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Nimrod CROSS

Nimrod CROSS

Male 1803 - 1888  (85 years)


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  • Name Nimrod CROSS
    Birth 1803  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 1888  [1, 3] 
    Burial (UNMARKED)  Cross (aka Wilson) Cemetery, Rock Camp Run, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Unmarked. Minnie Kendall Lowther, in "History of Ritchie County," p. 366, reports his burial in the Pisgah churchyard.
    Person ID I34117  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 31 May 2023

    Father Richard CROSS,   b. 4 Feb 1772, Fauquier Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1854, Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Mother Mary Margaret "Molly" LAKE,   b. 10 Dec 1777, Fauquier Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1866, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F13398  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eliza RICHARDS,   b. CA 1818   bur. (UNMARKED), Cross (aka Wilson) Cemetery, Rock Camp Run, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3]
    Marriage 13 Aug 1835  [1] 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 26 1850:
      Nimrod Cross, 47, farmer; Eliza, 36; Geo W, 14; Mary, 12; Jno, 9; Jane, 7; Eliz, 6; Susan, 5; Nancy, 3; Victoria, 9 months.
    Children 
    +1. George Washington CROSS,   b. 9 Jun 1834, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jul 1923, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    +2. Mary CROSS,   b. CA 1837, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. (NO DATES), Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. John A. CROSS,   b. 6 May 1839, Wood Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1920, Delaware Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    +4. Catherine Lee CROSS,   b. 27 Nov 1842, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1930, Millstone, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    >5. Elizabeth Jane CROSS,   b. CA 1843   d. 26 Feb 1911, Newark, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years)
    +6. Susan A. CROSS,   b. 18 Sep 1844, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1902 (Age 57 years)
    +7. Nancy CROSS,   b. 13 Jan 1845, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1936, Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
    >8. Victoria CROSS,   b. 5 Sep 1849, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1891, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
    +9. Martha Ann CROSS,   b. 17 Sep 1850, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1888 (Age 37 years)
     10. Ellen CROSS,   b. CA 1855
     11. Louisa CROSS,   b. CA 1858
    Family ID F13391  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S283] Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 156.

    2. [S123] Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    3. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 366.