|
|
CECIL GROSS, dealer in cherry lumber and logs, also hemlock timber and bark, Marienville, was born in Chautauqua
county, N. Y., February 7, 1852. and is a son of G. W. and Rebecca M. (Huriburt) Gross, of Chautauqua and Onondaga
counties, N. Y., respectively. Cecil Gross received the advantage of an ordinary education, and for a number of
years engaged in butchering in Erie and Venango counties, Penn. In 1884 he located on the Watson farm in Forest
county, and thence moved to Marienville, where he carries on his present business. October 12, 1873, he was united
in marriage with Miss Linnie E., daughter of Joseph Hall. of Crawford county. Penn. She died in 1882, leaving two
children: St. Elmo and Ivan; and Mr. Gross afterward married, in 1887, Miss Lina E., daughter of Robert Morrison.
Mrs. Gross is a member of the United Presbyterian Church of Jefferson county. Mr. Gross, in politics, casts his
suffrage with the Republican party.
From:
History of the Counties of
McKean, Elk and Forest,
Pennsylvania
With Biographical Selections.
J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers
Chicago, 1890.
Privacy Policy for
OnlineBiographies
|
NAVIGATION
Forest County, PA Biographies
Online
Biographies
Pennsylvania
Biographies
Pennsylvania
Histories
New York
Histories
New York
Biographies
|