FRANCIS MARION CROSS, a farmer, post office, Pawnee, is a son of Alvin and Margaret (Forbes) Cross, whose father was born in Kentucky about the year 1800, and his mother, also born in Kentucky, June 2, 1802; they were married in Tennessee, and had twelve children, six sons and six daughters; five sons and three daughters were raised to maturity; the father died in 1858. Francis M. Cross, was born December 14, 1838, in this county. He married Emily A. Hayden, November 16, 1870; she was a native of Pike county, Illinois. They have three children, William F., born October 5, 1872; Henry Edgar, born April 28, 1876; Charles J., born February 20, 1880. Mrs. Cross' mother, Elizabeth (Vancil) Hayden, was born in this county, May 2, 1830, and her father, Abner Hayden, was born in Virginia, December 2, 1816; they were of German extraction. Mr. Cross' parents were Scotch and French. Mr. Riley Cross, a brother, died in the army during the Mexican War. Mr. Cross owns one hundred and eighteen acres of land, worth $40 an acre. He is a member of the Christian Church, and his wife of the German Baptist, and politically they are Democrats.