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James Edgar ROSS

James Edgar ROSS

Male 1869 - 1933  (64 years)

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  • Name James Edgar ROSS 
    Born 23 May 1869  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870, 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1914  [4] 
    producing dept of South Penn Oil Co. 
    Residence 1916  Electra, Wichita Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Died 27 Jul 1933  Little Rock, Pulaski Co, AR Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Electra, Wichita Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I56700  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2016 

    Father William S. ROSS,   b. 28 Oct 1844, Harrison Co, VA (now Barbour Co, WV) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1904, Joy (Cabin Run), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Artimace Catherine MCGEE,   b. 17 Dec 1845, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1922, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Family ID F11829  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Caroline M. HARDESTY,   b. 22 Apr 1868, Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 30 Jul 1890  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F24222  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com).

    2. [S967] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp).

    3. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    4. [S36] History of Kern County, California (1914), Wallace M. Morgan, (https://archive.org/details/historyofkerncou00morg), p. 1407.

    5. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 42 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792951&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as James Edgar Ross, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Carrie M. Hardesty, 22, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Jul 30 1890 "at Floyd Leache's," ceremony performed by E. J. Taylor, a Minister of the Gospel. (NOTE: Birth record shows that wife's birthplace was Union District, Ritchie County. Floyd Leach was wife's uncle, her mother's brother.)