Ross Cemetery, Big Creek Township, Henry County, Missouri

Location: T43, R27, S21- NW 950 Rd
Landowner: John W. & Pat A. Brown
Earliest Known Burial: 1872
Latest Known Burial: 1881
Indexed By: Linda M. Everhart with guide Leona Wilson, Oct 19 1997
Directions: 1 1/2 miles south of Norris on Hwy "O", then 1 mile west on NW950. 
Cemetery is located in a pasture near a large tree, approximately 1/4 mile due 
south of Doug and Leona Wilson's farm home.
History: Samuel Ross was born about 1794 in Tennessee and died before 1860. He 
is probably buried in this cemetery, but no record exists today. His wife, 
Margaret Gray Ross was born about 1796. They lived in Kentucky and spent a 
short time in Illinois. They had at least eleven children: Alfred, Almeda, Freeman, Lee, Sophronia, James C., Alvin, Catharine E., Robert R., Sarah M. and William H. In 1844 Samuel & Margaret came to Henry County Missouri with several of their children. The following are known to have lived in Big Creek Township: James C. and wife Tabitha; Alvin and wife Elizabeth Ann "Betsey"; Catharine E. and husband John L. Gray; William H. and wife Elizabeth Jane Norris. After the death of her husband, Margaret Gray Ross lived with her son William H. and family. Many descendants of these families still live in the same area. Condition: Very small area, unkept, but fenced well and protected from cattle.
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ROSS, Infant - *probably Ross infant, no last name, marker reads "infant" only. - INSCRIP: Infant

ROSS, Margaret "Peggy" GRAY - b: TN - d: Nov 24 1881 - sp: Samuel ROSS - ch: Alfred, Almeda, Freeman, Lee, Sophronia, James C., Alvin, Catharine E., Robert R., Sarah M., William H. - 85Y 4M - INSCRIP: ROSS, Margaret - d: Nov 24 1881 - wife of Samuel ROSS - 85Y 4M

ROSS, William E. - b: Aug 23 1871 - d: Nov 17 1872 - son of William H. & Elizabeth Jane NORRIS ROSS - INSCRIP: ROSS, William E. - Aug 23 1871 - Nov 17 1872 - son of Wm. H. & Eliza J.

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