John
Cross
Born in Madison, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of William Cross II
and Sarah McCown
Brother of
George Cross Sr., William Cross III [half], Margaret (Moore) Sanders [half], Ann (Cross) Howard [half], Polly Cross [half], Vachel Cross [half], Martha Cross [half], Tolbert Cross [half], Alexander Moore [half], Scott Cross [half], Anderson Cross [half], James Cross [half], Susan Cross [half], Nancy (Cross) Mathis [half], Samuel Moore [half], Brown Lee Cross [half] and Sally Cross [half]
Husband of
Sarah (Blythe) Cross
— married
28 Aug 1817 in Madison, Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Mary (Cross) Warden, William Blythe Cross, George W. Cross, James Cross, John Cross, Newton Cross, Henry Clay Cross, Harrison Cross and Sarah Ann (Cross) Kirby
Died
at age 67
in Armstrong, Howard, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Aug 2013
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Biography
This profile is part of the Cross Name Study.
John emigrated to Howard Co., MO from VA in 1817 bringing his family.
Madison County (KY) Marriages, 1786-1822 Compiled by Bill and Kathy Vockery, 1999, privately published, now available through Madison County Historical Society, shows the following on page 21: Groom: Cross, John Bride: Blythe, Sally bond date 25 Aug 1817 Bondsman Blythe, James Consent: Cain, John SFB (step-father of bride) and Cain, Anney MB (Mother of bride) Bond Return 28 Aug 1817.
Cross, John Blythe, Sally Page 76 Aug 28 1817
John Cross
Birth: Dec 1793 Madison County, Kentucky, USA
Death: 10 Mar 1861 (aged 69) Armstrong, Howard County, Missouri, USA
Burial*: Cross Family Cemetery at Howard County, Missouri, USA
Bio: Madison County (KY) Marriages, 1786-1822 Compiled by Bill and Kathy Vockery, 1999, privately published, now available through Madison County Historical Society, shows the following on page 21: Groom: Cross, John Bride: Blythe, Sally bond date 25 Aug 1817 Bondsman Blythe, James Consent: Cain, John SFB (step-father of bride) and Cain, Anney MB (Mother of bride) Bond Return 28 Aug 1817. Contributor: Bonnie Boggs (47070799) • Family Members Parents William Cross III 1766-1848 Sarah McCown Moore 1774-1851 Spouse Sarah "Sally" Blythe Cross 1797-1870 Siblings George Cross Sr 1792-1857 Margaret "Peggy" Moore Sanders 1797-1882 Samuel Moore 1815-1865 Half Siblings William Cross 1797-1883 James Cross 1810-1863 Nancy Cross Mathis 1813-1884 Children Mary "Polly" Cross Warden 1819-1889 William Blythe "Buck" Cross 1820-1895 George W. Cross 1823-1877 James Cross 1825-1843 John "Jack" Cross 1828-1914 Newton Cross 1831-1836 Henry Clay Cross 1834-1927 Harrison Cross 1838-1896 Sallie Ann Kerby 1842-1870
Sources
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46211102/john-cross: accessed February 14, 2024), memorial page for John Cross (Dec 1791–10 Mar 1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 46211102, citing Cross Family Cemetery, Howard County, Missouri, USA
- ["The Gentry Family in America - 1676 to 1909" by Richard Gentry, Ph.B., M.S. printed for the Author by the Grafton Press, New York, 1909. online https://archive.org/details/gentryfamilyinam1909gent/page/n7/mode/2up/search/David+Gentry. CS71.G339 1909, held in the Public Library of the City of Boston.p 37-46]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~1.56%
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~0.78%
Gladys (Sparks) Wilson :
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~0.78%
Kimberley Phillips :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member 1951kap
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~0.78%
Michael McCown :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.39%
Jess Norman :
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Rejected matches › John Cross (1789-) › Jean Kraus (1790-1834) › Giovanni Felice Anastasio Domenico Caruso (1793-1830) › John Cross (abt.1789-abt.1869)
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