Old Ross Cemetery,Latah County, ID Submitted by: Kathleen Probasco ***************************************************************************** USGenWeb NOTICE: Libraries and individual researchers may download this file for personal, non-commercial use only. Any other use requires written permission from the transcriber. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ****************************************************************************** OLD ROSS (OR YELLOW ROSE?) CEMETERY surveyed October 1979 Marion Wise Go out Troy Highway to Joel (mileage from corner of Moscow Cemetery 5.4 miles) Turn right, across railroad tracks, go toward Lenville District. Turn right approximately .3 of a mile, keeping on main gravel road. Turn left at stop sign, 7.6 miles from starting point, paved road. Pavement ends at 9.7 miles, gravel road, keep on main road. Keep to left at 12.4 miles, small log cabin on right. Turn left at 14.5 miles, just before crossing 2nd bridge. Go .3 of a mile to top of first hill, turn in on the right. Cemetery in brush and trees to right. 1. Ernest ROSS Nov. 26, 1882-Aug. 24, 1909 Stone with a dove on top, also a foot marker. 2. Wm. A. ROSS Born Sept. 10, 1814 Died July 19, 1898 Age 83 yrs, 10 ms, & 9 ds. "Sleep father dear And take your rest God called you home He thought it best" J. H. Moody, Moscow Stone, also foot marker with W.A.R. 3. Eddy C. JOHNSON Son of P. M. & S. M. Johnson Born Apr. 4th, 1887 Died Nov. 26th, 1887 Small stone (9-1/2 x 17-1/2) had lamb embossed on top There used to be more stones, perhaps a dozen, but they are gone now. You can see a few sunken places that appear to be graves. They were probably Ross family members. In the book Early and Present History of Fix Ridge, Latah County, Idaho, 1877-1964 (second edition 1966) was found this information concerning five other people who it states were buried in the Ross Cemetery: "William Ashburn (Old Billie) Ross and his wife, Mahala, are both buried on Fix Ridge in the Ross Cemetery." This would be Mahala M. (Cunningham) Ross, born 1816 in Kentucky or Alabama, died in Idaho; nicknamed Haley. (pp. 107 and 121) "Haley Ross, Cintha and Ella Johnson died soon after we came to the Ridge (1887) and are buried in the Ross Cemetery. I attended all the funerals and I remember they were each buried in a pine wooden box." (Cintha Johnson, wife of Hubb Johnson.) (p. 121) Ella Johnson, wife of Marion Johnson, who was the son of Hubb and Cintha Johnson. (p. 121) "P. M. Johnson--His parents, Peter and Emoline Johnson, were early settlers on north Fix Ridge and are buried in the Ross Cemetery." They would be Peterson Johnson, born 1817 in Tennessee, died in Idaho, and Nancy Emeline (Ross) Johnson born 1819 in Tennessee and died in Idaho. Wife of Peterson Johnson and daughter of Obijah and Elizabeth (Jackson) Ross. (pp. 92-93)