Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Family: James M. ROSS / Ella Jane STEWART (F35769)

m. CA 1882


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  • James M. ROSSFather | Male
    James M. ROSS

    Born  Apr 1860  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  10 Oct 1924   
    Buried     
    Married  CA 1882  [1]   
    Father  Job Harrison ROSS | F35770 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary Eliza HEADLEY | F35770 Group Sheet 

    Ella Jane STEWARTMother | Female
    Ella Jane STEWART

    Born  Jun 1863  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1946   
    Buried     
    Father   
    Mother   

    Hershel Sylvester "Syl" ROSSChild 1 | Male
    + Hershel Sylvester "Syl" ROSS

    Born  23 Sep 1893  Nineveh, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Mar 1969   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Edna Mabel WEST | F35733 
    Married     

  • Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Washington Co, Pennsylvania (Canton Twp), enumerated on Jun 20 1900:
      James M. Ross, 40, b. Apr 1860, farm laborer, married 18 yrs; wife Ella J, 36, b. Jun 1863, mother of 5 children (all still living); son George H, 14, b. Dec 1885; dau Edith D, 13, b. Feb 1887; son (corrected from dau) Silvia H, 7, b. Sep 1892; son Joseph J, 2, b. Dec 1897. All born in Pennsylvania.

      1910 Census, Washington Co, Pennsylvania (Buffalo Twp), enumerated on Apr 30 1910:
      James M. Ross, 50, farm laborer, married 28 yrs; wife Ella J, 48, mother of 6 children (all still living); son Silvy, 18, laborer at iron mill; son Joe J, 12; son Emmet A, 6; grandson Arnold Williams, 4. All born in Pennsylvania. All parents born in Pennsylvania except for Arnold's father, born in West Virginia.

      1920 Census, Washington Co, Pennsylvania (Buffalo Twp), enumerated on Jan 3 1920:
      James M. Ross, 60, farm laborer; wife Ella J, 58; son Emmitt A, 17, farm laborer.

      In the 1930 Census, enumeration at the Washington County Home included as an inmate:
      Emmett Ross, 27, b. Pa, no occupation, unable to read or write. Nearly all other inmates had occupations as coal miners or farm laborers.

      SSDI: Emmett Ross, b. Aug 23 1903, d. Jul 1988, resided in Washinton, Pa.
      SSDI & Ohio Death Index: Joseph J. Ross, b. Dec 11 1897, d. Dec 21 1982 in Steubenville, Ohio, resided in Steubenville, married.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1662] 1900 Census.