Background
Gross, Chester Heilman was born on October 13, 1888 in near Manchester, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Tachirias and Laura Jane (Heilman) Gross.
Gross, Chester Heilman was born on October 13, 1888 in near Manchester, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Tachirias and Laura Jane (Heilman) Gross.
Educated public school, business college and Short Course in Agriculture, Pennsylvania State College, 1909.
Marion Ruth (deceased), Harold Tachirias, Nellie Ada, Louise Laura, Stanley Robert, Samuel Hykes. Has farmed from 1912 on the farm where he was born. Auditor Emigsville Grange Corporation, former director Inter-state Mill Producers Association.
President Pennsylvania State School Directors
Association; served as school director 9 years, also president of board. Town supervisor 7 years.
Member 76th Congress (1939-1941), 22d Pennsylvania District.
Member 76th Congress (1939-1941), 22d Pennsylvania District. Member Grange, Patriotic Order Sons of America, Knights of Pythias, York County Republican.
Married Carrie May Hykes, January 10, 1912. Children: Esther Elizabeth (Mistress Oran Yeager), Kathryn Romaine (Mistress John Row).