My Present Past
A genealogical experience
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Samuel F Crossett
Born: January 07, 1857 in Cornwall, Henry County, Illinois
Died: December 04, 1932 in Wyanet, Bureau County, Illinois
Samuel Crossett started his career working for the Chicago Burlington & Quincy railroad at Abingdon, Illinois
in 1875. In the same year he arrived at the Wyanet, Chicago Burlington & Quincy depot and worked with
David T Nichols. He then went to Aledo, Illinois for two years and returned in 1879 to work at the
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific - Chicago Burlington & Quincy Junction at Wyanet.
Mr. Crossett retired from the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad in January of 1927.
1860 Census                        Samuel Crossett

Cornwall, Henry County, Illinois
1870 Census                        Samuel Crossett

Abingdon, Knox County, Illinois
Background:
Edward J Engel and Samuel Crossett at
the C B & Q - C R I & P Junction
Wyanet, Illinois 1926
Above:
1879 image of the C B & Q - C R I & P Junction in Wyanet, Illinois. This is where Samuel Crossett spent most of his working
career. Edward Engel left the Junction in 1881 to take a position with the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. Other notable
people who worked at the Junction include James Crawford, husband of Clarissa (Nichols) Crawford, F. E. Michaels and L. O. Gould.
1880 Census                        Samuel Crossett

Wyanet, Bureau County, Illinois
1900 Census                                            Samuel Crossett

Wyanet, Bureau County, Illinois
1900 Census  Pg2                                     Samuel Crossett

Wyanet, Bureau County, Illinois
The map on the left shows where the
Chicago Burlington & Quincy and Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
railroads met at Section #20 in Wyanet, Illinois.