Francis was the son of Jacob and Pauline (Stanley) Cross. In 1884 he married Flora Thompson and they had seven children, Nettie, Nancy, Dora, Nellie, Maudie, William, and Floyd. The family lived in Missouri and Louisiana. He died in 1971 in San Diego, California and is buried in Cypress View Mausoleum and Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States.
Fact: Residence (1870) Dallas, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States
Fact: Residence (1880) Precinct 6, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States
Fact: Residence (1900) Monett Township Monett city Ward 1-3, Barry, Missouri, United States
Fact: Residence (1910) Monett Ward 4, Barry, Missouri, United States
Fact: Burial Monett IOOF Cemetery, Monett, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZ5-QHH : 19 February 2021), Francis M Cress in household of Jacob C Cress, Precinct 6, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 91, sheet 214B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,440.
1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3HN-115 : accessed 9 October 2021), Francis M Cress, Monett Township Monett city Ward 1-3, Barry, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11, sheet 31B, family 651, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,838.
1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2T9-DN6 : accessed 9 October 2021), Frank M Cress, Monett Ward 4, Barry, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 20B, family 145, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 767; FHL microfilm 1,374,780.
Marriage: "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-GY13 : 22 July 2021), M. F. Cress and Flora P Thompson, 22 Feb 1884; citing Marriage Notice, , Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 806,411.
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