John Wesley ROSS William Richard ROSS Emma Chester ROSS Angie FREEMAN Mini tree diagram

Joshua W ROSS6,1,2,3,5,4

about 18701,2,3,4,5 - UNKNOWN6

Life History

about 1870

Born in Arkansas.1,2,3,4,5

25th Sep 1889

Married Angie FREEMAN in Hot Spring County, Arkansas.1

She reports herself as a widow in the 1900 census, but J Wesley Ross, age 30, identified in other sources as her husband Joshua, is living in the same area in the home of his parents.

Oct 1891

Birth of son John Wesley ROSS in Dallas County, Arkansas.6,7

Apr 1892

Birth of son William Richard ROSS in Dallas County, Arkansas.6,7

12th Jan 1895

Birth of daughter Emma Chester ROSS in Dallas County, Arkansas.8,6,10,9,7

27th Mar 1960

Death of son William Richard ROSS in Arkansas

13th Nov 1973

Death of daughter Emma Chester ROSS in Stuttgart, Arkansas, Arkansas.8,9

UNKNOWN

Death of Angie FREEMAN in Dallas County, Arkansas.6

UNKNOWN

Death of son John Wesley ROSS

UNKNOWN

Died in Dallas County, Arkansas.6

Other facts

 

Buried in Dallas County, Arkansas

Notes

  • Joshua Ross may be a member of the family of Chief Ross of the Cherokee Nation, who are connected to our family by marriage in the Barnett line. But this has not been defintely established.  Joshua Ross married Angie Freemanin Hot Spring County, Arkansas (southwest Arkansas).

    Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
    Angie Freeman
    Age 18, Birth Year abt 1871
    Residence Lono, Hot Spring, Arkansas
    Spouse's Name Joshua Ross
    Spouse's Age 19
    Spouse's Residence Lono, Hot Spring, Arkansas
    Marriage 25 Sep 1889 Hot Spring County
    Marriage License Date 24 Sep 1889

    Their daughter Emma Chester Ross married Edward Luther Dumond, a member of my wife's maternal line in Arkansas County, Arkansas (southeast Arkansas). The Dumonds are an old French Québec family that settled along the White River.

    1870 Federal Census, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, 4 June, Clear Creek Township, PO Rockport, page 1 (scan 518), Hse/Fam #3
    Ross, Hugh P  23 M W Farmer $120 Real Estate $200 Personal born Arkansas Cannot read or write [b abt 1846]
    Ross, Margaret 26 F W Keeping House b Tennessee Cannot read or write [b abt 1844]
    Ross, John R 2 M W born Arkansas [b abt 1868]
    Ross, Joshua 1 M W born Arkansas [b abt 1869]

    The wife Margaret matches Jane of 1880 in age and birth state and literacy status.  But Hugh's wife in 1900 is a different person, named Catherine E, reported as age 32.

    1880 Federal Census, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, 4 June, Clear Creek Township, District 79, page 1 (scan 590A), Hse/Fam #10
    Ross, H P  W M 34 Head Farming Cannot read or write AR AL AL [b abt 1846]
    Ross, Jane  W F 37 Wife Keeping House Cannot read or write TN AL TN [abt 1843]
    Ross, Joe  W M 10 Son Farming AR AR AL Cannot read or write [b abt 1870]
    Ross, Joe [Joshua] W  W M 7 Son At Home Cannot write AR AR AL [b abt 1873]
    Ross, Sarah C  W F 9 Dau At Home Cannot read or write AR AR AL [b abt 1871]
    Ross, Jane S  W F 5 Dau At Home Cannot read or write AR AR AL [b abt 1875]
    Ross, James F  W M 4 Son At Home Cannot read or write AR AR AL [b abt 1876]
    Ross, Charley E  W M 3 Son At Home Cannot read or write AR AR AL [b abt 1877]
    Ross, George Ann  W F 3mo Dau At Home Cannot read or write AR AR AL [b abt 1880]

    Niote that there are two children in the 1880 census named Joe, the second one being Joe W.  The child on the line just before this entry is reported as Joe, age 10.  A researcher points out that the child Joe W Ross reported in the 1880 census in Hot Srpring County, Arkansas, should be Joshua W. Ross, age 7 years.

    "Joshua W. Ross rather than Joe W. Ross.  The original data on the record is incorrect."
    --  Joel Overton, Ancestry Comment, 7 October 2014

    The comment above does not account for the difference in age reported for Joe W (stated here to be Joshua W) in 1880.  Joe W's reported age of 7 fails to match the report that in 1870 Joshua was already 1 year old.  Since both the first two children in 1880 are reported as Joe (or Joe W), perhaps it was the first child, age 10 in 1880, who was the Joshua of 1870.  (John, who was age 2 in 1870, does not appear in 1880, so must have died in the meantime.)

    And in 1900 J Wesley seems to match Joe W of 1880 in name but matches the first child Joe of 1800 in age.

    1900 Federal Census, Dallas County, Arkansas, [no date] June, Smith Township, District 15, page 15A, Hse #236, Fam #238
    Ross, Hugh P Head W M --- 1846 54 Married 34 years (then changed to 24, probably reflects the different dates of his two marriages] AR AL AL Farmer Owns
    Ross, Catherine E Wife W F Nov 1863 36 Married 24 yrs 2 children/1 living AR GA AL
    Ross, J Wesley W M --- 1870 30 Single AR AR TN
    Ross, Charlie May 1877 23 Single AR AR TN
    Ross, George Ann Dau --- 1879 21 Single AR AR TN
    Ross, Elizabeth Dau July 1880 19 Single AR AR TN
    Ross, William B April 1886 14 Single AR AR TN

    This appears to be the 2nd marriage for both Hugh and Catherine.  From the birth states reported for the last two children, it appears all the reported children in the household are the children of Margaret/Jane, Hugh's first wife.  Catherine is reported to have borne 2 children and 1 still living.  But they are not in this household.

    This census presents a major discrepancy and problem for the identifiation of Joshua Ross, the husband of Angie Freeman.  The above 1900 census reports that J Wesley Ross is Single, but by this time Angie Freeman and her husband Joshua and had been married over ten years.  Further, Angie was reported in the 1900 census as a widow, living in the same area.  Perhaps they had divorced. and these reports were given instead of Divorce, as we sometimes find in other census reports for divorced couples.  It was sometimes apparently done to avoid the embarassment of the Divorce in the community.

    1900 Federal Census, Dallas County, Arkansas, [no date] June, Smith Township, District 15, page 15A, Hse #236, Fam #238
    Ross, Hugh P Head W M --- 1846 54 Married 34 years (then changed to 24, probably reflects the different dates of his two marriages] AR AL AL Farmer Owns
    Ross, Catherine E Wife W F Nov 1863 36 Married 24 yrs 2 children/1 living AR GA AL
    Ross, J Wesley W M --- 1870 30 Single AR AR TN
    Ross, Charlie May 1877 23 Single AR AR TN
    Ross, George Ann Dau --- 1879 21 Single AR AR TN
    Ross, Elizabeth Dau July 1880 19 Single AR AR TN
    Ross, William B April 1886 14 Single AR AR TN

    There is some general uncertainty about Jsohua's identity anyway, due to the listing of two children in the 1880 census of the Ross family as Joe.  This Joe, reported as age 10, matches later reports of J Wesley as age 30 in 1900, and the report of Joshua Ross as age 1 in the 1870 census (a few months' discrepancy in the actual birth date).  The second Ross child in 1880 is named Joe W, but is identified by a researcher as Joshua Wesley.  Perhaps the second child is Joshua and the first child named Joe is actually the first child reported in the 1870 census as John, age 2.

Sources

  • 1. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
  • 2. Ancestry Comments
  • 3. 1880 Federal Census, Hot Spring County, Arkansas
    • 4 June, Clear Creek Township, District 79, page 1 (scan 590A), Hse/Fam #10
  • 4. 1900 Federal Census, Dallas County, Arkansas
    • [no date] June, Smith Township, District 15, page 15A, Hse #236, Fam #238
  • 5. 1870 Federal Census, Hot Spring County, Arkansas
    • 4 June, Clear Creek Township, PO Rockport, page 1 (scan 518), Hse/Fam #3
  • 6. 1900 Federal Census, Dallas County, Arkansas
    • [no date], Smith Township, District 15, page 10B, Hse #153, #155
  • 7. 1910 Federal Census, Dallas County, Arkansas
    • 4 May, Princeton Township, District 6, Sheet 15A, Hse/Fam #145
  • 8. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • 9. Ancestry Trees
    • Barger Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/40308229/person/19509448540
  • 10. 1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
    • 4 May, LaGrue Township, District 1-17, page 20A, Road to Cuba, Hse #377, Rents $5

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