Precinct 8, Enumeration District 146, Dallas County, Texas, 15 Jun 1900
p.264a, dwelling number 64, family number 64
Hicks Reevs 30 head m m5 w Nov 1869 farmer TX LA MS
Pearl W. 20 wife f m5 w Dec 1879 MS LA TN
Cross William C. 22 boarder m s w Apr 1878 farm laborer TN TN TN
Dobkins Walter 22 boarder m s w Feb 1878 farm laborer TX MO IL
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William C. Cross age 22 was the son of John E. Cross and Nancy A. Letsinger. At the time of the 1900 census, William was a fugitive from justice in Anderson County, Tennessee. He had killed a man in 1896. He was returned to Anderson County for trial in 1912. At the trial, he claimed self defense. He was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison. Given the relatively short prison sentence for so serious a crime as murder, the jury must have at least partly believed his story. John E. Cross was the son of Jesse C. Cross and Amelia (Milly) England. As such, John was the nephew of my third great grandfather Alfred Carter Cross. Also, John E. Cross was the nephew of my fourth great grandfather Titus England and the nephew of my fourth great grandmother Sarah (Sallie) England. Titus and Sallie were brother and sister. Nancy A. Letsinger was the daughter of Daniel (Dan) Letsinger and Mary W. Shinpaugh. Dan was the great grandfather of Samuel Mabry (Sam) Letsinger. Uncle Sam married Elza Cordelia (Elzie) Peters, who was the sister of my grandfather Ernest Lester (Lester) Peters Sr. |
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