My Aunt Barbara 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, thru alot of hard work, love, and prayer!Without my mother, Carol or Aunt Barb, our family history wouldn't have gotten this far,,, I dedicate this page to them, for all the love and support they continue to give, and to my Aunt Barb, for all the hours she spends "burning the midnight oil". 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.)Rossb. 1814Lived 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., and Ralph Harvey.)Sam J. (who married Laura Ella Skinner ((sister to Mary Ann))( had 4 children: Samuel, Frank, Eula, and 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 also was married to Mary?,Polly J. Money, and Sally Chapman, by which at least two children were born. My ggrandmother: 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 Civil Was as a Confederate soldier in Co. "C" 21st Alabama Regiment, he enlisted Oct. 13, 1861; Commanding Officer was Capt. 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, and was captured at Blakley, Al., and was imprisoned at Ship Island, Vicksburg, Ms.He was paroled May 6th, 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 info given, please email me.I would be happy to share information and research.
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