Husband: Samuel Jerome Ross Also known as: Jerome Ross 1,2,3,4
Born: Dec- -1849 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 5,6,7 Died: Jan-14-1927 in Doddridge Co, WV 1 Census: 1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870, 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Barbour Co, (W)VA Occupation: 1910 common laborer 8 Occupation: 1900 farmer 5 Father: Fuller Ross (1817 - 1879) Mother: Nancy Douglass (1823 - 1898) Notes
Wife: Ingaby Rosetta Prunty 4
Also known as: Rosetta Prunty 9
Married: Nov- 6-1873 in Ritchie Co, WV 7
Born: Feb- 4-1857 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 10 (see note 1)
Died: Mar- 8-1936 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 11,1
Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 12
Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Father: Felix Prunty (1817 - 1895)
Mother: Emily Greathouse (1820 - 1908)
M Child 1: Herman Ross Born: Nov- -1874 in Ritchie Co, WV 5,12 Died: Feb- 9-1944 in Doddridge Co, WV 1 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 12,13 Census: 1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Occupation: pharmacist at Michels Pharmacy, West Union 12 Occupation: 1900 druggist 5 Wife: Nevada "Vada" Bond b. Apr- 9-1884 d. Jan- 7-1974 Also known as: Vada Bond 14,15
M Child 2: Milton Ledrew Ross Also known as: Ledrew Ross 16 Born: Jul-27-1879 12 (see note 2) Died: Jun-12-1965 at Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 17,1 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 12,18 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 12,19,13 Census: 1920, 1930 at Blockhouse Hill (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Occupation: 1930 laborer at odd jobs 20 Occupation: 1920 laborer at glass plant 21 Wife: Aurelia Lacy "Rilla" Knight b. Jul-17-1879 d. Feb- 8-1949 Also known as: Rilla Knight 22,21,20 Married: Jul- 3-1918 in Doddridge Co, WV 23,24
M Child 3: Brent Ross Born: Aug- -1885 5 Resided: 1936, 1944 in Detroit, Wayne Co, MI 13,19 Census: 1920 in Akron, Summit Co, OH Census: 1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Occupation: 1920 trucker for tire company 25
F Child 4: Delphia Ross Born: Mar- 1-1887 in Doddridge Co, WV 5 (see note 3) Died: Jan-19-1936 12 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Resided: 1913 in Doddridge Co, WV 26 Census: 1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Husband: William Vogleman b. ca 1890 Married: May- -1913 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 27
Sources: (1) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (2) Death record of son. (3) Obituary of son. (4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 254. (5) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (6) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp). (7) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (8) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (9) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 118. (10) Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV, BR p. 20, line 160 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2254643&Type=Birth. (11) Obituary - At home. (12) Obituary. (13) Obituary of mother. (14) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 186. (15) Birth record of son. (16) Obituary of daughter. (17) Obituary - Nursing home. (18) Findagrave.com. (19) Obituary of brother. (20) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (21) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (22) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (23) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Milton Ross, 39, of Doddridge Co; and Rilla Knight, 36, of Doddridge Co. Married Jul 3 1918. (Husband's obituary incorrectly states marriage date as 1915.) (24) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (25) 1920 Census. (26) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (27) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Will Vogleman, 23, b. Monroe Co Ohio, res. Doddridge Co; and Delphia Ross, 23, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married May 7 1913 "at Glen Elk Hotel, Clarksburg, W.Va.," officiated by William C. Taylor, a Baptist Pastor. (NOTE: The marriage license portion of the marriage record is dated May 17 1913 in three places, leading to the conclusion that the May 7th marriage date is probably in error.), MR p. 165 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794852&Type=Marriage. Event Notes Note (1) Age 4 in 1860 Census would put birth in about 1856, while the 1900 Census shows it as Dec 1857, her death record indicates Dec 5 1860, and age 82 in her obituary would put it in about 1854. But her birth record clearly shows her birth as Feb 4 1857 ("Ritchie County in History and Romance," p. 254, reports it as Feb 5 1857). Note (2) 1900 Census gives birth date as Aug 1879, but obituary states July 27 1879. Note (3) Birth date given in obituary as Mar 1 1890. But the 1900 shows it as Mar 1887, age 13, and the 1910 Census as age 22. Three years later, in her 1913 marriage record, her age was given as only 23.