Person:William Cross (40)

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Dr William Lane Cross
b.5 May 1808 Franklin Co, TN
d.19 Sep 1856 Shelby Co, AL
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  1. Joel Moore Cross1798 -
  2. Mary "Polly Ann" Cross1802 - 1854
  3. Charlotte Lane Cross1805 -
  4. Dr William Lane Cross1808 - 1856
  5. Harriet Napier CrossAbt 1810 -
  6. Eleanor Hill Cross1813 - 1884
  7. Andrew Jackson Cross1815 - 1896
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Dr William Lane Cross
Gender Male
Birth[1] 5 May 1808 Franklin Co, TN
Marriage to Mary Ann Johnson
Death[1] 19 Sep 1856 Shelby Co, AL
Burial? Allan Cemetery,Shelby Co, AL

Doctor WILLIAM LANE CROSS. He tended area children during typhoid epidemic of 1845, lost severalof his. Allen Cemetery is mostly deaths from 1845 & 1856. Land for cemetery was donated by SUSANNAH LANE CROSS. There is a tradition that he died in Rankin County, MS they are missing in the 1850 Federal Census in Alabama. But his estate records clearly states he died in Shelby County, Alabama. He is buried in family plot, tombstone says "Son of Capt. William Cross". He died in Typhoid epidemic of 1856, treating chidren in area. Shortly afterwards many of the CROSS, GILBERT and others moved to LeakeCounty,, MS (his sister was there) and to HOPE, ARKANSAS area.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 fecross@sonetcom.com. Family Records: Fred Cross.
  2. ↑ Peggy Haynie <phaynie@sonetcom.com>. Web Site: The Millirons and Haynie Families(http:/www.tribalpages.com/tribes/phaynie).

    16 SEP 2002

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