Re: CROSS family from Fairfax, Virginia
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CROSS family from Fairfax, Virginia
Susan Klebick 4/02/00
HI SUSAN
I JUST READ THE BENJAMIN CROSS TREE ON FAMILY TREE MAKER.I KNOW I'M NOT A DESCENDANT OF BENJAMIN NOW, BUT COULD VERY POSSIBLY BE A DESCENDANT OF ONE OF HIS BROTHERS, MOST LIKELY WILLIAM.SOME OF THE FIRST NAMES OF MY FAMILY LINE ARE CONELIA, MILTON,AND OTHERS COMMON TO YOUR LINE. ALL I KNOW OF THE VIRGINIA YEARS OF MY FAMILY ARE THAT JAMES CROSS BORN JULY 8,1808 IN LOUDOUN CO, VA AND BURIED AT STEPHEN CITY CEMETERY IN 1882.HE MARRIED SARAH ANN EARLE IN 1832. I HAVE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE EARLE FAMILY OF VIRGINIA.HE HAD A BROTHER LUCIEN CROSS WHO BECAME PRESIDENT OF TULANE UNIVERSITY AT NEW ORLEANS.THE CHILDREN OF JAMES AND SARAH CROSS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
SARAH FRANCES CROSS 9/03/1833 SILVER RIDGE
JAMES LUCIUS" 10/27/1834 GLENOWEN, CLARK CO
ELIZABETH EARLE " 2/21/34GLENOWEN
ANNA VIRGINIA " 3/13/1837"
HENRY CLAY"6/22/1839"
CORNELIA1/30/1841WARREN CO
ROBERTA8/14/1842b.WARREN CO
JOHN WILLIAM 9/3/1844 b. FRONT ROYAL VA.****
SAMUEL WALKER 8/25/1846
ALEXANDER EARLE 3/23/1851
ALICE CORA 8 27/1854
ALL I KNOW IS THAT MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER JOHN WILLIAM WAS VERY YOUNG WHEN THE CIVIL WAR BROKE OUT.HE JOINED WHEN OLD ENOUGH.HE WAS IN COMPANY AFIRST VIRGINIA REGIMENT UNDER FITZHUGH LEE AND JEB STUART.HE MOVED TO MISSOURI AFTER WAR AND NEVER TALKED MUCH ABOUT FORMER TIMES.
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