George Washington Gross

1837 - 1917  (80 years)

• Name	George Washington Gross
  Birth	24 Jun 1837	Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Christening	18 Sep 1837
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Sep 1917	Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Gross Cemetery, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I18689	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Gross, Hackman, Peiffer, Buchter
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	John Wright Gross,   b. 22 Feb 1805, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 24 Jan 1878, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Sarah Schwar,   b. 28 Aug 1810, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 30 Aug 1888, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Father: John Gross Mother: Sarah Swar Baptism: 18 Sep 1837 The son of John W. & Sarah (Swarr) Gross, in 1860 he was a clerk living in Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 6" tall, had brown hair and brown eyes, and apparently never married. A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Lancaster July 28, 1862, mustered into federal service there August 11 as a private with Co. C, 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 15, 1863. He also enlisted in Lancaster July 15, 1864, mustered into state service there July 19 as a private with Hebble's Independent Cavalry Militia, and honorably discharged with the unit October 29, 1864. On November 29, 1905, he entered the soldiers' home at Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, listing his brother Martin as his contact. When Martin died in 1911, apparently no one took up the slack of contacting the relevant organizations. George left the Dayton home at some point, apparently on furlough, with the home clearly expecting him to return. That never happened, so they dropped him from the rolls to date May 10, 1918, nine months after his death from "bronchopneumonia," an event about which the home clearly knew nothing. Neither did anyone contact the pension office because they did not drop him from its rolls until December 6, 1920, for failure to claim his check. Where those three years of pension checks went is anyone's guess. Contributor: Dennis Brandt

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52045060/george-washington-gross (Reliability: 2).