San Benito County CA Archives Biographies.....McCroskey, B. B. 1847 - 1888
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

B. B. McCROSKEY, deceased October 1, 1888. In the death of B. B. McCroskey San
Benito county has lost an able and faithful District Attorney, Hollister has
lost an enterprising citizen, his friends mourn the loss of one in whom they
could rely, and his family are bereft of a tender and affectionate husband,
brother and father. Few men in this portion of the State were better known and
few were more popular. As a lawyer he was faithful in the detail work so often
neglected by his fraternity, and at the bar he was both eloquent and convincing.
He possessed all the attributes of a successful attorney, and had his life been
spared he would undoubtedly have been prominent in his profession, not only in
his county, but outside of it. His legal acquaintances held him in high esteem,
and his loss is more deeply mourned by them than by any other of his associates.

  Mr. McCroskey was born in 1847 in East Tennessee, in the beautiful Sweet Water
valley. His early life was passed on the McCroskey homestead, and he early
displayed an adaptability for scholastic pursuits. His early education was
gained in the district schools, but at an early age he attended college at
Hiwassee and Lebanon, at which institutions he graduated with high honors. For a
while he taught school, but having fitted himself for the legal profession, he
was admitted to the bar, and for a number of years practiced law in Monroe
county, Tennessee. In 1878, however, he came to Hollister, and in June of that
year opened up an office. He shortly afterward formed a partnership with Robert
H. Brotherton, which did not exist long. His office was first on San Benito
street next to that occupied by N. C. Briggs, then in the Odd Fellows' block,
and in 1882 he moved into the quarters where his office has since been located.
In 1883 and the year following he was in partnership with John L. Hudner, Esq.
This alliance was severed in 1885, but was renewed again in 1887, and at the
time of Mr. McCroskey's death the partnership still existed. For six years he
was engaged on one side or the other of almost every case which has come before
the courts of this county. In the Prewett, Mylar and Carleton cases he was
prominently connected, and in these and other trials his talent and ability have
been displayed.

  In the fall of 1882 he was elected District Attorney, which office he has
satisfactorily filled. In 1884 he was defeated for the Superior Judgeship, but
in 1886 was again elected District Attorney, for which position he was a
candidate at the ensuing election with no opponent to contest his election.
Stricken down while in perfect health and in the enjoyment of all his faculties,
both mental and bodily, his sudden death cast a gloom over the town and county.
The family and relatives of the deceased were tendered the sympathy of the
entire community.

  Mr. McCroskey married October 21, 1874, Miss Irene Clifford Barratt, at
Madisonville, Tennessee, and the following are the names of her children: Mary
Irene, born August 3, 1875, died February 24, 1886; Elizabeth Priscilla, born
November 21, 1876, died October 24, 1878; Benjamin Barratt, born February 9,
1880; and John Marshall, born September 19, 1881. Mr. McCroskey left a
comfortable estate behind him for his wife and little ones.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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