This gentleman is descended from English parentage. His father, Moses Cross, was born in England, February 25, 1815; his mother, whose maiden name was Essie Gallagher, was a native of Ireland, and was born May 22, 1820. When quite young Moses Cross emigrated to America, becoming a citizen of the State of New York, where he lived until 1835, when he came to Michigan, settling ia the northern part of Independence township, in which locality be lived until his death, March 29, 1875, at the age of sixty years. In this neighborhood, and within one mile of his present home, A. H. Cross was born, Deeember 30, 1837, being one of a family of three sons and two daughters, all of whom survive except a younger brother.
,/br>The subject of this sketch married Miss Matilda Jones, of Independence, when he was twenty-three, and has had a family of three children, one boy and two girls. Mr. Cross is still a young man, is a farmer by occupation, and is noted for bis energy and enterprise. His home, on section 6, is one of the finest in the township, and has been procured by his own industry.