Husband: Jehu Oswald Ross
Census name: Jahu Ross 1
Born: Dec-12-1844 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 2,3,4
Died: May- 2-1932 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 3,2
Buried: in Mt. Carmel Cemetery (Twin Oaks, Co Rd 50/10), Glendale (Cairo), Ritchie Co WV 5,3
Census: 1900, 1930 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Father: Robert Ross (1809 - )
Mother: Elizabeth Stark (1813 - )
Wife: Tabitha Jane Thompson
Also known as: Jane T. Thompson 3,4
Married: Oct- 4-1871 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 6
Born: Oct- 8-1850 in Wood Co, (W)VA 2,7 (see note 1)
Died: Nov-24-1932 at Pike (Ellenboro), Ritchie Co, WV 3,2
Buried: in Mt. Carmel Cemetery (Twin Oaks, Co Rd 50/10), Glendale (Cairo), Ritchie Co WV 3,5 (see note 2)
Census: 1900, 1930 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV
Resided: 1871 in Ritchie Co, WV 4
Father: Charles Thompson
Mother: Frances Tracy Martin
M Child 1: James Edward "Ed" Ross Also known as: Edward Ross 8 Born: Jan-11-1881 9 Died: Mar- -1973 9 Resided: in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 10,11 Census: 1900 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Ella Carder b. Aug-28-1890 d. Apr-16-1956 Census name: Sarah E. Carder 7 Married: Feb-28-1912 in Ritchie Co, WV 8
F Child 2: Ida Emma Ross Born: Jan- 5-1887 in Ritchie Co, WV 4 Died: Jan-18-1929 in Pleasants Co, WV 12 Resided: 1912 at Goose Creek, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Census: 1900 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: William Henry Dennis b. ca 1887 Married: May-12-1912 near League, Ritchie Co, WV 4
Sources: (1) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (2) Headstone. (3) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (4) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (6) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Jahew Ross, 25, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, son of Robert & Elizabeth; and Jane Thompson, 20, b. Wood Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Charles C. & Frances. Married Oct 4 1871. MR p. 24. (7) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District) (8) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (9) Social Security Death Index. (10) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (11) Death record of wife. (12) Pleasants County Death Records, St. Marys, WV, Identified as Ida M. Ross Dennis, married, born in W.Va, dau of Jehue & Jane Ross; died Jan 18 1929 in Jefferson District, age 42y 13d, cause of death pneumonia. Informant: Blanche Ross. (Note: The preceding two entries in the ledger-style death record were for unnamed Dennis infants, one male and one female, children of Wm. & Ida Ross Dennis, died Jan 11 1929 in Jefferson District, death due to prematurity, age not stated. Informant for those deaths was also Blanche Ross, Ida's sister.), DR p. 134. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given as Nov 8 1850 in death record, but 1900 Census shows it as Oct 1850 and headstone reads Oct 8 1850. Note (2) Name on headstone: Jane Ross.