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. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx