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Cross, Edward Ephraim – Croswell, Andrew

Cross, Edward Ephraim

soldier, journalist, was born April 22, 1832, in Lancaster, N. H. In 1854 he was editor of the Cincinnati Times. He took the first steam engine and printing press across the Rocky Mountains in 1858. He served in the Mexican army as a lieutenant-colonel; and served during 1860-63 as a colonel in the fifth regiment New Hampshire volunteers. He died July 2, 1863, near Gettysburg, Pa.

Cross, George Dilwyn

lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born Jan. 24, 1799, in Westerly, R. I. He served six terms in the general assembly; was state senator in 1826-35 and 1848-50; chief justice of the court of common pleas for Washington county in 1837-49; and in 1840 was one of the commissioners for fixing the boundary line between Connecticut and Rhode Island. He died Oct. 1, 1872, in Westerly, R. I.

Cross, John S

civil engineer, state legislator, was born May 4, 1849, in Bangor, Mich. During 1870-84 he was engaged as a civil and mining engineer; and since the latter date has been engaged in the real estate and insurance business at Bangor. During 1887-88 he served with distinction as a member of the Michigan state legislature.

Cross, Joseph

clergyman, author, was born July 4, 1813, in England. He was an episcopal clergyman who from 1829-1856 was a prominent methodist divine. The more important of his writings include Headlands of Faith; Pisgah Views of the Promised Inheritance; A Year in Europe; Coals from the Altar; Pauline Charity; Prelections on Charity; and Old Wine and New. He died in 1893.

Cross, Judson Newell

soldier, lawyer, was born Jan. 16, 1838, in Philadelphia, Pa. He served in the civil war; was made assistant provost marshal on the staff of the military governor of Washington in 1864; and soon after special mustering officer. He was three times elected city attorney of Minneapolis, and held the office during 1883-87.

Cross, Osborne

soldier, was born in 1803, in Maryland. He was made deputy quartermaster-general in 1863; in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general in the regular army. He was promoted to colonel in 1866. He died July 15, 1876, in New York city.

Cross, Roselle Theodore

educator, clergyman, author, was born Aug. 21, 1844, in Richville, N. Y. For four years he was principal of the academic department of Oberlin college; has filled pastorates in various large cities; and is the author of Home Duties; Clear as Crystal; History of Colorado Congregationalism; and also numerous articles, poems and lectures.

Cross, Samuel Creed

author, educator, lecturer, was born Oct. 10, 1871, in Great Cacapon, W. Va. He graduated from the northern Indiana university, and was retained as a teacher in that college; and is now professor in the Grand Rapids Business college, Mich.

Cross, Trueman

soldier, author, was born in Maryland. He was chief of the quartermaster's department of the army of occupation from 1845 till his death, which he met at the hands of Mexican banditti. He published Military Laws of the United States. He died April 21, 1846.

Crossland, Edward

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born June 30, 1827, in Hickman county, Ky. He was a member of the state legislature in 1857; elected judge of the court of common pleas in the first district for six years in 1867; and was elected to the forty-second and fortythird congresses as a democrat.

Croswell, Andrew

clergyman, author, was born in 1709, in Charlestown, Mass. He was a Boston clergyman, very active as a controversialist; and the author of The Apostle's Advice to the Jailor Improved; and Heaven shut against Arminians and Antinomians. He died April 12, 1785, in Boston, Mass.