Joseph Gross

M, (3 April 1808 - 13 December 1898)
     Joseph Gross was born on 3 April 1808 at Quaker Hill, Eldred Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.1 He was the son of George Frederick Gross and Anna Barbara Graf. Joseph Gross married Christina Ulmer, daughter of Leonhard Ulmer and Rosina Weinman, in 1833.1 Joseph Gross married Catharine Stall in 1853.1 Joseph Gross died on 13 December 1898 at Quaker Hill, Eldred Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, at age 90 years, 8 months and 10 days.2 He was buried in the Quaker Hill Cemetery, located in Eldred Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
     He From 'History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania', by John F. Meginness ed., (1990 edition, prepared by Lycoming County Historical Society; Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1892), page 1192.

Joseph Gross, son of Frederick and Barbara Gross, was born in Eldred Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, April 3, 1808. As his first wife he married Christina Ulmer, in 1833, and they were the parents of five children. In 1853 he married his second wife Catharine Stall. Mr. and Mrs. Gross reside on the homestead farm; Mr. Gross is one of the oldest native residents of Lycoming County.

Children of Joseph Gross and Christina Ulmer

Last Edited=26 May 2004

Citations

  1. [S14] John F Meginness, History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania (Baltimore, Maryland: prepared by Lycoming Historical Society; Gateway Press, Inc., 1990 reprint of 1892 original), p. 1192.
  2. [S35] Joseph H. McMinn, Blooming Grove - A History of the Congregation of German Dunkers who settled in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 1805 (Williamsport, Pennsylvania: n.pub., 1901), p. 47.