Mary
Jane
Gross
Born in Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Green Berry Gross
and Alice Brian (Crabtree) Gross
Sister of
Odell Gross, Oval Gross, Orville Gross, Elsie Gross, Marie Gross, James G Gross, [private sister (1930s - unknown)], Imogene Gross, Vernon Gross, [private sister (1930s - unknown)], Verda Gross and Jane Gross
Wife of
William Orvan Armstrong
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
Dane R Smith
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
[private daughter (1960s - unknown)]
Died
at age 73
in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Oct 2021
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Biography
Mary Gross lived in Appalachia, in Kentucky.
Mary Jane Gross was born on June 8, 1936 in Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, United States. Her parents were Green Berry Gross (1882-1950) & Alice B (Crabtree) Gross (1900-1936). [1]
In 1940 She livd in Lee County, Kentucky with her father an 8 Siblings. She was 3 years old. [2]
She married William Orvan Armstrong (1921-1989) [1]
she was also married to Dane R Smith (1935-2020) [1]
Her daughter was Teresa (Townsend) Shoemaker [3]
Mary died on September 21, 2009 in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio. [1]
She was laid to rest in Poplar Hill Cemetery in Vandalia, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [4]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Obituary at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58318591/mary-jane-armstrong_smith accessed on 15 October 2021.
- ↑ * 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1940; Census Place: Lee, Kentucky; Roll: m-t0627-01329; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 65-7A
Ancestry Sharing Link • Ancestry Record 2442 #54550946 (accessed 15 October 2021)
Mary Jane Gross (3), single daughter in household of Greenberry Gross (58) in Lee, Kentucky. Born in Kentucky. - ↑ "Kentucky, U.S., Birth Index, 1911-1999"
Ancestry Record 8788 #1979105 (accessed 15 October 2021)
Name: Teresa Townsend; Date of Birth: 25 Mar 1960; Birth Place: Clark, Kentucky, USA; Mother's Name: Mary Gross; Volume Number: 031; Certificate Number: 15042; Volume Year: 1960. - ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58318591/mary-jane-armstrong_smith : accessed 15 October 2021), memorial page for Mary Jane Gross Armstrong Smith (8 Jun 1936–21 Sep 2009), Find A Grave: Memorial #58318591, citing Poplar Hill Cemetery, Vandalia, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Harley Armstrong (contributor 47347270).
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