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| ORSEMUS GROSS, farmer, sec. 28, Deerfield Tp., P. O. Morley, was born in New Lisbon, Otseog Co., N. Y. His parents were natives of the same State. His mother, Nancy (Patrick) Gross, died in the fall of 1843; his father, Ellis Gross resides in Steuben Co., N. Y. At the age of 15 Mr. Gross went to Pennsylvania, where he engage in farming and lumbering three years, and then obtained work on the Erie Canal. On the outbreak of the Rebellion of the Southern States he enlisted in the Thirty-fourth N. Y. Vol. Inf., and served two years, the full period for which he enrolled, and received an honorable discharge. He was in the engagement at Gaines' Mills, Antietam, Fairfax Court-House and in the battle of the Wilderness. On his discharge he returned to Pennsylvania and at once proceeded to Mecosta Co., Mich., and bought 40 acres of land in Deerfield Tp. It was then in a wild condition, but he has nearly his entire acreage in a good state of cultivation, and lately improved by a new frame house. Mr. Gross adheres to the principles advocated by the Democratic party. He was married Oct. 22, 1869, to Jeannette, daughter of Alanson and Esther A. (Hedges) Rickar. Her parents are natives of New York and came to Mecosta County in the winter of 1865. Mrs. Gross was born May 22, 1849. To Mr. and Mrs. Gross three children were born, as follows: Alphonso G., Aug. 22, 1870; Ella A., June 14, 1873; Mabel A., Dec. 24, 1878. |