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Icie Myrtle ROSS

Icie Myrtle ROSS

Female 1891 - 1953  (62 years)


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  • Name Icie Myrtle ROSS
    Birth 20 Apr 1891  Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date in 1900 Census is April 1892, while the date on her headstone is 1890. But her death record states her birth date as 4 April 1891, while her birth record shows it as 20 April 1891.
    Gender Female
    Census 1900, 1920, 1930  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence Pursglove, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1937  Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Death 28 Jul 1953  Pursglove, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Cause: cancer (3 yrs) 
    • Death date 1949 on headstone is incorrect.
    Burial Eddy Cemetery, Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 7] 
    Person ID I41222  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2023

    Father Rev. Martin C. ROSS,   b. Nov 1865   d. 8 Oct 1937, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 71 years)
    Mother Alice Virginia STOUT,   b. Jan 1865   d. 1 Jan 1945, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 79 years)
    Family ID F10750  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ira L. NICHOLSON,   b. 10 Nov 1899, Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1984 (Age 84 years)  [8]
    Marriage 16 Jun 1918  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Children 
     1. Violet (Viola) NICHOLSON,   b. CA 1919
     2. Arvella NICHOLSON,   b. CA 1921
    >3. Mary Alice NICHOLSON,   b. 4 Jan 1923, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1996 (Age 73 years)
    >4. Edward Martin NICHOLSON,   b. 20 Feb 1925, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 2002, Maidsville, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     5. Ira L. NICHOLSON, Jr.,   b. 23 Oct 1928, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1930, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
     6. Charles Gene NICHOLSON,   b. 24 Jan 1931, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1958, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)
    >7. Evelyn Maxine NICHOLSON,   b. 23 Oct 1933, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1998 (Age 64 years)
    Family ID F16533  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p. 279, Line 2479 : https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2610460&Type=Birth.

    2. [S2005] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    3. [S2049] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    4. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1343362&Type=Death.

    5. [S643] Obituary of father.

    6. [S2544] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S1362] Obituary of wife's father.

    9. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 232.
      Identified as Ira Nicholson, 19, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Miss Icie Ross, 22, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Jun 16 1918 in Salem. (Note: Wife's stated age is inconsistent with the Apr 1892 birth date given in the 1900 Census.)