Sandra Did Benjamin Franklin Cross have a son named after himself? I have a Benjamin Franklin Cross b 22 Jul 1853 d 20 Sep 1917 married to Margaret Alice Payne. Margaret's parents were Wlliam H. Payne and Margaret Alice "Lucy" Maulding which ties into my Maulding family. Sandy Sandra Brandt wrote: >Wow, did you hit a nerve! My CROSS line is probably the biggest brick wall I >have to deal with; my connection is so close, yet so far... > >My GGGrandfather, Benjamin Franklin Cross, b. Jan. 05, 1822 Tn., stated in >the 1880 Wayne Co.(Four Mile Twp.) Illinois Fed. Census, that his father was >b. in South Carolina and his mother was b. in Tn. >He was married twice, the 1st. wife, "M." was b. 1822 Tn. - they had 4 known >children; Fredric b. 1846 IL., Lydia b. 1848 IL., (my GrGrandfather) >Benjamin Franklin Cross Jr. b. July 22, 1853 Wayne Co. IL., and William >Marion b. 1856 IL. "M." d. bef. 1860 Wayne Co. IL. > >B.F. Cross' 2nd wife (married abt. 1859) was Celia Patterson Johnson >b. 1832 Wayne Co. IL. >Together, they had 6 children; Martha S., Elmira J. "Myra", Mark, Mary M. >"Linnie", Samantha E., and Jennie O.. > >B.F. (d. March 29, 1881 Wayne Co. IL.) and Celia Cross (d. 1902 Wayne Co. >IL.) are buried in Thomason Cem. Wayne Co. IL. > >Due to a small problem of the Wayne Co. Courthouse burning down, most >records have been lost. Is there ANY chance of a family connection to >Zachariah Cross with my B.F. Cross??? It sounds as if they were in the same >areas prior to coming to IL. I would SO appreciate any help you might be >able to offer!!! > >Sandra Brandt >brandt@apex.net > > >-----Original Message----- >From: dean and faye alley [mailto:fdalley@southwind.net] >Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 1:28 PM >To: CROSS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Cross > >I found this information that someone submitted: > >The first one is of Zachariah CROSS, the Revolutionary War Vet. Although >the biography is titled "Robert Monroe Funkhouser, a large portion of it is >about Zachariah. Hope this helps someone. > > >FUNKHOUSER, Robert Monroe, physician and surgeon, was born in St.Louis >Mo., December 10, 1850, son of a prominent merchant of the same name, who is >mentioned in several biographical works of St. Louis. His ancestors, on his >father's paternal side, came from Berne, Switzerland, two brothers, >Christopher and John emigrating in 1692 to Holland, remaining there until >1698, when they went to England, from whence they proceeded to New Amsterdam >about 1700, in which year they left for Virginia, one settling at >Fredericksburg, the other at the "Neck," A de-scendant, Christopher, his >great-grand-father, was a soldier in the Revolution ; he laid out >Morgantown, W. Va., and Morgantown, Ky., naming them after his kins-man, >Gen. Daniel Morgan. His grand-father, Robert Roland Funkhouser, was a member >of the first legislature of Illinois. > >On his father's maternal side, the family came from England in 1646, >Zachariah Cross, a descendant and his great-grandfather, was born in >Baltimore County, Md., March 25, 1761, and died in Wayne County, IL., >February 27. 1833. > >While still a school boy in Maryland, sixteen years of age, being fired with >patriotism by the example of his father and brothers (one of the latter >being Lieut. Jos. Cross, mentioned in his-tory), he joined the company of >soldiers (in which were two of his brothers) when they passed his home; he >was discovered by his brothers, and being unable to take him with them, sent >him to their cousin, Gen. Francis Marion, known as the " Swamp Fox," of >North and South Carolinas. for whom he acted as scout; and it is said that >with many thrilling adventures he served during the remainder of the >Revolution and was promoted to the rank of corporal. March 25, 1777, he >offered his services to the colonies for nine months as a volunteer in Capt. >Wm. Hicks' Company, North Car-olina troops, and at various times he served >in the companies of Captains Maxwell, Thomas Wallace, and Hubbard till the >close of the war, under Gen. Nath'l Greene's command! >, his services covering North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and >Alabama. On February 8, 1833, while re-residing at St. Louis, being then 72 >years of age, he applied for and obtained a pen-sion for services in the >Revolutionary War as a private in the North Carolina troops. > >His grandmother was a sister of Lord Cole. Zachariah Cross married Easter >(Hetty) Johnston, whose father, Nathan Johnston, was of the " Clan >Johnstone: "- >" On all the banks of Annandale The gentle Johnstone rides, He has been >there a thousand years, A thousand shall be bide." > >Easter Hetty Johnston was the daughter of Dan'1 Boone's eldest sister, whose >ances-tor was one of the colonists who came to Jamestown witb Jno. Smith in >1607; or im-mediately thereafter. On his mother's side, he is connected with >the Spencer and Russell families of England, his mother, Sarah Johnson >(Selmes) Funkhouser, being a daughter of Tilden Russell Selmes, who .was a >Colonel in the late Civil War, being injured at the battle of Vicksburg. The >subject of this sketch received his early education in private schools and >under the tutelage of the late Bishop Dunlap. He is an alumnus of the >University of Virginia (1868-9), of Dartmouth College (1871), of the >Columbia College Law School (1873), and of the University of New York >(1874), having received the degrees of A. B., A. M., LL.B. and M. D. He has >been admitted to the New York and St. Louis Bars. After attending the >hospitals in New York, he returned to St. Louis and entered upon the >practice of his chosen profession. He was one of the founders of the >Beaumont Med-ical College, and for a number of years was Professor of >Surgery; he also held the chair of Surgery in the St. Louis College of >Phy-sicians and Surgeons and has been consult-ing surgeon to a number of St. >Louis hos-pitals. He has made original researches in Physiology, Psychology >and Surgery and contributed papers on various medical sub-jects, but at >present confines his practice principally to surgery and gynaecology. He is >a member of numerous societies, scienti-fic and otherwise, including the >Sons of the Revolution. The Doctor is a great student, not only of his >profession, but in all depart-ments of knowledge; his chief aim is to do >what he thinks right, under all difficulties. It is safe to assert that no >physician holds, in a greater degree, the confidence and es-teem of his >patients, friends, and the public in general. Dr. Funkhouser has been twice >married, both wives, Virginia C. and Alice M., being the daughters of Dr. A. >M. Cantrell of Virginia, and the great-granddaugh-ters of Leonard Daniel of >Cumberland Co., Va., who at the age of 17 entered the Rev-olutionary Army; >he was stationed first at Norfolk and later at Yorktown, and wit-nessed the >surrender of Lord Cornwallis in his eighteenth year. His father, William >Daniel, one of the early settlers of Cum-berland County, served during the >entire Revolutionary War. > >************** >CYRUS W. CROSS, a veteran of the Civil War", a prominent resident of the >town of Palmer, Mass., where he is successfully engaged in the practice of >dentistry, was born in Monson, April 10, 1842. His parents were Porter and >Sophia (Amidon) Cross, and his paternal grandfather Stephen Cross, whose >wife's family name was Vinton. Stephen Cross was born in Connecti-cut, and >was a farmer and a carpenter. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and lived >to be ninety years old, being a Whig in politics. His wife reached the age >.of eighty years, and was the mother of six children-- Stephen and Lyman, >who were soldiers in the War of 1812; Cyrus; Eli; Hannah; and Porter. > >The last-named, who was the father of Cyrus W., was born in Monson, July 15, >1807, and learned his father's trade of carpenter. His first independent >work was done for his brother Stephen, in whose employ he continued until >forty years of age. He then went into busi-ness for himself, his first >contract being an important one in Boston, where his work was raising the >root of a hotel and putting on an extra story - a rarer and more difficult >piece of work in those clays than in the present. Mr. Porter Cross was one >of the builders of the Methodist Episcopal church in Wilbraham, and >continued in the same line of business in Boston, Wilbraham, and >Springfield, until he retired from all active labor, dying at the age of >eighty-seven years. Mr. Cross was twice married, his first wife being before >her mar-riage Miss Sophia Amidon. August 1, 1807, and died at years, leaving >six children; G., Laurette J., Ellen C., Candace C., Cyrus W., and Lucius H. >The second wife of Mr. Cross was : Miss Mary Babcock, who lived to old >age, and was the mother of two children - Eugene F. and Dora E. Mr. Cross >was first a Whig in politics, and later a Republican. He served as one of >the Selectmen for a num-ber of years; and he, Mrs. Cross, and their children >were members of the Methodist Epis-copal church, to which he gave a large >amount of money. > >Cyrus W., son of Porter and Sophia Cross, received his education in >Wilbraham Acad-emy; and at the age of twenty, in July, 1862, he enlisted in >Company D, Thirty-seventh-Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, under Colonel >Edwards. He served three years in the Civil War, was in the battles of >Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, and in all the skirmishes of the >Potomac valley, receiving his discharge in 1864. After returning to his home >he began the study of dentistry with Joseph .Gould, of Palmer, and carried >on his studies later with J. M. Gould, of East Doug-lass, after which he >opened an office in Wil-braham, and -had a successful practice during the >two years of his residence there. He then removed to Palmer, where he has >since made a permanent home and has acquired a noteworthy reputation for the >durability and general excellence of his dental work. > >Dr. Cross has been twice married. The lady of his first choice was Miss Anna >M. Cooley, daughter of George G. Cooley, a farmer, and a builder of >Springfield, Mass., who spent his life in that city, and died at the age o >eighty-three years. Mrs. Anna M. Cross; lived to be but twenty-eight years >of age, ant at her death left two children, namely: , daughter, Alice >Sophie, born March 4, 1868, died March 30, 1874; and one son, Chester W., >born March 10, 1872, who is a young man-of much promise, at present holding" >the posi-tion of teller in the bank of Palmer. The sec-ond wife of Mr. >Cross, Miss Charlotte K. Kent before marriage, was born in Wilbraham, >daughter of William and Laura (Smith) Kent. Mr. Kent was a carpenter by >occupation, and died at the age of seventy years. His wife lived to be >seventy-two years old. Mr. and Mrs. Cross have three children, as follows: >Louis K., born February 11, 1877; .Bertha M., born October 31, 1880; and >Laura B., born April 12, 1884. In 1877 ! >Dr. Cross built an attractive and comfortable residence, on Main Street, >which he has since occupied with his family. His business office is in the >Lawrence Block, Main Street. He is a Republican in politics, and is a member >of the Thomas Lodge, A. F. & A. M., at Palmer, the" Hampden Chapter, >Washington Council, Springfield Commandery, and L. L. Merrick Post, Grand >Army of the Republic, of Palmer, in which he held the office of Commander. >He is also a member of the Congregational church at Palmer. > > >CROSS, Stephen >Family: >Spouse: VINTON, Sarah >b. 6 JUL 1763 Stoughton, Mass. >Parents: >Father: VINTON, David >Mother: DORMAN, Ruth > > > > > > > >==== CROSS Mailing List ==== >To post a message to the CROSS list, send your message to >CROSS-L@rootsweb.com > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. 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