Simon Gross (1823 - 1891)

Born 1823 in Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Died 29 May 1891 at about age 68 in Forreston, Ogle, Illinois, United States

Biography

GROSS SIMON, Farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Forreston; born in Northumberland Co., Pa., 1823; married Mary Hartman in 1864; shw was born in same county and State in 1823; had five children (two deceased), living Emelia, Mary M. and Abraham S.; they are members of the Dutch Reformed Church; he has been School Director for nine years, and Street Commissioner five years; he owns 160 acres of land, near the town of Foreston, worth $12,00

Sources

• Year: 1860; Census Place: Forreston, Ogle, Illinois; Page: 818; Family History Library Film: 803215

• The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, p. 724.

• Find a Grave memorial page for Simon Gross (unknown–29 May 1891), Find A Grave: Memorial #40262935, citing White Oak Cemetery, Forreston, Ogle County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Ben Jacobson (contributor 47010365) .