J.B Cross married Lucy Ellen Vaught Thompson Jan. 23, 1894 in Carroll County, MO. Lucy Ellen died in May of 1894. The obit for Lucy states "J.B. Cross an honorable business man is presently engaged as superintendent of the Stave Factory". Who was J.B. Cross? Was he the James B. Cross living in Carroll County in 1900 whose wife was Charlotte, married 3 years, on that record? Lucy and her family were from Chariton County, Missouri. Her father was James Lewis Vaught.