Husband: George Washington Cross 1
Born: Jun- 9-1834 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 2,3
Died: Jul-20-1923 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 2
Buried: in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV 4
Resided: in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 1
Census: 1870, 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Military: Union Army, Civil War 1
Father: Nimrod Cross (1803 - 1888)
Mother: Eliza Richards (1818 - )
Other spouse 2
Wife: Triphany Hayhurst Census name: Pythena Hayhurst Married: Sep-18-1858 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 5
Born: ca 1837 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 3 Died: bef Jul 1879 6 Resided: 1858 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 3 Census: 1850 in Marion Co, (W)VA Father: Amos Hayhurst (1799 - 1876) Mother: Mary McGee (1806 - ) Other spouse 1 Notes
M Child 1: John Cross Born: 1860 7,3 Died: 1939 7 Buried: in Riddles Chapel Cemetery, Co Rd 16/10, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 8 Census: 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Wife: West Virginia Riddle b. Jan-22-1867 d. Mar- 6-1960 Also known as: Virginia Riddle 9,10 Married: Sep- 3-1883 in Ritchie Co, WV 3
M Child 2: General Grant Cross Also known as: Grant Cross Born: ca 1873 in Ritchie Co, WV 11 (see note 1) Died: Oct-18-1955 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 2,12 Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 2,13 Census: 1910, 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Martha Lodeema Richards b. 1882 d. 1962 Also known as: Lodeema Richards 14 Married: May- 2-1900 in Ritchie Co, WV 11
Sources: (1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 156. (2) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (3) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (4) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Grave may be unmarked, since there is no listing for him in "Ritchie County Cemeteries through 1993." (5) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as George Cross, 22, of Ritchie Co, son of Nimrod & Eliza; and T. Boone, widowed, 21, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Amos & Mary. Married Sep 18 1858. Unclear if Boone is wife's maiden name or previous married name. (6) Record of husband's remarriage. (7) Headstone (year only) (8) Findagrave.com. (9) Marriage record of daughter. (10) Obituary of daughter. (11) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (12) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (13) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: G. Grant Cross. (14) Birth record of daughter. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in death record as Nov 12 1863, and date on headstone is also 1863. But he was not present for the 1870 Census, and age 7 in the 1880 Census puts his birth in about 1873.