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CHARLES M. GROSS, carriage manufacturer, Covington. Mr. Gross is an old resident of Covington, and has been identified with the business interests of the town for many years; he was born in Bucks Co., Penn., in 1823, and came to Miami Co. with his parents, in 1837; in 1841, he went to Dayton and learned the carriage maker’s trade, and, in 1845, started a little shop here, which he continued until 1862, when he enlisted in the 110th O. V. I, in which he served until the surrender of Lee at Appomattox; after the war, he again engaged in the manufacture of carriages in Covington, and has continued the business ever since; the shop now located on High street, is a two-story structure, the upper part being used for trimming and finishing, and the lower for storage and salesroom, where the most fastidious taste can be gratified with a satisfactory equipage; the experience and reduced expanses of the firm (now Charles Gross & Son) enable them to sell as low as the lowest who furnish first-class work. Mr. Gross entered the army in 1862 as First Lieutenant, and returned in 1865 a Captain; he was a prisoner nearly two years, eleven months of which were spent in the infamous Libby; he was also one of the 600 officers who were placed under the fire of the Government guns at Charleston; he is now an active business man and respected citizen. He was married, in 1845, to Miss Mary A. Alloways, of Preble Co.; they have three sons and two daughters; the oldest son, W. H., is associated with his father in the factory.