Ancestry of
David Crosby

Singer and Songwriter

Cortlandt Whitehead

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• • Great-grandfather of David Crosby — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • William Adee Whitehead 
  • Mother:
  • Margaret Elizabeth Parker   
  • Birth Date:
  • 30 Oct 1842 
  • Birth Location:
  • New York, New York 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 18 Sep 1922 
  • Death Location:
  • Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Charlotte Burgoyne King
  • Marriage Date:
  • 29 Jul 1868 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Black Hawk, Gilpin, Colorado 
  • Child:

  John Brinton Whitehead (Ahnentafel No:6 )

  • Notes: 

  • 2nd Bishop of Pittsburgh

• Sources for Cortlandt Whitehead

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/22/2023).
  • ² Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), 13 DEC 1930, p. 12, Wedding of Floyd Crosby and granddaughter Aliph Whitehead.
  • ³ Star-Gazette (Elmira, New York), 20 DEC 1934, p. 24, Obituary for son John Brinton Whitehead.
  • ⁴ The Daily Item (Port Chester, New York), 19 DEC 1934, p. 4, Obituary for son John Brinton Whitehead.
  • ⁵ Wikipedia, "Cortlandt Whitehead", (accessed 01/23/2023).
  • ⁶ Yale University, Bulletin of Yale University: Obituary Record of Yale Graduates, 1920-1921, New Haven: Published by the University (1921), 631-633.

David Crosby photo by Tony Morelli (CC BY-SA 2.0)