Early Life and Times of Boone County, Indiana, published May 1877, republished 1974

THE CROSE FAMII,Y. Jonathan Crose, sen., was born February 25, 1791, in a fort in
Nicholas County, Ky. He was married to Susan Utterback in Bourbon County, Ky. She
was born in Kentucky, March 23, 1787. They moved to Tippecanoe County, Ind., in the
year 1830, with seven sons, and one born in Indiana after their arrival. The following are
the children's names; Reuben, born January 3, 1811; Benjamin, born January 22, 1813;
Andrew J., born March 22, 1815; Henrv H, born January 30, 1819; Covington, born .June
2, 1822, William F., born December 20, 1824; Jonathan, born December 29, 1827;
Michael born June 20, 1831, in Indiana, all the others born in Keutucky. Mrs. Crose,
formerly Susan Utterbac:k, died June 24, 1834, buried in Tippecanoe County. Mr. Crose
served as county commissioner at an early day for Boone County ; the dates we are not
able to give. He died July 22, 1876; is buried at the old cemetery in Thorntown. Mr. Crose
first settled in Boone County in 1835, on the farm now owned by Thomas Utter.
He settled all his sons within five miles of his old homestead. The following are
deceased: Reuben, killed by falling tree May 6, 1862, buried at Thorntown; Benjamin,
died August 4, 1879, buried at new cemetery in Thorntown; Andrew J., died 1879, is
buried near Frankfort, Ind. Henry H. resides in Sidney, Iowa; William F. resides in Page
County, Iowa; Covington and Jonathan, jr., reside in Boone County, Ind.; Michael resides
in Clinton County, and. Benjamin Crose, who was one of Boone County's best citizens,
was born in Kentucky, January 22, 1813; came to Boone County in 1835. Mr. Crose was
twice married, first to Mary J. Reed, the second time Cynthia Martin. The following are
the names of Mr. Benjamin Crose's children: David, Mary E., Cynthia A., Alice, Martha
J., Benjamin, Sarah, Atley, Susan -all born in Boone County except David, who was born
in Tippecanoe County, Ind. Mr. Benjamin Crose was a very prominent man in his day,
owning at one time one thousand acres of land on Sugar Creek, and for years the owner
of the Crose mills near his own home. He died August 4, 1879; is buried at the new
cemetery near Thorntown. David Crose was married to Martha E. Bovee, September 10,
1857; is one of the enterprising farmers of Washington Township on the north bank of
Sugar Creek, where he has resided for over thirty years. The following are the names of
his children: Marion F., born August 20, 1858, died November 11, 1858; William B.,
born February 2, 1860; Mary E., born October 24, 1861; Clement L., born May 8, 1863;
Cyntha E., born October 11, 1864; James W., born May 17, 1866; Sarah A., born January
15, 1871, died February 1, 1871; Pearly A., born October 2, 1872, died August 30, 1879;
Edgar L., born June 11, 1877 ; Walter F., born April 12, 1881. All the deceased members
are burried at the new cemetery in Thorntown. Mrs. David Cross was born in Clinton
County, Ind., April 27, 1841.

CROSE UTTERBACK UTTER REED MARTIN BOVEE