BIO:  James Cross, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Windsor Township, Pg 202

JAMES CROSS was born in Windsor Township, York County, in 1826, and is the son of James and 
Elizabeth (Grove) Cross.  The father was born in this township in 1787, was reared a farmer, 
filled the office of justice of the peace; in 1814 married Elizabeth Grove, who was born in 
Chanceford Township, in 1787; became the father of two boys and four girls, and died June 9, 
1872; his wife died November 15, 1842.  James Cross, the grandfather of our subject, was one of 
the earliest settlers of York County, having taken up from the government the farm on which his 
grandson now resides, at a time when the Indians were numerous in the township.  He was a 
prosperous farmer, and served his country in the war of 1812.  James Cross, our subject, still 
cultivates the farm entered by his grandfather.  He was married, in 1859, to Jane Ann Wallace, 
who was born in Hopewell Township, in 1835, and who is the mother of one son – James Nelson 
Cross.  The family attend the Guinston United Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. and Mrs. Cross 
are members.