Jerry, The Baptist Church Is Moran Baptist Church Located In Marlow, TN . J. B. Cross b. 5-11-1841 d. 12-5-1914 Zerelda Donaldson Cross b. 10-14-1871 d. 10-8-1913 wife of W.A. Cross These are the only two in the Cemetery book by Mary Harris Susie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Bryan" <c24m48@hotmail.com> To: <tnanders@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:03 AM Subject: Re: [TNANDERS] Cross and Seivers > >> Clinton Gazette March 22, 1902 > >> Mrs. Cross, the wife of Mr. J. B. Cross at Dossett, died on last Sunday >> morning at 10:30 o'clock after a lingering illness with that dread >> disease >> consumption. Mrs. Cross was about 55 years of age and was the mother of >> nine children, six of whom survive her. She was a member of the Baptist >> church and a devoted Christian woman. Besides the six children she leaves >> to mourn her death, she leaves a husband, a sister who resides in Kansas >> Mrs. Fox, and three brothers, M.S., Rufe and Ross McClellan, all of >> Knoxville. The funeral services were held at the residence Monday at 2 >> p.m. conducted by Rev. Jas Lyons of Knoxville, assisted by Rev. W.N. >> Ferris and J. H. Hall of this place. The remains were interred in the >> church yard cemetery along side of one. We are sorry to state that Mr. >> Cross is real sick and was unable to attend the burial service. > > > > Mrs. Cross was Martha E. (Mattie) McClelland, daughter of William > McClelland > and Margaret Lones. Her husband Joseph Black Cross was the son of Alfred > Cross and Elizabeth (Bettie) Black, and the grandson of Brittain Cross and > Mary (Polly) Parks, and the grandson of Joseph Black Jr. and Ruby > Catherine > (Catherine) Henry. > > Joseph Black Cross may have been "real sick" at the time of his wife's > death, but he did live nearly 12 more years. He died on 5 Dec 1914. > > I cannot find Mrs. Cross nor her husband in Mary Harris's cemetery index. > Does anybody know which Baptist church in Dossett would have been the > church > where she was buried? Remember that this was in 1902. Assuming that > Joseph > Black Cross was buried in the same cemetery, it should be possible to > figure > it out from his death certificate (death certificate #256), but I haven't > chased it down yet. > > Jerry Bryan > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNANDERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >