J. J. Cross

CROSS, CLEVELAND, BALLARD

Posted By: Diane (email)
Date: 2/24/2002 at 19:30:09

J. J. Cross, who has been mentioned, was one of the very first settlers in the township. He is a son of Asa and Abigail (Cleveland) Cross, and was born in Cataraugus county, New York, July 1, 1829, where he learned the carpenter’s trade. In 1853 he emigrated to Wisconsin, living at Madison one year, when he removed to Kane county, Illinois. In 1855 he came to Butler county, and in August of the same year entered his present farm. He then returned to Illinois, and in 1856, with his wife, located in Bremer county, living there one year before settling on the farm. Mr. Cross was married in 1855 to Miss Permelia Ballard. They have had five children, four of whom are living – Frederick W., Carrie L., Cora A., and George.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 588