Mary Jane (Emery) Ross (1909)

EMERY, ROSS

Posted By: Cay Merryman
Date: 8/4/2004 at 01:47:28

Newspaper Unknown
July 1909

Mary J. Ross, the aged mother of John Ross, of this place, died Sunday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Susan Queen, of Red Rock, Oklahoma, with whom she made her home. The deceased who was 84 years of age, was one of the early settlers of this county, she and her husband, now deceased, having located on Hoosier Prairie in 1857.
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The Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, July 15, 1909
Page 3

Brought Here for Burial

The remains of Mrs. Mary Jane Ross, mother of Jno. Ross of this city, was brought here from Redrock, Oklahoma, on Monday for burial. She was laid to rest near her old home in the Union Chapel cemetery in Scott township.

Mrs. Ross was for a number of years a resident of Madison county and the many friends extend their heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved relatives.

Mary Jane Emory was born in Claremount county, Ohio, February 5, 1825, and died at her late home in Redrock, Oklahoma, July 11th, 1909.

She was married to Mr. Cunningham Ross in 1844. Mr. and Mrs. Ross moved to Illinois in 1854, and to Iowa in 1857. To this union were born eight children, five boys and three girls. Four sons and one daughter, with many other relatives and friends are still living to mourn her death.

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