Coryell Co. TX - Thomas Duncan Ross

Submitted by Bobbie Ross  <bwross@htcomp.net>

************************************************************************
USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE:  These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced 
in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or
persons.  Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must
obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative
of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of
this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives
to store the file permanently for free access.

http://www.usgwarchives.net/
***********************************************************************
                                      
                             THOMAS DUNCAN ROSS
                                      
     The first mention of Moses Ross is in the court records of
Lauderdale Co. AL in 1831. He had originated in SC, but the family
has not been traced further back. Moses and his wife, Lena, had seven 
children, oldest,Thomas married the daughter of a neighboring Hill family. 
Their oldest son was David Alexander Ross who was killed in the battle 
of Perryville, KY during the Civil War. Around the time of the war the 
family had moved from AL to MS and following the war the family came to 
TX. Two pioneer families were united when Thomas Duncan Ross married 
Margaret Artemissa Farrar. Ten children were born to this couple, all 
attended schools in the Hubbard and Flat area. 
   1. Walter (1887-1959) married Addie Nutt; 
   2. Guvvan (Bud)( (1889-1953) married Mattie Bird; 
   3. Minnie (1892-1972) married Cortis Blanchard; 
   4. Carrie (1894-1969) married Ted Nunnelly; 
   5. Sally (1897-1990) married Ed Bird; 
   6. Hollie (1900-1965) married Fannie Turner;  
   7, Roy (1902-1982) married Vida Shelton; 
   8. Lillie Mae (Lil)(1906-1986) married Herman Beasley;  
   9.Tommie Lee (1909-1977)married Lois Farris; 
  10. Kate (1911-1999) married Robert Short. 
    The Ross home place was inside what is now Fort Hood. When the Army moved
the people out, the Church of Christ in Turnersville bought the Ross home and 
moved it to Turnersville to be their place of worship. 

By James Ross, grandson of Thomas Duncan and Margaret Artemissa FFarrar Ross 
from the book "Ross Record" 1996 by Bobbie Ross