Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Cross    
                Born: 1808                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1,2,3
                Died: Jul-15-1886          in Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1880                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1865                 in Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  5
              Father: Richard Cross   (1772 - 1854) 
              Mother: Mary Margaret "Molly" Lake   (1777 - 1866) 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Catherine Jemima Prunty   1  
       Also known as: Jemima Prunty 6,7,2
                Born: ca 1811               2
                Died: bef Mar 1865          8
              Buried: (no dates)           in Wilson Cemetery, Beason (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV  9
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Father: David Prunty 
           F Child 1: Sarah Cross      
                Born: ca 1831               4
             Husband: Granville Dotson  b. ca 1827  
             Married: Nov-26-1846          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  4
           F Child 2: Mary Ann Cross      
                Born: ca 1840              in Wood Co, (W)VA  3
             Husband: John W. Davis  b. ca 1836  
             Married: Nov- 8-1857          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  3
           M Child 3: Jefferson Cross      
                Born: ca 1845              in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  10,2
                Died: bef Nov 1895          11
             Resided: 1865                 in Ritchie Co, WV  10
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Elizabeth Stephens  b. Aug- 9-1843  d. Dec- 2-1925  
             Married: Jun-18-1865          in Doddridge Co, WV  10
           F Child 4: Jemima Jane Cross      
                Born: ca 1847               2
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
           F Child 5: Nancy L. Cross      
       Also known as: Nancy Ellen Cross 12
                Born: ca 1849              in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  3
             Resided: 1865                 in Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: Benjamin F. Richards  b. ca 1839  
             Married: Apr- 8-1865          in Ritchie Co, WV  3
           M Child 6: John O. Cross      
       Also known as: John A. Cross 13
                Born: Aug-  -1851           14
              Census: 1900                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Elizabeth Ann Valentine  b. Aug- 1-1855  d. Feb-14-1957  
             Married: Jul-25-1872          in Ritchie Co, WV  13

Sources:
(1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 156. 
(2) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(3) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(4) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(5) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(6) Marriage record of son. 
(7) Marriage record of daughter. 
(8) Record of husband's remarriage. 
(9) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(11) Record of wife's remarriage. 
(12) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 157. 
(13) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(14) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 







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