Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: General Grant Cross    
       Also known as: Grant Cross 
                Born: ca 1873              in Ritchie Co, WV  1 (see note 1)
                Died: Oct-18-1955          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  2,3
              Buried:                      in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  2,4
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: George Washington Cross   (1834 - 1923) 
              Mother: Triphany Hayhurst   (1837 - 1879) 
                Wife: Martha Lodeema Richards  5 6  
       Also known as: Lodeema Richards 6
             Married: May- 2-1900          in Ritchie Co, WV  1
                Born: 1882                 in Ritchie Co, WV  7,1 (see note 2)
                Died: 1962                  7
              Buried:                      in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  8
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: Jesse Isaac Richards   (1840 - 1907) 
              Mother: Margaret Jane Elder   (1847 - 1927) 
Notes 
           M Child 1: Wilbert D. Cross      
                Born: Feb-25-1903          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  9,10
                Died: Feb- 3-1976          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  9
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV   (see note 3)
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 bottler (soft drinks)  11
          Occupation: 1930                 truck driver  12
                Wife: Thelma C. Hawkins  b. Jul-16-1911  
             Married: ca 1928               12
           F Child 2: Agnes May Cross      
         Census name: Aggie M. Cross 10
                Born: Oct- 1-1905          in Beason (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV  13,14,1 (see note 4)
                Died: Apr-29-1987           9,14
             Resided:                      in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  15,1
              Census:                      in Westmoreland Co, PA  
             Resided: 1929                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  16
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: Samuel Elliott  b. ca 1904  d. Nov- 4-1938  
             Married: Nov-14-1924          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  1
             Husband: Lemon Leroy Powell  b. Feb-12-1907  d. Apr-  -1982  
             Married: Nov-30-1929          in Brooke Co, WV  16
             Husband: ___ Miller  
           M Child 3: Roscoe Metcalf Cross      
                Born: Feb-  -1909          in Ritchie Co, WV  13,14
                Died: Jul-30-1974           9
             Resided: 1937                 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Census: 1930                 in Moundsville, Marshall Co, WV   (see note 5)
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
                Wife: Theda Marie Beall  b. ca 1916  
             Married: Aug- 9-1937          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  1

Sources:
(1) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(2) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(3) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(4) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone:  G. Grant Cross. 
(5) Obituary of stepmother. 
(6) Birth record of daughter. 
(7) Headstone (year only) 
(8) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone:  M. Lodeema Cross. 
(9) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(10) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(11) 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV. 
(12) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District). 
(13) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(14) Social Security Death Index. 
(15) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(16) Brooke County Marriage Records, Wellsburg, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in death record as Nov 12 1863, and date on headstone is
also 1863.  But he was not present for the 1870 Census, and age 7 in the 1880
Census puts his birth in about 1873.
Note (2) Age 21 in 1900 marriage record would put birth in about 1879.  But she was
not present for the 1880 Census.
Note (3) 389 Railroad Street (rented)
Note (4) Birthplace given in 1919 marriage record as West Union, Doddridge County, but
birth record shows it to be Beason, Ritchie County.
Note (5) Listed as an inmate at the West Virginia State Penitentiary, age 21, single,
occupation tailor at penitentiary.







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