Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Gros, Christian (Sr.) 1804 - 1889 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 17, 2006, 5:27 pm Author: John C. Odell (1916) CHRISTIAN GROS, SR. Christian Gros, Sr., was born in Wiebels Kirchin, western Russia, January 1, 1804, and came to America in 1836 and located in Delphi, Carroll county, Indiana, in 1838. He was a tailor by trade. His wife, who was born in Germany in 1805, died in Delphi, October 27, 1885. Seven children were born to this union. Mr. Gros was a member of the German Lutheran church. He died on August 31, 1889. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS BY JOHN C ODELL With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families ILLUSTRATED 1916 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana CHAPTER IX. BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF DECEASED PIONEERS OF CARROLL COUNTY. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/carroll/bios/gros4nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb