Cross, Ammi W.

CROSS, DREW

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CROSS, Ammi W.
Butcher and Dealer in Live Stock; market on Walnut Street; Colfax; born in Maine Sept. 9, 1817. Came to Ohio in 1840; thence to Jasper Co. in 1855. He owns his residence, a house and lot on Walnut, his shop and forty acres of land, valued at $40 per acre. He married Miss Martha DREW in 1840; she was born in the State of Maine Jan. 22, 1816. They have five children - Rosilla, John M., Joseph D., Nancy and Freeman. Held office of Justice of the Peace, Trustee of Powesheik Tp., School Director for several years. Mr. Cross is one of the early settlers; broke ground on his farm of ninety acres himself; sold out in 1877; opened his present business in fall of 1877. ~ "Washington Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)