Cross, Anna Chalmers Wood (1813-1878)

Anna Chalmers Wood Cross was the mother of John Cross, and she lived with many of her children after her husband died. Her children John, William, and unmarried daughters Mary Finlay, Florence, and Eleanor stayed with her. Her death in1878 within a few weeks of George Henry Lewes’s passing brought George Eliot and John Cross closer in mutual sorrow.

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Letter addressed to the Misses Cross 6:395

Cross, Anna Chalmers Wood (1813-1878), George Eliot's Social Network Gallery, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/2657