John C. Cross and Katherine M. Campbell

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Husband John C. Cross ^{1 2}

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           Born: 21 Mar 1856 - Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
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         Father: William Carlisle Cross (1823-1895) 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Isabella Cummings (1828-1867) 1 3

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       Marriage: 1885 2

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Wife Katherine M. Campbell ²

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         Father: Kirtland Campbell (      -      ) 2
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Children

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General Notes: Husband - John C. Cross

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His grandmother was the founder of the famous Jane academy, from which he graduated at eighteen years of age. In 1876 he went with his father to the Bullion oil field, where they conducted a store for two years, removing then to Clintonville. Later he spent two and a half years at the oil fields, going into business for himself in 1881 as a contractor and driller, making many wells for the mills in Pittsburgh and vicinity. Selling out, he went into the oil refining business, then entered the employ of the Chambers oil company, under William B. Hays, at Brush Creek; later went to the oil fields of Marietta, Ohio, where he leased considerable territory, being interested in six or eight wells, two of which were producers. In 1901 he moved to Cheswick, Allegheny County, and started a general store.
He and his wife were members of the Methodist church of Newport, Ohio. In politics Mr. Cross was a republican.

1 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 996.

2 Editor, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 252.

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 573.

4 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 995, 996.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 518, 603.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 47.