Husband: Clarence Edward "Buster" Ross 1,2
Born: Nov-19-1888 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 1,3,4,5
Died: Oct- 7-1962 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 6,7,4,8
Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 9,1,10,7
Resided: 1944, 51 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 11,12
Census: 1900 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV
Father: George Adam Ross (1859 - 1951)
Mother: Emma Elizabeth Putnam (1864 - )
Wife: Dora Louise Yoke 2 Married: Dec-23-1909 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13,14,8,15
Born: Aug-29-1891 in Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 16,1,17 Died: Mar-26-1972 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 17,18 Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 17,9,1,10 Resided: in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Census: 1900 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 19 Father: Granville Hensen Yoke (1858 - 1945) Mother: Laverne VanScoy (1859 - 1928) Notes 1
M Child 1: Stanley Edward Ross Born: Nov- 2-1910 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 1,9,4 Died: Jan- 2-2000 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 1,4 Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 1,9 Resided: in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Resided: in Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Resided: 1962, 86, 88 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 20,21 Occupation: teamster & timber worker 1 Wife: Mabel Keister b. Aug-17-1914 d. Feb- 1-2004 Census name: Maybel Keister Married: Jun- 3-1930 in Doddridge Co, WV 15
F Child 2: Susie Mildred Ross Born: Apr-12-1912 at Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 1,4 Died: Jun-30-1995 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 18,4 Buried: in Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 1,22 Resided: in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 1,23 Resided: 1962, 1986, 1988 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 20,21 Occupation: West Union Garment Factory, cook at Senior Citizen Center 1 Husband: Charles Kermit Boyce b. Apr-15-1908 d. Feb- 4-1935 Census name: Kermit Boyce Married: ca 1930 24
M Child 3: Blaine George Ross Born: Jan-19-1914 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Died: Nov- 6-1988 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 1 Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV 22 Resided: in Salem, WV 1 Occupation: pipe foreman for J. F. Allen Company (29 years) 1 Military: enlisted 10/21/1942 Tec 5, US Army, World War II 25,26,1 Wife: Norma Lee Carroll b. Oct-21-1927 d. Jan-25-1990 Married: 1952 in Doddridge Co, WV 27
M Child 4: Earl Marion Ross Born: Sep- 9-1915 9,4 Died: Dec-17-1997 9,4 Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 9 Resided: in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 20,28,21 Military: S2, U.S. Navy, World War II 29 Wife: Zelma Virginia Leasure b. Jun-13-1921 d. May-15-1977 Married: Sep-10-1938
M Child 5: Carl G. Ross Born: May- 5-1917 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 30,4,1 (see note 1) Died: Jul-18-1986 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 31 Resided: in Mineral Wells, Wood Co, WV 28,1 Resided: 1962 in Hastings, Wetzel Co, WV 20 Occupation: Hope Gas Co (35 yrs) 1 Military: Sep-26-1941 - Jul- 3-1945 U.S. Army, World War II 32,26,1 Wife: Beatrice Columbia Phillips b. Mar-16-1919 d. Mar- 1-2001 Census name: Bettie C. Phillips Married: Dec- 7-1942 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 33 Wife: Mildred Marie ___ b. Jul-16-1918 d. Nov-30-2002
F Child 6: Lucille Merl Ross Born: Jun-29-1919 in Doddridge Co, WV 30 Resided: 2016 in Salem, WV 21 Resided: 1995, 2000 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 34,21 Resided: 1962, 72, 86, 88 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 20,35,21 Census: 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 7: James F. Ross Born: Jan-14-1926 at Red Lick (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 1,36,37,24 Died: Feb-11-2016 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 1 Buried: in Point Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Fallen Timber, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Resided: in Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV 1,21 Resided: 1962, 73, 86 in Salem, WV 20,28,21 Resided: 1951 in Troy, Gilmer Co, WV 38 Resided: 1949 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 33 Occupation: farmer, Hope Gas Co (30 yrs, retired 1988) 38,39 Wife: M. Avanelle Cole b. Aug-18-1931 d. May- 5-2016 Also known as: Avanelle Cole 1,38 Married: Dec-17-1949 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 40,39
M Child 8: Harold Ross Died: bef Jun 1995 34
Sources: (1) Obituary. (2) Obituary of son. (3) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Clarence Ross, b. Nov 19 1888, son of George A. Ross (age 29, b. Bath Co, VA) and Emma Putman (age 22, b. Upshur Co), this being the mother's third child. Original typed entry had only the child's last name, with birth date of Nov 18 1888 and mother listed as "M. E. Putman Ross." Handwritten changes added child's first name and corrected birthdate and mother's name. BR Bk 2, p. 274. (4) Social Security Death Index. (5) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. (6) Obituary, Predeceased by one sister and two brothers, not identified in obit. (7) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (8) Obituary of wife. (9) Headstone. (10) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (11) Obituary of stepmother. (12) Newspaper birth announcement of grandchild. (13) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 8, p. 275. (14) Obituary of husband. (15) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (16) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Dora L. Yoke, b. Aug 26 1891 at Avon, dau of Granville Yoke (age 34, b. Marion Co) and Lovernia VanScoy (age 32, b. Marion Co), this being the mother's sixth child. BR Bk 2, p. 374. (17) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 6, p. 145. (18) Obituary - At home. (19) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) (20) Obituary of father. (21) Obituary of brother. (22) Findagrave.com. (23) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Maryland before 1951. (24) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). (25) Military Grave Marker. (26) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (27) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (28) Obituary of mother. (29) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com) (30) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (31) Obituary - Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital. (32) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (33) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (34) Obituary of sister. (35) Death record of mother. (36) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 2, Ancestry.com. (37) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 16, p. 220. (38) Newspaper birth announcement of son. (39) Newspaper anniversary announcement, West Union Herald Record, 12/1/2009, p. 5. (40) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as James Ross, 23, b. Doddridge Co, res. Blandville, son of Clarence & Dora Ross; and M. Avanelle Cole, 18, b. Lewis Co, res. Rt 1 Troy, dau of Claude & Lelia Cole. Married Dec 17 1949 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV. MR Bk 16, p. 220 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11797507&Type=Marriage. Event Notes Note (1) Birthplace given in obituary as West Union, but marriage record and WV Birth Index indicate New Milton.