Individual Details

John George Gross

(20 Oct 1805 - 13 Feb 1886)

Events

Birth20 Oct 1805Miehlen, Sankt Goarshausen, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany
Marriage24 Mar 1835Catharine Hannah Smith
Death13 Feb 1886Lacey, Mahaska, Iowa, United States
BurialWoods Cemetery, Lacey, Mahaska, Iowa, United States
Life sketchJohn George Gross and Catherine Hannah Smith were married in Miehlen, Germany in the summer of 1835. They arrived first at New Orleans, Louisiana; where Wiilliam Gross, brother of John George Gross, was then living. From New Orleans they went on the Burlington, Iowa, arriving at Burlington, Iowa, October 5, 1844. Later they moved to Ottumwa, Tools Point, and Bennington, Iowa, then to Pella, Iowa, and from there to Germanville, Iowa. John George Gross learned the blacksmith trade in Germny, and had blacksmith shops at the above mentioned towns in Iowa and Illinois.

Families

SpouseCatharine Hannah Smith (1804 - 1860)
ChildHenrietta Catherine Gross (1837 - 1910)
FatherJohann Georg Gross (1774 - 1846)
MotherKatharine Maria Schmidt (1777 - 1834)