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James Harrison ROSS

James Harrison ROSS

Male 1865 - 1901  (~ 36 years)


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  • Name James Harrison ROSS
    Birth Jul 1865  Bath Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date on headstone is 1864, but 1900 Census shows it as Jul 1865.
    Gender Male
    Residence 1888  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1900  Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 15 Sep 1901  Lick Run, New Milton (Blandville), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Burial Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Person ID I66901  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Sep 2010

    Father James ROSS,   b. 25 Jun 1819, Bath Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1894 (Age 74 years)
    Mother Sarah Ann LINKSWILER,   b. 28 Apr 1835, Bath Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 1907, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F3332  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Gertrude CHILDERS,   b. 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1901, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
    Marriage Mar 1888  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District), enumerated on Jun 5 1900:
      James Ross, 34, b. Jul 1865 in Virginia, coal miner, married 12 yrs; wife Gertrude, 32, b. Sep 1867 in W. Va, married 12 yrs, mother of 5 children (all still living); dau Oma, 11, b. Feb 1889; dau Ina, 10, b. Feb 1890; dau Audra, 6, b. Sep 1893; dau Flora, 4, b. Feb 1896; dau Iva, 7 months, b. Oct 1899; boarder Vernard Childers, 14, b. Mar 1885.
    Children 
    >1. Oma ROSS,   b. 4 Feb 1889, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1958, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    +2. Ina Mae ROSS,   b. 13 Feb 1890, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1936, South Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
    >3. Audrey ROSS,   b. 16 Sep 1893, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1972, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    >4. Flora ROSS,   b. 26 Feb 1896, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1965, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    +5. Iva ROSS,   b. 29 Oct 1899, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1983, Maumee, Lucas Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     6. (Daughter) ROSS,   b. 12 Aug 1901, Lick Run, New Milton (Blandville), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F28110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    2. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    3. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 138.
      Identified as James Ross, widowed, occupation (obscured, but could be either farmer or miner), age (obscured, but could be 37), b. in Virginia (corrected from something else), resident of West Virginia for 25 years; died Sep 15 1901 at Lick Run, cause of death double pneumonia, burial at Childers Graveyard.

    4. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    5. [S2550] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 257.
      Identified as James Harrison Ross, 23, b. Bath Co Virginia, res. Doddridge Co; and Mary Gertrude Childers, 20, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Informants for marriage license: James H. Ross & Cyrus S. Childers. License issued on Mar 13 1888, but there was no minister's return or endorsement to indicate that the marriage took place. (Note: The 1900 Census of Harrison County shows this couple as man and wife, having been married for 12 years.)