> 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