There have been so many postings lately that I have not read all of them I missed the CROSS item but the name rang a bell so decided to write. Does your CROSS family fit into our Maben line? l also would like to hear from any other Mabens out there or anyone with records that pertain to Maben family....... I descend from Benjamin Scudder Maben (b. 1856) son of William Charles Maben (1822-1885) and Catherine Wyckoff (1821-1900). I have a lot of family info but for this posting will give this. Some of what my grandmother wrote follows: The Maben's home in NY was Greene County. The first grave in Prattsville was a Maben. Catherine Wyckoff and William Charles Maben had several children. Among them were Mary Maben Moseman, George (who became a lawyer and died as a young man), Charles who taught school and farmed in Prattsville and Benjamin Scudder Maben. William Charles and Catherine Wyckoff also had a son William Charles born 1855 and died 1937 According to family info he married Minnie Alida Kurau (1862-1941) they had 8 children and two married CROSS family members These were Ethel Naomi Maben who married Herbert James CROSS and Maida Catherine Maben who married Merritt Emmett CROSS My grandmother, Mary Emma Maben Imeson Gano, was the daughter of Benjamin Scudder Maben and Emma Landphair. She had other brothers and sisters: Robert and Grace who died young as children Ben Maben who lived in CA and Ruth Carlow who lived in ID Ruth's daughter, Margaret, was a missionary. In a letter dated Dec 19, 1995 Margaret Carlow wrote about the CROSS family telling about her grandfather Benjamin Scudder Maben after his wife Emma died in Wyoming: Shortly after (his wife's death) that Grandfather went back to Lexington near Prattsville, NY. He went to church, Methodist, on a Sunday and the minister spoke on heaven. He had the stroke on Wednesday, following. He was staying with Maida (Maben) the mother of Emma CROSS Grinnell..... she also tells about the death of the young Robert and Grace from diptheria and the burial of them in the CROSS cemetery. when the grandfather died there was no more room in the CROSS family cemetery so they buried him right outside of it. does this mean anything to your CROSS family????? julie eden On Saturday, March 12, 2005, at 08:58 AM, Merri Cross wrote: > My husband's Cross family came from IL. We found an old letter > talking about relatives in Kentucky, but we can't go back further > than the late 1800's without doing some serious searching, so I cannot > tell you where they originated from, sorry. > > In regards to Bible records, I will dig up the Bible that has my > Greene county ancestors and send that transcription to you, Sylvia, to > post on the website. > > Also, Sylvia, do you have a section on the website for identification > of photos? i have a lovely photo of twin girls that needs > identification, and I also have some identified photos that I need to > return to their families. The people in these photos are no relation > to me. Does the website have a section like a "lost and found" for > photos? > > Thanks so much, Sylvia. The Greene County website is the best I have > found and this mailing list ROCKS! > > Merri > > > > ==== NYGREENE Mailing List ==== > Moving in and Moving on - Greene County's Migrations Database - add > your > families now and make the connection! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygreen2 > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >