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Joseph Washington Ross

Male 1821 - 1902  (81 years)

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  • Name Joseph Washington Ross  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] 
    Birth 7 Jan 1821  Sugar Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14] 
    Gender Male 
    Fact 1 7 Children  [13] 
    Will 19 Nov 1854  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Mentioned in mother-in-law's will 
    Occupation 1859  Sugar Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Had contract for building additon on Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church 
    Residence 1860  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Western Division 
    Military 10 Aug 1863  Charleston County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 16] 
    Chief Mechanic and Manger in Manufacturing of Salt 
    Occupation Carpenter and Contractor and House Mover  [1, 4] 
    Residence 1870  Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Residence 1880  Double Shoals, Cleveland, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1900  Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Ward 4 
    Burial 1902  Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Death 15 Jan 1902  Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 13] 
    Notes 
    • Daughter Carrie is not showing in the 1870 census. Do I have the right Jospeh W Ross and the right children?
      It is probably ok, if there are discrepancies in the Pickens-Day book
    Person ID I25320  MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_son James Montgomery, JMMM_daughter Martha Montgomery
    Last Modified 8 Oct 2025 

    Father James Ross,   b. 24 Aug 1789, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1850, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Annie Woods Montgomery,   b. 31 Oct 1796, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1871, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 5 Oct 1815  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7, 13, 17, 18, 19] 
    • Bondsman Dr Robert McKenz
    Family ID F1571  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Tabitha Adaline Price,   b. 2 Jul 1823, Providence, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1869, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Marriage 10 Jun 1850  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 6, 7, 13] 
    Children 
    +1. John Drury Lacy Ross,   b. 21 Oct 1851, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1934, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. James Willis Woods Ross,   b. 25 May 1852, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jul 1857, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 5 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Mary Lulu Anna Ross,   b. 6 Jul 1853, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1935, Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. Robert Clarence Price Ross,   b. 26 Sep 1857, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1916, Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Elam R Ross,   b. 1859, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +6. Caroline Jane Rebecca Ross,   b. 23 Oct 1859, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1922, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >7. William Frank Wilson Ross,   b. 24 Mar 1861, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1928, Fairfield, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. Joseph Edgar Ross,   b. 18 Nov 1864, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1890, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +9. Adlai Lavan Ross,   b. 12 Nov 1867, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Aug 1931, Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F1753  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Oct 2025 

    Family 2 Sallie E Townsend,   b. Oct 1833, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 22 Jul 1880  Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Family ID F6890  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Oct 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 Jun 1850 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Mentioned in mother-in-law's will - 19 Nov 1854 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Western Division - 1860 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - Chief Mechanic and Manger in Manufacturing of Salt - 10 Aug 1863 - Charleston County, South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1870 - Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1880 - Double Shoals, Cleveland, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 Jul 1880 - Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Ward 4 - 1900 - Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1902 - Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Jan 1902 - Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S302] Alexander, John Brevard, MD, Mecklenburg County Biographical Sketches of the Early Settlers of theHopewell Section, (Name: Name: Observer Printing and Publishing House; Location: Charlotte,North Carolina; Date: 1897;;), Reminiscences of the Pioneers and Their Descendants and Families http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/books/alexander_j_b/default_alexander_biographical_sketches.htm, 01002603 LC F264.88A3.

    2. [S625] Pettus, Mary Elizabeth Dixon and Johnsie Pettus, Pettus History and Genealogy, (Name: Name: J & J Sales; Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina,USA; Date: 1965;;), Book located at Charlotte Public Library, 929.273 P455pme.

    3. [S726] Elmwood Cemetery Charlotte, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA;), 700 W 6th Street Charlotte, NC http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=47315&CScn=Elmwood&CScntry=4&CSst=29&CScnty=1710&.

    4. [S746] Montgomery, Joseph II, Notes from Joseph Mont II Re: Ross Family, (Name: Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania;;), Family chart on Ross family prepared for Joseph II Montgomery;courtesy of Broad River Genealogical Society, NC, which houses files of Mrs Moffatt A Ware.

    5. [S3237] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online.
      Record for Adlai Livan Ross

    6. [S881] DAR Ancestor A097715, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), Robert Robison.

    7. [S883] DAR Ancestor A022376, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), James Clark.

    8. [S3284] Hubbs, Leslie Ross, Email from Leslie Ross Hubbs 20 Feb 2014, (Date: 20 Feb 2014;).

    9. [S4] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Charlotte Ward 4, Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Roll: 1205; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 0050; FHL microfilm: 1241205.
      Record for John D Ross
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=57451521&indiv=try

    10. [S3640] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
      Record for Sallie E Townsend
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NC-MarriageRecords&h=13562437&indiv=try

    11. [S3624] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Western Division, Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Roll: M653_906; Page: 80; Image: 159; Family History Library Film: 803906.
      Record for Joseph W Ross
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=38989075&indiv=try

    12. [S3145] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for William Franklin Ross
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2543&h=7441&indiv=try

    13. [S272] Day, Kate Pickens and Monroe Pickens, Cousin Monroe's History of the Pickens Family, (Name: Hiott Press; Location: Easley, South Carolina, USA; Date: 1951;), pp 196-199 Chapter 6 Annie Woods Montgomery See file Pickens.pdf, 51048263.
      Pickens Family Genealogy (The)
      Book Available at California Genealogy Society

    14. [S2937] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1148; Page: 34A.
      Record for Jas W Ross
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7163&h=22918719&indiv=try

    15. [S4568] Alexander, John Brevard, MD, Biographical Sketches of the Early Settlers of the Hopewell Section, (Name: Observer Printing and Publishing House; Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Date: 1897;), Chapter X, Pages 55-56 John Montgomery.
      Book found at Internet Archive
      https://archive.org/details/sketchesofearlys00alex
      Family Histories, Volume ll
      Book found at CGS
      CS 68 CGS Ser 6 Vol 11
      https://archive.org/details/sketchesofearlys00alex

    16. [S216] American Civil War, (Name: Date: 1861-1865;;), GENERAL LISTING http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War.

    17. [S271] Clemens, William Montgomery, North and South Carolina Marriage Records, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Location: Baltimore, MD; Date:1927;;), From the Earliest Colonial Days to the Civil War Alphabetical Listing of North Carolina Marriages, ISBN 978-0-8063-0555-4.
      Montgomerys are on pages 196-197
      Clarks pages 60-61
      Alexanders page 5-7
      Catheys are page 57

    18. [S334] Ancestry.com, North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2007;;), Database online. Data Source: County Court Records - FHL #0546461-0546466.
      Record for James Ross

    19. [S2503] Web: RootsWeb Marriage Records Index, (Name: Name: RootsWeb; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;;).



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