Jacob Gross

    Jacob Gross, a native of Germany, born January 22, 1840, is the only living child of Jacob and Eliza (Kern) Gross. The mother died September 16, 1854, but the father still resides in Germany. Jacob, Jr., was reared in Germany, receiving in youth a fair education, and at the age of twenty-six years came to America, landing in New York City in January, 1866. A few months later he came to this county, locating in Newburgh, where he learned the tanner's trade, at which he worked about eleven years. In the fall of 1877 he came to Boonville and engaged in the butcher business, which has since been his occupation. For the past four years he has been quite extensively engaged in pork packing, and now owns valuable property in the town, including a slaughter-house nearby.

    October 31, 1870, he married Maggie Franz, of this county, and by her has four children: Elizabeth, John J., Frederick C. and Catharina T. He is a Democrat and a member of the I. O. O. F. he was brought up in the Lutheran Church, of which his children are members. His wife belongs to the Catholic Church.   

Source: History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana, By: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., 1885.