After her father died in July 1821, Nancy, her mother and siblings: David, James and Jane moved to Mississippi. They settled in Starkville; where her mother was a charter member of Starkville A.R.P. Church.
In 1841, Nancy married William Henry Cross. This union was blessed with the following known children:
Mary Jane {m. Ellett}(1842– aft 1910)
Elizabeth (1843–1843)
William Nathaniel, MD (1848–1878)
Isabella Hasseltine {m. Gladney}(1852–1929)
David Bedford (1856–1896)
Death Notice:
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"Departed this life near Starkville, Miss. on the 30th of October 1869, Mrs. Nancy Cross, the wife of Maj. Wm. H. Cross, aged 51 years. Her disease was pneumonia. Mrs. Cross became a member of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church in Starkville at the time of its organization about thirty years ago. She left a husband, four children."
Source:
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Death & Marriage Notices Volume II: 1866-1888 Compiled by Lowry Ware, 1998
After her father died in July 1821, Nancy, her mother and siblings: David, James and Jane moved to Mississippi. They settled in Starkville; where her mother was a charter member of Starkville A.R.P. Church.
In 1841, Nancy married William Henry Cross. This union was blessed with the following known children:
Mary Jane {m. Ellett}(1842– aft 1910)
Elizabeth (1843–1843)
William Nathaniel, MD (1848–1878)
Isabella Hasseltine {m. Gladney}(1852–1929)
David Bedford (1856–1896)
Death Notice:
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"Departed this life near Starkville, Miss. on the 30th of October 1869, Mrs. Nancy Cross, the wife of Maj. Wm. H. Cross, aged 51 years. Her disease was pneumonia. Mrs. Cross became a member of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church in Starkville at the time of its organization about thirty years ago. She left a husband, four children."
Source:
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Death & Marriage Notices Volume II: 1866-1888 Compiled by Lowry Ware, 1998
Inscription
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FAREWELL
(clasped hands)*
NANCY
Wife of
WILLIAM H. CROSS
Born
Aug. 22, 1818
Died
Oct. 30, 1860
Aged
51yrs. 2ms & 7ds.
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Gravesite Details
* If the sleeves of the two hands are masculine and feminine, the handshake, or clasped hands, may symbolize holy matrimony, or the eternal unity of a husband or wife.
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