Joshua Thomas ROSS
1856 - 1930 (73 years)
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Name Joshua Thomas ROSS Born 12 Oct 1856 Virginia 
[1, 2] - Marriage record in 1890 states age as 30, born in Bath County, Virginia. But death record specifies birth as Oct 12 1856, born in Clifton Forge (Alleghany County), Virginia.
Gender Male Census 1860 Alleghany Co, VA Census 1880 Union District, Harrison Co, WV Census 1870, 1900, 1920 New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation farmer [3] Died 14 Mar 1930 New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV [4] Buried Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV [1, 3, 5] Person ID I20801 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 18 Jun 2018
Father James ROSS, b. 25 Jun 1819, Bath Co, VA , d. 5 Jan 1894 (Age 74 years) Mother Sarah Ann LINKSWILER, b. 28 Apr 1835, Bath Co, VA , d. 16 Jun 1907, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 72 years) Family ID F3332 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Keziah Fatima DAVIS, b. 6 May 1866, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 10 Dec 1928, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 62 years) Married 17 Dec 1890 Doddridge Co, WV [6] Notes - 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District):
Joshua T. Ross, 43, b. Oct 1856, married 9 yrs; wife Kiziah, 34, b. May 1866, mother of 4 children (all still living); son Freddie E, 8, b. Feb 1892; dau Frankie L, 6, b. Sep 1893; dau Fredie M, 4, b. Mar 1896; daughter "not named," age 1month, b. May 1900; sister-in-law Ida B. Childers, 36, b. Apr 1864, widowed, mother of 6 children (all still living); niece Vestie M. Childers, 1, b. Jun 1898.
(NOTE: There is no birth record for the unnamed daughter, and she did not appear in the 1910 Census. Her identity as Flossie was determined from her death record.)
1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on May 6 1910:
Joshua Ross, 53, farmer, married 19 yrs; wife Kessiah, 43, married 19 yrs, mother of 6 children (4 still living); son Fred, 18, farm laborer, single; dau Freda, 14; son Willie, 6; son Hary, 3.
Children 1. Fred Earl ROSS, b. 1 Feb 1892, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 21 Feb 1985 (Age 93 years)2. Frankie L. ROSS, b. Sep 1893, d. Bef May 1910 (Age ~ 16 years) + 3. Freda Mabel ROSS, b. 31 Mar 1896, d. 16 Jan 1992 (Age 95 years) 4. Flossie V. ROSS, b. 13 May 1900, New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 6 Apr 1904, New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 3 years)+ 5. William Forrest ROSS, b. 2 Jul 1903, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 16 Nov 1953, Warrenton, Fauquier Co, VA (Age 50 years)+ 6. Harry Edwin ROSS, b. 19 Aug 1906, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 3 May 1993 (Age 86 years)Family ID F19999 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Documents 
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Sources - [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 4, p. 172.
- [S2077] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).
- [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).
- [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 4, p. 172.
Identified as Joshua Thomas Ross, b. Oct 12 1856 in Virginia, son of Jalones [sic] Ross & Sarah Linswaller [sic], d. Nov 23 1930 at New Milton, buried at Childers Cemetery. Informant: Fred Ross. (NOTE: Death Certificate on file at WV State Archives shows death date as Mar 14 1930; other data is the same.) - [S934] Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: J. T. Ross.
- [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
Identified as Joshua T. Ross, 30, b. Bath Co VA, res. Doddridge Co; and Keziah F. Davis, 24, of Doddridge Co. Married Dec 17 1890.
- [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 4, p. 172.
