. Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine;. ublic schools of thelatter city. When he was about sixteen yearsold he started in business as a market gar-dener on a tract of land in Lewiston ownedby his father, and continued in this line withsuccess for about five years. He then turnedhis attention to the culture of flowers and inthis branch of trade has been eminently suc-cessful, winning a state-wide reputation anddoing business on a large scale, having atpresent thirty-five thousand square feet undercover of glass. Mr. Saunders is also wellknown in fraternal circles of Lewiston,
. Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine;. ublic schools of thelatter city. When he was about sixteen yearsold he started in business as a market gar-dener on a tract of land in Lewiston ownedby his father, and continued in this line withsuccess for about five years. He then turnedhis attention to the culture of flowers and inthis branch of trade has been eminently suc-cessful, winning a state-wide reputation anddoing business on a large scale, having atpresent thirty-five thousand square feet undercover of glass. Mr. Saunders is also wellknown in fraternal circles of Lewiston, hastaken the thirty-second degree in Masonry andis in his second year as master of the BlueLodge, and is a member of the IndependentOrder of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias,Improved Order of Red Men, Knights of theGolden Eagle, and of New England Order ofProtection. A Republican in politics. Hemarried, June 25, 1906, Mary, daughter ofJohn M. and Nettie (Budlong) Crawshaw, ofAuburn, Maine, and has one child, FannieEstelle, born in Lewiston, May 15, STATE OF MAINE. 1849 This name is found witli numer-GROSS ous spellings such as Grose,Grosse and Groce. besides thatused by them in the early records of Englandand Xew England. The family is an ancientone in England, and is frequently mentionedin the records of Cornwall and Norfolk be-tween 1611 and 1639. It came into Englandin the French form de Gross and was un-doubtedly of German origin. It has no con-nection with the Brunswick, Maine, familywhose name is spelled Grows. (I) Isaac Gross, a native of England andbrewer by occupation, was granted lands inthe great allotment of land at Muddy River,and was among the original inhabitants ofthe colony of Alassachusetts Bay. His willwas dated ]\Iay 29, 1649. He had sons: Ed-ward and Clement. (II) Clement, son of Isaac Gross, was bornat Boston, England, and was an infant whenhe came with his father to Massachusetts. Hewas a brewer, and in 1678 was an first wife bore the
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