Husband: David Alexander ROSS
Birthdate: fall of 1830
Birthplace: Lauderdale Co. AL
Death date: 08 Oct 1862
Place of death: Perryville, KY
Burial: probably on battlefield
Father: ROSS, Thomas
Mother: HILL, Mary

Marriage date: 1850
Marriage place: Lauderdale Co AL

Wife: Jane SMITH
Birthdate: July 1831
Birthplace: TN
Death date: 9 Mar 1904
Place of death: Coryell Co TX
Burial: Seaton Cemetery
Father: SMITH;, Duncan
Mother: Nancy unknown

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: ROSS, John Sylvester
Sex: M
Birthdate: 30 Dec 1852
Birthplace: Lauderdale Co AL
Death date: 17 May 1927
Place of death: Cranfills Gap, TX
Burial: Cranfills Gap Cem-Hamilton Co TX
Marriage date: 1873
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: Sarah unknown

Child No. 2: ROSS, James F.
Sex: M
Birthdate: ca1855
Birthplace: Lauderdale Co AL
Death date: 29 Dec 1851
Place of death: Oklahoma
Burial: unknown
Marriage date: 29 Dec 1881
Marriage place: Coryell Co TX
Spouse's name: COVINGTON, S.F.

Child No. 3: ROSS, Thomas Duncan
Sex: M
Birthdate: 31 May 1857
Birthplace: Lauderdale Co AL
Death date: 30 Sept 1925
Place of death: Marlin, Falls Co TX
Burial: Seaton Cemetery, Coryell Co.TX
Marriage date: 7 June 1886
Marriage place: Coryell Co TX
Spouse's name: FARRAR, Margaret Artemisa

Child No. 4: ROSS, Martha Jane
Sex: F
Birthdate: 15 May 1859
Birthplace: Lauderdale Co AL
Death date: 28 April 1929
Place of death: unknown
Burial: Seaton Cemetery, Coryell Co. TX
Marriage date: 31 Aug. 1885
Marriage place: Coryell Co TX
Spouse's name: SAULS;, Jefferson Davis

Child No. 5: ROSS, David L.
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1861
Birthplace: Lauderdale Co. AL
Death date: 10 Feb. 1909
Place of death: Coryell Co. TX
Marriage date: 31 Aug, 1885-divorced-1890
Burial: Seaton Cemetery, Coryell Co. TX
Marriage place: Coryell Co. TX
Spouse's name: Mary Elizabeth FARRAR
 
 
Documentation:
  a. Census: 1850 Lauderdale Co. AL p.302.
  b. Census: 1860 Lauderdale Co.AL p. 198 and again p. 266 in Green Hill Township, Jane now says born AL.
  c. 1880 Census Pontotoc CO. MS.
  d. Census 1900 Coryell Co. TX #130 Jane Ross 69 living with son Dave in Leon Junction, states born NC.
  e. Death Record, Coryell Co. Book 1 #15 Jane Ross'White; American Female; age 73; Residence Leon Junction. Died of exhaustion March 9, 1904 (Family oral history states Jane was injured in a runaway buggy accident).
  f. Family Pictures.
  g. Tombstone, Seaton Cemetery Jane Smith ROSS 1831-1904.
  h. Civil War Records of Alexander David Ross- National Archives: D.A.Ross Private, Co. F, 41 Mississippi Infantry, Capt. S.E.Melson's Co. Enrolled at Verona MS on Feb. 10 for 3 years of war. Last remarks on Muster roll: Killed at Perryville 8 Oct.