Ross' Family Genealogical Page


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Artist: Larry Fanning

My niece, Penny, and I began researching our family heritage two years ago. We have hit some "brick walls" and have managed to find connections to our lineage, through a lot of hard work, love, and prayer!

I dedicate this page to the hard work that my sister Carol, my niece Penny, and myself have done.

The Ross family line includes these surnames: Skinner, Tyler, Spoonemore, Jones, Herndon, Newsom, Hudspeth, Slay, Craig, Bellah, Brothers, Chappell, Cole, Comb, Campbell, Bolton, Darby, England, Hasty, as well as branches of our family.

Beginning with Andrew D. Ross: Our "Brick Wall" A.D. (Andrew D.) Ross [b. 1814] lived in Marengo Co., Ala. and migrated to Hunt Co., Texas in Feb. 1870. A.D. was married to Delia (Delila) Jones. They had 8 children:

    David Sanderson, who married Mary Ann Skinner and had 8 children:
      Columbus Eli,
      Mary Audelia,
      Ila Ann,
      William Sanderson Sr.,
      Joel Webb,
      Clay Edward,
      Bera J.,
      Ralph Harvey.
    Sam J., who married Laura Ella Skinner (sister to Mary Ann) and had 4 children:
      Samuel,
      Frank,
      Eula,
      Arty
    Zilphany, (who married a Slay,)
    Rebecca Evangline
    William Franklin
    Emily, (who married a Hudspeth,)
    Harvey Witherspoon, and
    Robert A., (who married a Hattie B).

AD Ross was also married to Mary?, Jane Darby, Polly J. Money, and Sally Chapman, by which at least two children were born.

My great-grandmother: Dena Blanche Jones, (whose parents were William Jones and Emma (Newsom) Jones), is another brick wall. Dena married Ira Leland Tyler. Dena, born in Topeka Kansas, Ira, born in Jefferson, Iowa.

Robert A. Ross, son of A.D. Ross, served in the Civil War as a Confederate soldier in Co. "C" 21st Alabama Regiment. He enlisted on October 13, 1861, and his Commanding Officer was Captain J.M. Rembert. Robert A. Ross served the confederacy at Ft. Gains, Mobile, Memphis, Ft. Pillow, Corinth, in the battle of Shilo, Ft. Morgan, Choctaw Bluff. On the 9th day of August, 1863, he was transferred to Co. "C", Second Regiment of Engineers, C.S.A. served April 9th, 1865, was captured at Blakley, Al., and was imprisoned at Ship Island, Vicksburg, Ms. He was paroled on May 6, 1865. He married Hattie B., and they had at least one son, Ike. Robert was buried in McWright Cemetery, Hunt Co., Texas.

If you have any connections or have any information on the Civil War information given, please e-mail me. I would be happy to share information and research.

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