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Elizabeth Jane (Smith) Cross (1827 - 1908)

Elizabeth Jane "Betsey" Cross formerly Smith aka Windsor
Born in Indianamap
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , and
Wife of — married 11 Apr 1848 in Davis, Iowa, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , and
Died at age 80 in Osawatomie State Hospital, Osawatomie, Miami, Kansasmap
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Biography

Name: Elizabeth Jane Smith.[1] [2]

Born: 25 Oct 1827 Indiana.[1][2]

Married: 1st John Cross, 11 Apr 1848 Davis County, Iowa.[3]
(3 children)

Died: 2 Aug 1908 Osawatomie State Hospital, Osawatomie, Miami County, Kansas.[1]

Buried: Osawatomie State Hospital Burial Ground, Osawatomie, Miami County, Kansas.[1]

Residences
1830: Illinois.
1836: Illinois.
1847-48: Davis County, Iowa.
1850: Clark County, Missouri.
1870: Greene County, Illinois.
1880: Greene County, Illinois.
1895: Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
1900: Williamsport, Shawnee County, Kansas.
1905: Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.

For 1850 censuses, see her husband's profile. Not found in the 1860 census. In the 1870 census she is found listed with Jesse Windsor as his wife. Her children Amanda and William Cross are listed with the last name "Windsor."

In the 1880 & 1905 censuses, she was living with her daughter, Margaret. In the 1895 & 1900 censuses, she was living with her son, William. She has not yet been located in the 1860 census.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Find-a-Grave Elizabeth J. Cross
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Census Missouri 1850 Clark County, p. 292, dwelling/family 707/734.
  3. ↑ Iowa, Compiled Marriages, 1835-1850.




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Bradshaw-1761 Laurel Bradshaw
Thank you for the prompt reply. I appreciate your caution in wanting to hear my evidence. I just added her to Wikitree - I haven't done a lot here yet - so I haven't added siblings etc. And you already have her parents and siblings. I didn't want to create more duplicate records. My extended tree is on Ancestry. In the 1850 census, Elizabeth, I believe, is actually listed twice. She is listed as a child of Samuel Smith, and immediately below that family you will see John Cross and Elizabeth listed again with a daughter Nancy J. Cross. And immediately below that is Elizabeth's older brother Edward and his family.

John Cross and Elizabeth had been a brick wall of mine for decades. I am the great-grand-daughter of William Albert Cross, son of John and Elizabeth. I knew from his obituary that he had a sister "living in Smith, Colorado." She was unnamed. Long story short is that after many, many years of searching, I was contacted by someone saying she believed her grandmother was that sister. We compared DNA between her father and my mother, which was a match, and she also sent me photographs that included a photo I recognized as one I had of my grandmother as an infant. She had a lot more information on Elizabeth J. Smith than I had found, but we had the 1850 census in common. Also the marriage record of John Cross and a Betsey Jane Smith in Iowa that I had considered as a possibility. The census records for Elizabeth J. Cross when she was living with her son Albert in 1900 in Topeka, Kansas indicated that she was born in Indiana. That led me to the 1850 census and the marriage record.

Having made that connection, Ancestry's Thru-lines, has given me matches with other descendants of Samuel Smith and Margaret, including you, if you are the M.S. listed as a descendant of William H. Smith.

posted by Laurel Bradshaw
Bradshaw-1761 Laurel Bradshaw
Smith-214027 and Smith-210329 appear to represent the same person because: I created 214027. This is the same person.
posted by Laurel Bradshaw
Smith-103692 Michael Smith
I descend from William H. Smith, who died in the War, and I have a great deal on him, but it took me a very long time (50+ years) to find his likely parents -- and I'm still not entirely sure of them. How do you KNOW Elizabeth Smith who married John Cross is the same as Elizabeth Smith in the 1850 census in Clark County, Missouri? Your page for her doesn't show any data for parents or siblings. There are an AWFUL lot of people named "Elizabeth Smith."
posted by Michael Smith

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