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Abraham A. Crose, 1C3R |
| Birth |
1 Mar 1858, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
| Death |
26 Jul 1935, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
| Burial |
Crix Cemetery, Rowan Co., Ky |
| Father |
John A. Crose (1827-) |
| Mother |
Mary Ann Pettit (1832-) |
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| Marriage |
6 May 1880, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
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Martha Ann Pettit, GG Aunt |
| Birth |
20 Aug 1861/1862, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
| Death |
20 Dec 1942, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
| Burial |
Crix Cemetery, Rowan Co., Ky |
| Father |
Preston ("Pressie") Pettit (1837-1907) |
| Mother |
Mary Susan Riddle (1839-1916) |
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Walter F. Crose, 1C2R |
| Birth |
7 Nov 1880, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
| Death |
1951, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
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John Crose, 1C2R |
| Birth |
29 Jan 1882, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
| Death |
14 Feb 1949, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana |
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Jessie Crose, 1C2R |
| Birth |
12 Jan 1884, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
| Death |
11 Jan 1956, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana |
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Henry Crose, 1C2R |
| Birth |
19 Sep 1897, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
| Death |
23 Oct 1986, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
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Anna May Crose, 1C2R |
| Birth |
8 Aug 1905, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
| Death |
Sep 1983, Anderson, Madison Co., Indiana |
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Eva Crose, 1C2R |
| Birth |
31 Aug 1906, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
| Death |
22 Mar 1991, Anderson, Madison Co., Indiana |
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| Notes for Abraham A. Crose |
Rowan Co. birth records, on LDS microfilm #216839, list Abram A. Cross, b. 1 Mar 1858, son of John A. Cross and Merry Ann Pettit, place of birth North Fork of Triplett. (This record is extracted into the IGI batch C517931, page 234, with the mother's name given as "Mercy Ann Pettit." The clerk made his lowercase 'a's wide and open at the top, exactly like 'u', and made 'r' and 'e' both look like an 'i' with no dot, so looking at a name in isolation it would be easy to read 'ar' as 'err' or 'erc', but when comparing other names like "Samuel" or "Rowan" you can see that the handwriting is consistent in making open-topped a's.)
Abe and Martha were first cousins (Abraham's mother and Martha's father were sister and brother), but they didn't know it when they first married. The Samuel Pettit family moved to Lewis County in the 1860's, and Abe didn't know his mother's relatives.
I could not find a listing for Abraham Crose in the index to Kentucky Death Records. |
| Census |
1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, taken June 29, p. 203a, lists in Morehead, family #418:
Abraham Cross, b. May 57, age 43; Martha, b. Apr 60, age 40; John, b. Apr 82, age 18; Jessie (son), b. Mar 84, age 16; Sammie, b. Feb 86, age 14; Lizzie, b. Jan 88, age 12; Willie, b. Apr 90, age 10; Henry, b. May 92, age 8. Married 20 yrs, 6 children, 6 living. All family members and parents born in Ky. |
| Notes for Martha Ann Pettit |
Family bible1 has entry "Martha A. Pettit was Born August 20th 1861", and another entry "Abraham Crose And Martha Petet was married May the 6th 1880"
Index to Kentucky Death Records lists Martha A. Crose, d. 20 Dec 1942, age 80, in Rowan Co., certificate Vol. 56, #27969.
Her gravestone has her birthdate as 23 Aug 1863, which does not match the family bible record. It was, however, a bible belonging to and filled out by her sister-in-law Emma Jane (Clark) Petitt, Jessie's wife, so it was not a record made at the time of birth, and Emma may have entered the wrong birthdate for her. But the 1870 census record, which lists her as 8 in June 1870, is consistent with a birthdate in 1861. |
| Notes for Abraham A. & Martha Ann (Family) |
| Abe and Martha were first cousins, since Abe's mother Mary Ann Pettit was a sister of Martha's father Preston Pettit. |
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