Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Wilson Cross and Emily J. West




Husband Wilson Cross 1 2

           Born: 29 Dec 1842 - Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1896
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3


         Father: Samuel W. Cross (1809-1880) 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Anna Jane McCutcheon (1823-1905) 1 7


       Marriage: Aug 1866 - Venango Co, PA 2



Wife Emily J. West 1 2

           Born: 11 Mar 1847 - Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1917
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3


         Father: Martin West (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Eliza Oaks (      -      ) 2




Children
1 F Maude Cross 1 2

           Born: 13 Oct 1867 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Sep 1897 2
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


2 F Sarah Jane "Sadie" Cross 1 2

           Born: 26 May 1869 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1913
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Ulysses Christ Smith (Abt 1866-Bef 1913)
           Marr: 3 Jul 1893 - Scrubgrass, Venango Co, PA 8


3 M John Floyd Cross 1 9

           Born: 1871 - Kennerdell, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1917
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
         Spouse: Iva I. "Ivie" Sheppard (1874-1968) 9
           Marr: 1897 - ? Venango Co, PA


4 M Charles Edgar Cross 1 2

           Born: 6 Aug 1874 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1900
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
         Spouse: Anna Lytle (1876-1902)


5 F Flora Belle Cross 1 2

           Born: 8 Apr 1877 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Bert Black (      -      ) 2


6 F Rose Eliza Cross 9

            AKA: Rosa Cross 1
           Born: 6 Oct 1879 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: [Unk] Shields (      -      )
         Spouse: James Buck (      -      ) 9


7 M Wilson Addison Cross 1

           Born: 1 Apr 1883
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Aug 1901
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3



8 M Samuel Martin Cross 1 9

           Born: 1 Apr 1883 9
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1902
         Buried: 



9 M Walter Cross 1 9

           Born: 23 Jan 1885 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 1957
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3



10 M Clarence Cross 1 9

           Born: 11 Apr 1888 9
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


11 F Fannie D. Cross 9

           Born: 11 Feb 1890 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 1964
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 10
         Spouse: Herman C. Tidball (1891-1918)
           Marr: 1910 - ? Venango Co, PA


12 F Bernice L. Cross 9

           Born: 8 Jan 1894 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Aug 1906
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
         Spouse: Did Not Marry



General Notes: Husband - Wilson Cross


He was educated in the public schools of his native place, and as a young man became associated with his father in the furnace business. In the year 1866 he opened a general merchandise store at Horse Creek, which he operated for a year and a half, at the expiration of which he removed to Ken­nerdell, Venango County, there maintaining his home and busi­ness headquarters until death called him. He was interested in the lumber busi­ness and for many years furnished railroad ties for the Allegheny Valley Railroad Com­pany. Also, he started the first sand mill at Ken­nerdell. But most of Mr. Cross' attention was devoted to his great merchandise trade. A Democrat in politics, he was deeply and sincerely interested in com­munity affairs but did not aspire to public office, although he was the popular incumbent of the position of postmaster of Kennerdell for a period of twenty-five years. He was a de­vout Presbyterian in his religious faith, and was a generous contributor to a number of charitable organizations. He was a member of the Knights of Honor and was likewise affiliated with the Knights and Ladies of Honor. [GPHAV, 938]

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Sources


1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1126.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 938.

3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 104.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 995.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 518, 603.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 47.

7 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 23.

8 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #2394.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 939.

10 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 123.


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