was born three months after his death. Retirement and death Croswell returned to Adrian in 1881 after two terms as governor. He was active in retirement, serving as president of the Lenawee County Savings Bank. He also began buying shares in the Adrian Union Hall Company, which operated the town's largest event hall; he eventually became its majority owner and in 1883 installed his son, C.M. Croswell Jr., as its manager. The theater is still in operation and now known as the Croswell Opera House. One afternoon in December 1886, he sat down by the stove in the offices of the Lenawee County Savings Bank and complained of a chill. This was the beginning of an illness that was to claim his life. He died on December 13, 1886, at the age of 61. Croswell was buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Adrian. Three months after Croswell's death, his widow gave birth to a daughter, who was named Sallie Hicks Croswell, after Croswell's mother. Elizabeth later remarried to become Elizabeth Merrill and donated the Croswell home in Adrian to the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The home serves as the chapter offices. The house in Adrian, Michigan where he lived before his governorship was listed as a Michigan State Historic Site in 1958 and later listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Governor Charles Croswell House in 1972. Memorials A painting of Croswell now hangs in the Michigan State Capitol. References Further reading History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Michigan: Volume I, 1879, page 310 External links The Political Graveyard The Home of Charles Miller Croswell 1825 births 1886 deaths Politicians from Newburgh, New York American people of Scotch-Irish descent Republican Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives Michigan lawyers Mayors of Adrian, Michigan Republican Party Michigan state senators Speakers of the Michigan House of Representatives Republican Party governors of Michigan American Presbyterians Burials in Michigan 1868 United States presidential electors 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers