Thomas Cross (abt. 1818 - bef. 1890)

Born about 1818 in Waynesburg, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died before Jun 1890 before about age 72 in Allegany, Maryland, United States

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Biography

Thomas Cross was born around 1818 due to the fact that on the 21 Mar 1836, when the courts were petitioned to appoint guardianship, he was an orphan over the age of 14 and younger than 21. Several months prior to 10 Apr 1842, Thomas Cross was married to Elizabeth Carter, in the presence of Benedict Logsdon & Mary A Carter, by a squire in Pennsylvania. Together they had 6 living children: Mary Ann, Henry, John, Catherine, Charles, and Anderson.

Sources

• Western Maryland Catholics: 1819 - 1851; Record Type: 08: Marriages; O'Rourke, Timothy J. Catholic Families of Southern Maryland: Records of Catholic Residents of St. Mary's County in the Eighteenth Century. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003. Koch, Richard T. Western Maryland Catholics, 1819-1851. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2000.

• 1850 United States Federal Census; The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 5, Allegany, Maryland; Roll: 277; Page: 100b; Line Number: 22; Family Number: 1378.

• 1860 United States Federal Census; The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Frostburg, Allegany, Maryland; Roll: M653_456; Page: 425; Family History Library Film: 803456; Family Number: 494.

• 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.; Year: 1870; Census Place: District 5, Allegany, Maryland; Roll: M593_566; Page: 151B; Dwelling Number: 514.

• Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Year: 1880; Census Place: Barton Mills, Allegany, Maryland; Roll: 494; Page: 307D; Enumeration District: 012; Dwelling Number: 12.

• National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/>, acquired 2007; Film Number: M388 roll 3; Regiment: 2nd Regiment, Maryland Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade; Company: I; Side: Union; Name: Thomas Cross.

• National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of the AGO, 1780s-1917; Record Group #: 94; Series Number: M384; Roll #: 0097; Military Unit: Second Potomac Home Brigade, Infantry, Al-Whi; Enlistment Place: Frostburg; Enlistment Date: 11 Sep 1861.

• The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Series Number: M123; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Record Group Number: 15; Census Year: 1890; Name: Elizabeth Cross widow of Thomas Cross.