9 : 10 February 2018), Phebe Apple in entry for Cloyd J. Crossley and Phebe E. Lyman, 27 May 1908; citing Marriage, Kalispell, , Montana, county courthouses, Montana; FHL microfilm 1,902,479.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCM2-NXK : accessed 28 July 2023), Cloyd J Crossley, Kalispell, Flathead, Montana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 1A, line 11, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1256; FHL microfilm 2,340,991.
"Montana, Flathead County Records, 1871-2007", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL1N-NM9C : Sun Jul 23 06:25:09 UTC 2023), Entry for Cloyd J Crossley and Ross Benjaman Crossley, 8 Sep 1935.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cloyd by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cloyd: