Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Gros, Charles 1829 - 1901 ************************************************ 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, 5:29 pm Author: John C. Odell (1916) CHARLES GROS. Charles Gros was born in Germany, July 7, 1829, and came with his father's family in 1838 to Delphi. He was married to Vienna Connelly, a daughter of A. G. Connelly, April 21, 1857, and to this union were born four children, three boys and one girl. Mr. Gros went to the Pacific gold fields in 1849, and after several years' absence returned and engaged in farming two miles south of Delphi. He was killed by a train on the Monon railroad, east of Delphi, May 29, 1901, leaving surviving, his wife, three sons and one daughter, and three brothers. He was a member of Delphi Lodge No. 28, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 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/gros5nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb