Harrison Woodhull Crosby

Harrison Woodhull Crosby
Born	c. 1814 Putnam, Connecticut
Died	1892
Burial place	Fernwood Cemetery, Jamesburg, New Jersey
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Chief Gardener, Lafayette College
Notable work	Became the first person to can tomatoes commercially (1847)
Spouse	Charlotte (Andrews) Crosby
Parent(s)	Abiel and Mary Crosby

Harrison Woodhull Crosby of Jamesburg, New Jersey was the first to can tomatoes commercially in 1847. ^[1] He worked as the chief gardener at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, where he commercialized the canned tomato. ^[2]

Life

Born in Putnam, Connecticut in about 1814, Crosby was a son of Abiel and Mary Crosby, and the husband of Charlotte (Andrews) Crosby. He died in 1892, and was interred at the Fernwood Cemetery in Jamesburg, New Jersey.

References

1. Skillman, David Bishop; Gendebien, Albert W. (1986). The biography of a college: being the history of the third half-century of Lafayette College. Easton, PA: Lafayette College. p. 119.
2. "History of the Tomato." California: The Morning Star Company, retrieved online May 15, 2019.