Obit of Cross, John D. - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 19 Feb 2006 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== ::Cheyenne Cemetery--Cheyenne OK Surnames: Cross, Cauble, Bowsman Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6499 John D. Cross was born at Canden, Arkansas, July 18, 1865, and departed this life at 6:25 p.m. January 31, 1944. He was 78 years, six months and 23 days old. The deceased moved from Arkansas to Parker County, Texas, with his parents while he was a child and it was there he grew to manhood. He was married to Miss Lillie Cauble in Hill County, Texas. July 10, 1888, and then they made their home in Parker, County, Texas. To this union were born six boys and one girl. Three sons preceded him in death: Merlin, Dr. J.N. and Alfred Glenn Cross. He leaves to mourn, his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Gertie Bowman of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and three sons, Charles, Lance and Dean Cross of Cheyenne, and 13 grandchildren and three great grandchildren, and a host of relatives and friends. In 1892 he moved to the Indian Territory and in 1895 he moved to the community of Cheyenne wherea he resided until his death. Services were conducted by Rev. G.B. Vandervort and assisted by Rev. C.F. Bryant at the First Baptist church of Cheyenne under direction of Tunnard's Funeral Home. Interment was in the Cheyenne cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 10-Feb-1944 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html