BIO:  George Gross, 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, Manchester Township, Pg 136

GEORGE GROSS, son of John and Barbara (Melhorn) Gross, was born February 16, 
1817, in Manchester Township.  Mr. Gross was reared to farming and followed the 
occupation all his life.  February 17, 1848, Mr. Gross married Eliza Rutter, 
daughter of John and Catharine Brillinger Rutter, of Manchester Township.  
Fourteen children were born to this union:  Ellen, deceased; Albert, deceased; 
Emma, deceased; George, deceased; Andrew, deceased; Adam, deceased; Zacharias, 
William, Sarah, Kate, Edward, Charles, Eliza and Jennie.  Mr. Gross and family 
are members of the Lutheran Church, of Manchester.  (For Mr. Gross’ ancestral 
history, see his brother’s sketch.)