Oliver Byron Cross and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Davidson
Husband Oliver Byron Cross 1 2 3
Born: 14 May 1848 - Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 2 Christened: Died: 7 Nov 1915 - Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA Buried: - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
Father: Judge Robert Cross (1811-1874) 1 3 5 6 Mother: Hannah McKissick (1816-1893) 1 3 6 7
Marriage: 8 Dec 1870 8
Wife Elizabeth "Lizzie" Davidson 8
Born: 12 Jan 1848 - the area of Bullion, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 8 Christened: Died: 1943 Buried: - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 9
Father: Patrick Davidson (Abt 1807-1867) 8 Mother: Jane Patterson ( -1848) 8
Children
1 F Janet Cross 8
Born: 1872 Christened: Died: 1889 Buried: - Cross Cemetery, Clintonville, Venango Co, PA 10Spouse: Did Not Marry
2 M Robert Melville Cross 8
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Jane Jacobs ( - ) 8
3 F Mary Agnes Cross 8
Born: 1878 Christened: Died: 1 Aug 1918 11 Buried: - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 9
4 M William Leslie Cross 11
Born: 1881 Christened: Died: 1945 Buried: - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 4Spouse: Dosca A. Pierce (1889-1922) 11 Marr: 4 May 1910 - Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 12
5 M Harry Sheldon Cross 11
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Vera M. Eckert ( - ) 11 Marr: 1909 - ? Venango Co, PA
6 M Albert Cross 11
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Ada Metz ( - ) 11
7 F Julia Cross 11 13
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Dr. Clarence E. Imbrie (1874- ) 11 13 14 Marr: 2 Jun 1915 13
8 F Elizabeth Cross 11
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: James S. Forbes ( - ) 11 Marr: 1914 - ? Venango Co, PA
9 U [Infant] Cross 11
Born: Christened: Died: in infancy Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Oliver Byron Cross
He was given an excellent public school education at Clintonville, Venango County, PA, where he was reared. He gained his first knowledge of business in his father's store there, of which he was afterward part owner until his father's death, subsequently being sole proprietor and continuing it successfully for thirty years longer. Some twenty-five years ago [1918] he bought the McKee general store at Clintonville, and carried it on also for sixteen years, this being a separate business. His son Robert M. became associated with him, the firm being O. B. Cross & Son, but the business was eventually sold out. Meantime Mr. Cross had farmed for many years and had also acquired valuable oil interests, and when he withdrew from merchandising he turned all his attention to the production of oil during the rest of his active business life. He took several leases, on various farms, and looked after them all personally. He lived retired for seven years before his death. He was a devout member of the local Presbyterian Church, its house of worship standing on land which he donated from his farm for the purpose. Practically all of the Cross family were Democrats in political opinion, and he supported the party originally, his later convictions, however, leading him to join the Prohibitionists. Mr. Cross served two years as constable. [CAB, 604]
General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth "Lizzie" Davidson
In 1919, she and her daughters continued to occupy the old Cross home, located in the heart of Clintonville, PA, which was always a center of community activities. She was one of the most highly esteemed residents of the borough, active in all the women's organizations of church and society, and especially in Red Cross work, and with her daughters maintaining nobly the traditions attaching to the family for helpful cooperation in all that concerned the general good. [CAB, 605]
1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 995.
2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 603.
3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 323.
4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 50.
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.
7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 518, 604.
8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 604.
9 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 49.
10 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 99.
11 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 605.
12 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #9033.
13 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 302.
14
—, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1237.
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