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Levi Cross

Birth
Indiana, USA
Death
1879 (aged 56–57)
Wayne County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Wayne County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Levi was born in Indiana, possibly Posey County. He married Nancy Jane Pendleton. Nancy died. To this union were born James William Cross and Daniel Cross.

Levi Cross married his second wife, Elizabeth Hall Clevenger, a widow with children. On the 1860 census, Elizabeth and Levi were earmarked as newly wed within the year. Elizabeth was said to be buried between her two husbands in the Peach Orchard Cemetery, Barnhill, Wayne County, Illinois.

Levi Cross, receiving a US pension for service on 14 Aug 1862. He reinlisted October 3, 1864 and was paid in full on 3 apr 1865 His rank was a private. Source: Chicago Pension office records.

In the 1862 Militia Census for Wayne County, IL:
Big Mound CRASS, Levi age 28 Illinois Farmer
Big Mound CRASS, Martin age 30 Illinois Farmer
Martin and Levi are considered brothers.

Elizabeth and Levi had one child that grew to adulthood: Nancy Jane Cross, buried in Koontz cemetery. The son of his first marriage, James William Cross died in 1914 in Wayne County, Illinois.
Levi was born in Indiana, possibly Posey County. He married Nancy Jane Pendleton. Nancy died. To this union were born James William Cross and Daniel Cross.

Levi Cross married his second wife, Elizabeth Hall Clevenger, a widow with children. On the 1860 census, Elizabeth and Levi were earmarked as newly wed within the year. Elizabeth was said to be buried between her two husbands in the Peach Orchard Cemetery, Barnhill, Wayne County, Illinois.

Levi Cross, receiving a US pension for service on 14 Aug 1862. He reinlisted October 3, 1864 and was paid in full on 3 apr 1865 His rank was a private. Source: Chicago Pension office records.

In the 1862 Militia Census for Wayne County, IL:
Big Mound CRASS, Levi age 28 Illinois Farmer
Big Mound CRASS, Martin age 30 Illinois Farmer
Martin and Levi are considered brothers.

Elizabeth and Levi had one child that grew to adulthood: Nancy Jane Cross, buried in Koontz cemetery. The son of his first marriage, James William Cross died in 1914 in Wayne County, Illinois.


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