Dallas Co., TX - Bios: George Buchanan Gross ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Robert Bennett USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** George Buchanan Gross (13 Aug 1856-13 Sep 1896) Biography on pages 684-685 in Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas Co., TX (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892) Transcribed on 26 Mar 2005 by Robert Bennett G. B. GROSS, of Mesquite, Dallas County, Texas, was born in Tennessee, in 1856, the fifth in a family of ten children born to G. W. and Amanda (Wade) Gross, natives of Tennessee and Virginia. The father was one of the pioneer settlers of his section of Tennessee, where be died when our subject was quite young. The mother still survives, and resides with her son, A. F. G. B. Gross, our subject, received his early education in Tennessee, and in 1877 came to this State, where he commenced farming on rented land, on shares. In 1878 he commenced clerking in the store of J. W. Gross, and later for R. S. Kimbrough, and in both stores clerked about ten years. In 1889 he bought his brother's business, consisting; of a large stock of dry goods and drugs, and is now doing a business of $25,000 an nually. Besides his mercantile interests, he is the owner of two large farms, consisting of 110 acres, which are under a fine state of cultivation. He has good box houses, fine water, etc. He was married in 1855, to Miss Emma R. Chapman, a native of this State, and daughter, of D. G. and N. C. (Coats) Chapman, old settlers of this county. The father, one of the best known men of the county, has been dead about eight years; the mother still survives. They were the parents of nine children. Mr. and Mrs. Gross have two children, Ernest and Robert O. The parents are members of Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Gross is a member of A. F. and A. M. , no. 269. He takes great interest in the growth and prosperity of his locality, and is a thoroughgoing business man. Additional notes; Mr. and Mrs. Gross are buried at Mesquite Cemetery, Mesquite Dallas, Texas. Mr. Gross was a member of Scyene Lodge #269 AF and AM, Scyene, Dallas County, Texas.