CROSS BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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CROSS, D. C. - b: 1838 Madison Co, TN
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 608
residence: Deepwater

D. C. Cross was born in Madison County, Tennessee, March 7, 1838. John D. Cross, 
his father, and also his mother, formerly Eliza Anderson, were either natives of 
Virginia or Tennessee. D. C. accompanied his parents to Louisville, Kentucky, in 
1844, where his father died soon after. The son spent his youth up to his 
fourteenth year mostly in school, and upon arriving at this age he went on the 
river and followed boating for about four years. In 1857 he engaged in the 
mercantile business in Graffenburg, where he sold goods for about six months. Mr. 
Cross was married in Franklin County, Kentucky, March 25, 1859, to Lucinda E. 
Johnson, of that county, and a daughter of Robert R. Johnson. After this he came 
to Cooper County, Missouri, and farmed for seven years, and in the spring of 1866 
he moved to Henry County, where he bought land continued his farming operations. 
He has a fine farm of fifty-five acres one-fourth of a mile south of Montrose, in 
section 23, in cultivation, with a good residence, barn, and out buildings. An 
orchard of 300 bearing apple trees of select varieties is on the place, besides 
fifty peach, some cherry, pear, plum, and small fruits in variety. Mr. Cross is 
Democratic in politics and has filled several offices in his township. He served 
four years as justice of the peace with marked distinction, and for a number of 
years was a member of the school board. He and his wife have nine children: Mary 
E., Robert S., Dora, Lulie, Alice, Martha, Viola, Fanny and Nellie. Mr. and Mrs. Cross 
are members of the Christian Church. He belongs to the United Workmen. He 
engaged in the butcher business in November, 1832, and now has an excellent 
shop and is enjoying a liberal patronage.

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