P. N. Cross    

P. N. CROSS, grocer, Corry, was born September 24, 1840, in Panama, Chautauqua Co., N.Y., and was reared and educated in his native county. He started in Venango County, Penn., in the grocery business in 1862, where he remained till 1877, when he engaged in farming about three years; he then came to Corry and carried on the wholesale and retail crockery business for two years, since which time he has been engaged in groceries. His partner, the first four years, was William Hooker, and then for five years the firm was Cross & Case. Mr. Cross was united in marriage October 11, 1865, with Lucy A. Case, born August 29, 1837, in French Creek, N.Y. They have been the parents of two children, both deceased, viz., Mary Z., born in 1866, died June 6, 1869; and Fred H., born March 27, 1871, and died August 17, 1871. Our subject and wife are members of the Baptist Church; the former is a member of the I.O.O.F., and also of the A.O.U.W.

History of Erie County, Pa Containing a History of the County: Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.: Portraits of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; etc., etc. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884. Read this book online  More Erie County History Books   Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.