George Gross and Elizabeth C. Nettle

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Husband George Gross ¹

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           Born: 23 Aug 1823 - Union Co, PA 2
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         Father: Philip Gross (1797-1879) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Schoch (1803-1894) 4 5

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       Marriage: 13 Aug 1846 - New Berlin, Union Co, PA 2

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Wife Elizabeth C. Nettle ²

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            AKA: [Unk] Knettle 5
           Born:  - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA
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         Father: Isaac Nettle (      -      ) 2
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Children

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1 M William G. Gross ²

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2 M George A. Gross ²

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Rosa K. Gross ²

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - George Gross

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He was born at the old family homestead, and his education was begun in the schools of New Berlin, Pennsylvania. After attending the common schools until he was nineteen years old, he spent two years at the Lewisburg Academy, and, although qualified to teach, he never cared to do so. On leaving school he returned home to engage in farm work. In the autumn of 1844, he, with three other young men, went to Seneca county, Ohio, driving the entire distance. He had relatives in that locality, and for a year was employed as clerk by an uncle in Bellevue. Later he worked in the same capacity for a time at Tiffin, Ohio, and then returned to Pennsylvania, and entered the employ of his brother Henry, then a mer-chant at Aaronsburg.
After his marriage he located on his father's farm for a year, whence in 1847 he removed to Rebersburg, where he established a general mercantile business. In 1848 he started a branch store in Loganton, Sugar Valley, under the firm name of Gross, Bogar & Co., Mr. Gross owning a half interest. For some time, in addition to his other work, he held the office of postmaster at Rebersburg, but, in 1858, he sold his store there and returned to the old homestead. In 1858 he disposed of his interest in the Loganton store, and, in 1861, he bought out John D. Bogar, of New Berlin, and continued business for six years under the firm name of Gross & Lutz, and afterward as Gross & Wilson, until 1878, when he sold out and retired from active business in that line. In May, 1859, he became a director in the Lewisburg National Bank, and he attended every meeting of the board for over forty years, with possible exceptions of three or four regular weekly meetings in a year. He was the surviving executor of his father's estate, and for years he looked after his mother's interests. Beginning in 1861 he occupied a home at New Berlin, a beautiful place, which was at one time owned by Hon. Joseph Casey, his brother-in-law.
In politics Mr. Gross was a Democrat, and held numerous offices in the borough of New Berlin. He was a senatorial delegate to the State Convention held at Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1875; he was also a member of the State Democratic Committee during the year 1879.
In religious faith, he was a Lutheran, but as his wife was a Presbyterian, he attended that Church regularly.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 849.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 850.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 849, 859, 934.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 850, 859, 934.

5 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 19.