Edward John Crosby was born on 29 July 1900 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. He was married to Margaret Mae Mattes and Hazel Burke Nieman. He died on 19 December 1973 in Spokane, Washington, USA.
Worked for a time for The Spokane Daily Chronicle and the Washington Water Power Company. He was also a local representative for North American Weather Consultants, a Santa Barbara, California, weather-modification equipment firm.
