Excerpt from In Memoriam: Janes Crossen, March 9th, 1826 December 9th, 1890; Margaret Jame Crossen, May 12th, 1832 April 18th, 1901; Frederick John Crossen, June 11th, 1870 March 14th, 1896 The death in Montreal, of cerebral apoplexy, at 9 o'clock on Tuesday morning, the 9th inst., of Mr. James Crossen of this town, car builder, has produced the most intense sorrow amongst our citizens. The deceased gentleman, who was 65 years of age at the time of his death, was born at Comber, County Down, Ireland, and came to this country at an early age. His family settling in New York State, Mr. Crossen came on to Cobourg about 40 years ago. He engaged in the foundry business and gradually extended his Operations into the building of cars of every description. His establishment at Cobourg is the finest in the Dominion and one of the finest on the continent; and the work turned out by him has been pronounced by competent judges as second to none in the world. The greater number of the finest sleeping and day cars on the cpr. And other lines were made at Mr. Crossen's works; and their perfect workmanship and excellence of finish and material have made his name known from the Atlantic to the Pacific. A humble and unassuming Christian, an active member in the Division Street Methodist Church, he was one of nature's noblemen. His business and private career are models of honor, integrity and purity. As an employer of labor, he was firm though conciliatory, expecting every man in his employ to do his duty. He was glad and willing to pay a fair day's pay for a fair day's work. It is greatly to his honor that during all the years he was in business and during times of the most Widespread labor troubles he never had any other than mere temporary trouble With any of his numerous employ s. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.