Jul-28-2018
Husband: John Cross
Born: 1860 1,2 Died: 1939 1 Buried: in Riddles Chapel Cemetery, Co Rd 16/10, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Census: 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Father: George Washington Cross (1834 - 1923) Mother: Triphany Hayhurst (1837 - 1879)
Wife: West Virginia Riddle 2,4,5 6 Also known as: Virginia Riddle 7,6 Married: Sep- 3-1883 in Ritchie Co, WV 2
Born: Jan-22-1867 in Ritchie Co, WV 3,2 Died: Mar- 6-1960 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 4,3 Buried: in Riddles Chapel Cemetery, Co Rd 16/10, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Census: 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: Eli Riddle (1804 - 1896) Mother: Emily Jane Stutler (1840 - 1870)
F Child 1: Bertha Cross Born: Jun- 3-1884 2,8 Died: Jul- -1972 8 Resided: in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 9,8 Husband: William Scott Jones b. Feb- -1878 Also known as: Scott Jones 10,11,5,12,7 Married: Nov-12-1902 in Ritchie Co, WV 13
F Child 2: Lora Bessie Cross 2 Also known as: Bessie Cross 7,11,9,6,14 Born: May- 5-1885 15,2,16 Died: Jan-10-1970 in Ritchie Co, WV 16,15 Buried: in EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 15 Resided: 1963 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 9 Husband: Keener B. Jones b. Mar-24-1882 d. Feb-14-1950 Married: Nov-22-1903 in Ritchie Co, WV 17
M Child 3: Arthur Cross Born: Mar-10-1889 2,8 Died: Jan- -1976 8 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 9,8 Census: 1920 in Eagle District, Harrison Co, WV Wife: Minervia Bell Stull b. Apr-10-1893 d. Sep- 2-1968 Also known as: Nervie Bell Stull 2 Married: Apr-25-1912 in Ritchie Co, WV 2
F Child 4: Ida Edith Cross Born: Jun- 1-1891 18,1,2 Died: Oct-17-1969 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 19,1 Buried: in EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 15,19 Resided: in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 19,9 Census: 1940 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Benjamin Lonzo Jones b. Oct-21-1889 d. Jun- -1973 Also known as: Ben L. Jones 20,21,5 Married: Mar- 1-1909 in Ritchie Co, WV 2
F Child 5: Virginia "Jennie" Cross Also known as: Jennie Cross 11,22,23 Born: Mar-12-1893 in Ritchie Co, WV 22 Died: Nov-20-1942 in Ritchie Co, WV 22 Census: 1930 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Harley V. Adams b. Oct- 6-1889 d. Apr-28-1974 Married: Oct- 9-1911 in Ritchie Co, WV 2
F Child 6: Pearl Cross Born: Feb- 7-1896 in Ritchie Co, WV 24,1 Died: Jan-26-1963 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 24,4,1 Buried: in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 20 Resided: in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 24 Husband: Ira Thomas Adams b. Jan-26-1895 d. Feb- -1978
M Child 7: Johnnie Thurman Cross Born: Feb-17-1902 20 Died: May- 9-1988 in Doddridge Co, WV 20 Buried: in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 20 Resided: 1963 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 9 Census: 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Elsie Fay Mason b. Apr- 9-1908 d. Jul-22-1990 Married: Jan- 1-1924 in Doddridge Co, WV 25 Wife: Mary Elizabeth Stull b. May-28-1914 d. Apr- 4-2000 Married: Dec- 3-1931 in Ritchie Co, WV 26,27
M Child 8: Arden Cross Born: Mar-10-1905 in Ritchie Co, WV 8,25 Died: Nov- -1983 8 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 9,8 Census: 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Lulu Stull b. ca 1904 Also known as: Lula Stull 14 Married: Mar-26-1921 in Doddridge Co, WV 25
F Child 9: Mary Arretta Cross Also known as: Arretta Cross 28 Born: Sep-25-1906 in Doddridge Co, WV 8,29 Died: Mar- -1975 8 Resided: in Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV 8,29 Resided: 1963 in French Creek, Upshur Co, WV 9 Census: 1930 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Shirley Lee Cottrill b. May-25-1898 d. Oct-23-1951 Also known as: Shirley Lee Cottrell 19 Married: May-19-1924 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 30 Husband: Henry William Hamner b. Oct-23-1905 d. Apr- -1981 Married: Aug-10-1957 in Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV 31
F Child 10: Zylpha Icis Cross 26,8 Also known as: Zelphia Cross 9 Born: Oct-12-1911 26,8 Died: Sep- 9-1994 8 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 8 Resided: 1963 in French Creek, Upshur Co, WV 9 Census: 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: John G. Steins b. Sep-10-1901 d. Jun- -1984 Married: Mar-19-1930 in Ritchie Co, WV 26
Sources: (1) Headstone (year only) (2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (3) Findagrave.com. (4) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (5) Death record of daughter. (6) Obituary of daughter. (7) Marriage record of daughter. (8) Social Security Death Index. (9) Obituary of sister. (10) Birth record of daughter. (11) Marriage record of son. (12) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (13) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as William Scott Jones, 24, of Ritchie Co; and Bertha Cross, 17, of Ritchie Co. Married Nov 12 1902. (14) Obituary of son. (15) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (16) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1956-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1999) (17) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Keener Jones, 23, of Ritchie Co; and Lora Bessie Cross, 17, of Ritchie Co. Married Nov 22 1903. (18) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV. (19) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (20) Headstone. (21) Death record of wife. (22) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1941-1955, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Dec 1998) (23) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District). (24) Obituary. (25) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (26) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (27) Walter A. Dotson (1950-2011), Louisville, OH. (28) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (29) Upshur County Marriage Records, Buckhannon, WV. (30) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Mr. Shirley L. Cottrill, 25, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Miss Arretta Cross, 16, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married May 19 1924 in West Union. MR p. 313. (31) Upshur County Marriage Records, Buckhannon, WV, Identified as Henry William Hamner, widower, 51, b. Upshur Co, res. Buckhannon, son of L. R. & Cosbie (Strader) Hamner; and Mary Arretta Cottrill, widowed, 47, b. Doddridge Co, res. Buckhannon, dau of John & Virginia (Riddle) Cross. Married Aug 10 1957 at Central Methodist Church in Buckhannon. MR p. 460.Name Index