Jul-28-2018                   
                      Hattie Ross    
                Born: Feb-  -1883          in Doddridge Co, WV  1 (see note 1)
                Died: Mar- 6-1919          in Adamston (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV  2
      Cause of death:                      flu, pneumonia  2
              Census: 1900                 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Father: George Adam Ross   (1859 - 1951) 
              Mother: Emma Elizabeth Putnam   (1864 -     ) 
Other spouse 2
           M Child 1: Aubrey Earl Ross      
                Born: Jan- 1-1909          in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV  3,4 (see note 2)
                Died: Sep- 4-1992          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  5,4
              Buried:                      in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV  6,7
             Resided:                      at Katy Lick, Harrison Co, WV  8
             Resided: 1965                 in Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV  9
              Census: 1930                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 3)
              Census: 1920                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      lineman for Equitable Gas Co. (30 yrs)  8
            Military: enlisted 11/10/1942  Pvt, US Army, WW II (VFW Post 573, Clarksburg)  10,11
                Wife: Bessie Lee Jackson  b. Sep-11-1899  d. Oct-13-1965  
                Wife: Mildred Lorraine Fittro  b. Aug- 3-1913  d. Jan-  -1990  

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(2) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(3) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Aubrey Earl Ross, white male, born Jan 1 1909 at 
Blandville R.F.D.  Father:  Waitman Davis.  Mother:  Hattie Ross.  (Note:  Birth date on grave marker is Dec 28 1908, 
but birth record and SSDI show it as Jan 1 1909.  His parents are identified in his obituary as Reuben & Hattie Ross, 
basis for which is not known.  There is no evidence that Waitman Davis and Hattie Ross were ever married.  She married 
Stephen Sprouse in 1914.), BR p. 145 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2617746&Type=Birth. 
(4) Social Security Death Index. 
(5) Obituary - Veterans Administration Hospital. 
(6) Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell WV, Cemetery Records, Harrison County Genealogical Society (Aug 1998), 
Sermon on the Mount. 
(7) Findagrave.com. 
(8) Obituary. 
(9) Death record of wife. 
(10) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(11) Cemetery marker. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age 26 given at time of July 1914 marriage would put birth in about 1888, but
age 35 reported at death in March 1919 would put it in about 1884.  The 1900
Census shows her age as 17, birth date Feb 1883.
Note (2) Birth date given in obituary and on military grave marker as Dec 29 1908. 
But birth record and SSDI show it as Jan 1 1909.
Note (3) In both 1920 and 1930, he was listed in the household of his maternal
grandfather George A. Ross.







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