Major Buckingham Halbeck CROSS

1835 - 1908  (73 years)

• Name	Buckingham Halbeck CROSS  [1, 2]
  Prefix	Major
  Birth	6 Oct 1835	Charleston, South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  HIST	Buckingham H. Cross was enumerated in 1850 census at State Arsonal Acadamy in Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina as a Cadet age 15 years. [October 24, 1850]
  MILI	Confederate States of America  [2]
  _UID	2BF80FCF338D4FF3AFE4A1DA8A8438106791
  Death	4 Dec 1908	Oconee County, South Carolina
  Burial	Westminister East View and Memorial Park Cemetery, Westminster, Oconee County, South Carolina   [2]
  Person ID	I409	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	Matthew William CROSS, II,   b. 24 Aug 1791, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina d. 3 Jan 1838, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Ann Bythewood HUTSON,   b. 10 Aug 1799, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina d. 5 Aug 1841, Charleston, South Carolina (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	11 Feb 1816	Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
  _UID	2BCF4BC03E8C454EBA36BA0E80724DF049D3
  _UID	2BCF4BC03E8C454EBA36BA0E80724DF049D3
  Family ID	F3402	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hortensia Elizabeth “Tannie” SINGLETON,   b. 12 Jul/Aug 1838, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 2 Jan 1888, Westminster, Oconee County, South Carolina (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	29 Dec 1859	South Carolina
  _UID	5EC0916769DE4255A713C552E10E53575EF0
  _UID	5EC0916769DE4255A713C552E10E53575EF0
  Children	1. Mary Secessia "May" CROSS,   b. 2 Jan 1861, South Carolina d. 15 Dec 1927 (Age 66 years)   2. Hortensia Singleton CROSS,   b. 18 Jun 1863, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina d. 14 Jan 1952, Westminster, Oconee County, South Carolina (Age 88 years)   3. William Singleton CROSS,   b. 4 Mar 1866, Oconee County, South Carolina d. 29 Nov 1924, Oconee County, South Carolina (Age 58 years)   4. Alexina Calder CROSS,   b. 30 Jan 1870, Oconee County, South Carolina d. 30 Nov 1887 (Age 17 years)   5. Francis Marion CROSS,   b. 7 Nov 1873, South Carolina d. 10 Mar 1936 (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F155	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2000

  
  

  Family 2	Melessa/Malissa GASTON,   b. 14 Apr 1844, Westminster, Oconee Co, South Carolina d. 3 Dec 1918 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1890	Oconee County, South Carolina   [3]
  _UID	E5641E0F962044EF864D01530EC47D18ED90
  _UID	E5641E0F962044EF864D01530EC47D18ED90
  Family ID	F597	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  !NOTE: Buckingham H CROSS was enumerated in 1850 Census at State Arsonal Academy in Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina as a Cadet, age 15 yrs. [24 Oct 1850] SOURCE: Family records NOTE: "Upper South Carolina Genealogy & History Vol XI, No.3" Aug 1997 page 138 Article titled: Principal Farmers In Oconee County In 1898. Gives source as:The South Carolina Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1898, Volume I. WESTMINSTER.-...B H Cross, 1120....G W Kay,1904.. The number is the amount they returned for taxation. [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S23] . [S18249] page 72. [S7] George Kay gedcom file.