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Charles F Ross

Birth	:	1857
Death	:	1931
Burial	:	East Lawn Memory Gardens, Okemos, Ingham County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.6991997, -84.4372025
Plot	:	South Division Lot 60
Description	:	BOOK: Past and Present of Jasper County, Iowa; Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-in-chief; Illustrated, Volume I & II; @ 1912; B.F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana; page 1349-1351---FRANK B. ROSS-- . . . . Frank Ross the son of Charles F. and Almeda L. (Smith) Ross, both of whom were natives of Iowa, the mother being born in Jasper county. ... It was in 1864 that Charles Ross, the father of the subject came to Jasper county and as a mere boy engaged in farm work. In 1878 he purchased forty acres, to which by thrift and untiring industry he kept adding until... Read More	BOOK: Past and Present of Jasper County, Iowa; Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-in-chief; Illustrated, Volume I & II; @ 1912; B.F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana; page 1349-1351---FRANK B. ROSS-- . . . . Frank Ross the son of Charles F. and Almeda L. (Smith) Ross, both of whom were natives of Iowa, the mother being born in Jasper county. ... It was in 1864 that Charles Ross, the father of the subject came to Jasper county and as a mere boy engaged in farm work. In 1878 he purchased forty acres, to which by thrift and untiring industry he kept adding until at one time he owned one hundred and seventy-eight acres. While he followed general farming only, he raised some stock also. He still owns and resides upon the first land he ever bought and still is activily engaged in farming. Mr. Ross's father is well known and is a solid, stable man of affairs and a good citizen. While never a politician or a man who has sought office, he is a man who takes a keen and intelligent interest in the advancement and upbuilding of his county and state. At different times for over twenty years he has been director and treasurer of the independant district schools. Both he and his wife are consistant members of the Evangelical Church. The subject of this review is one of twelve children, of whom seven are now living: (1) Elsie, who was born in 1877, died in childhood; (2) William A.,born July 9, 1879, is a prosperous farmer residing near Newton, Iowa; (3) Jessie died in infancy; (4) Bertha also died in infancy; (5) Frank, next in order of birth is the subject of this sketch; (6) Elmer, born July 9, 1886, died when quit young; (7) Zell S., born June 3, 1888, is a well-to-do farmer residing in Jasper county; (8)Charles Owen, born October 11, 1890, died at the age of ten years; (9) Ada Ruth, born December 19, 1892, resides at home; (10) Harry S., born March 10, 1895, is at home; (11) Edith Fern, born January 30, 1899, is at home; (12) Robert L., born March 16, 1901, is at home. ===== page 944-946 --- CHARLES FREMONT ROSS ------ One of the up-to-date farmers and stock raisers of Elk Creek township, Jasper county, who has worked hard for what he now posesses is Charles Fremont Ross. He knows how to appreciate the true dignity of labor and to place a correct estimate upon the value of money. Neverthe less, he is liberal in his benefactions and stands ever ready to support with his influence and means all measures for the material and moral welfare of the community in which he has so long resided. Among those who know him best he bears a reputation of a man who excerises sound judgement and who has pronounced views, and he keeps himself well informed upon all matters pertaining to the public weal or woe and always excerisees the duties of citizenship in a conscientious manner. Mr. Ross was born in Van Buren county, Iowa, on July 10, 1856. He is the son of Elisha and Eliza Ann (Shanklin) Ross, the father born in Seville, Ohio, September 11, 1818, and the mother in Onondago county, New York, on November 24, 1824. The mother moved to Ohio with John Carns, who was her foster parent. Her mother having died when Mrs. Eliza A. Ross was six years old. The parents of the subject grew up in Ohio and were married there. From Seville, that state, they moved to Lee county, Iowa in 1854, and bought a farm there. After living there a short time they moved to Van Buren county and bought forty acres. In 1862 he left his family on the farm and went to Idaho where he remained three years, working out, and in 1865 he returned to Iowa and brought his family to Jasper county. He traded for sisty-five acres in Elk Creek township on which he lived until his death, on February 25, 1868. Politically he was a republican and he and his wife belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church. His widow survived many years, dying on September 5, 1906, outliving her husband nearly torty years. There were three sons born to Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Ross, namely; Robert, H. Craig and Charles Fremont, of this sketch. The subject being the second in order of birth. Charles F. Ross helped with the work on the home farm and he attended school at Pleasant View and Galesurg. When sixteen years of age he left his parental roof-tree and began working out by the month, which he continued to do until he was twenty years old. Then he rented a farm two years, after which he bought forty acres of the home place to which he later aded twenty five acres, now owning a valuable little place of sixty-five acres, which he has placed under excellant improvements, having put most of the buildings on the same. Politically, he is a Republican and he belongs to the Evangelical Church. Mr. Ross was married on September 28, 1876, to Almeda Lucretia Smith, who was born in Palo Alto township, Jasper county, Iowa, on October 20, 1857, and here she grew up and attended the common schools in her district. She is the daughter of William J. Smith, a very early settler in this county. He was born in 1834 in Knox County, Ohio, and he came to Jasper county, Iowa in 1856, settling in Palo Alto township in a log house and there he spent several years, later moving to Elk Creek township where he became the owner of eighty acres. His death occurred on August 28, 1911, after a fairly successful and wellspent life, having reached an advanced age and died knowing that he left behind a host of friends and no enemies. He had outlived his wife about forty years, she having passed away on February 21, 1866. He was justice of the peace for many years, giving eminent satisfaction in this office. He belonged to the Methodist Church. Twelve children, seven of whom are living, have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Ross, namely; William Albert, Frank, Zel, Harry, robert Lee, Ruth and Edith and five who died young. Politically, Mr. Ross is a staunch Republican, and he belongs to the Evangelical Church. Personally, he is agenial, neighborly man, who delights in a good joke and likes to see others happy.

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Latitude: 42.6991997
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Family Members:

Parent

Elizur Ross

(1818 - 1868)

Eliza Ann Shankland Ross

(1824 - 1906)

Spouse

Almeda Lucretia “Aleda” Smith Ross

(1857 - 1915)

Siblings

William A. Ross

(1850 - 1853)

Harrison Craig Ross

(1859 - 1926)

Walter B Ross

(1866 - 1867)

Children

(1876 - 1878)

(1881 - 1881)

(1884 - 1951)

(1888 - 1976)

(1892 - 1946)

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