John Cornelius Gross was born November 22, 1866. He married Callie Turner on January 1,1893. They had 3 children.
1. Laura Violet Gross was born August 14,1895. She married Robert Hugh Ervin
2. Lillian D. Gross was born May 9,1898. She married Marshall Walton Brown
3. Elsie Uel Gross was born November 27,1903.