Madison County AlArchives Biographies.....Cross, John M. 1833 - 
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Author: Smith & De Land, publishers

  JOHN M. CROSS, a prominent Real Estate Operator, is a native of Huntsville,
where he was born in 1833 and has resided all of his life.

  He is a son of Andrew Cross, a native of Virginia, who was of English stock,
and one of the first settlers in Huntsville.

  Our subject was in early life a clerk, and from 1859 until 1867 followed
planting. He was opposed to the war, and at the first election after the war he
was elected Tax Assessor by the Republicans.

  In 1872 he was appointed Register of the United States Land Office at
Huntsville, and held that position twelve years. Since that period Mr. Cross has
devoted his attention to real estate transactions, and is now a member of that
well-know firm of Lane, Cross & Gill.

  Mr. Cross was a candidate for the office of Probate Judge on the Republican
ticket in 1886, and has always affiliated himself with that party. He has
accumulated some property, and is an esteemed citizen.

  Mr. Cross has been thrice married and has nine children living.


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Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical
Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land
1888

PART IV.
MONOGRAPHS OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA,
TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVE PEOPLE.


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