Elizabeth Ault Ross

1842 - 1923  (80 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Ault Ross
  Born	28 Oct 1842	Gillespieville, Ross County, Ohio
  Gender	Female
  Died	5 Mar 1923	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6066	Rossville
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2019

  
  

  Family ID

  F7010

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  Family	Adam Ross,   b. 11 Mar 1838, Ross County, Ohio ,   d. 13 Sep 1915, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 77 years)
  Married	13 Sep 1866	Gillespieville, Ross County, Ohio
  	Elizabeth's obituary says they were married 13 Sep 1866
  Children	+ 1. Ella May Ross Porter,   b. 7 May 1870, Ross County, Ohio ,   d. 26 Feb 1930  (Age 59 years)   2. Alice Ross Hopkins,   b. 1874, Indiana ,   d. 8 Feb 1963, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 89 years)   3. Pearl Ross,   b. 1876,   d. 1900  (Age 24 years)
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2019 02:34:51
  Family ID	F7009	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Ross, Elizabeth Elizabeth Ross Mrs. Elizabeth Ross died at 11 o’clock Monday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ira T. Hopkins, on north Main street aged 80 years, 4 months, 5 days. Her death followed an illness that became serious last Friday, although she had been in declining health for several years. Mrs. Ross had made her home with the Hopkins family for the past seven years and they had been most devoted in her care and considerate in providing for her comfort and well being. Mrs. Ross was a native of Gillespieville, Ohio, where she was born October 28, 1842. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Ault. She was united in marriage to Adam Ross, September 13, 1866, at Gillespieville, Ohio. This union was blessed with five children – three sons and two daughters, of whom only the latter, Mrs. Alice Hopkins and Mrs. Ella Porter, both of this city, survive her. Other surviving relatives are her sister, Mrs. Celina Ross, of Wamego, and three grandchildren. In 1885 she and her family moved from Ohio to Wamego and in 1890 they came to Rossville. Mr. Ross passed away September 13, 1915, which was the 19th anniversary of their wedding day. Funeral services were held yesterday at 2 p.m. in the Methodist church conducted by Rev. H. P. Basquin, whose sermon was taken from Luke 24: 1-25. The body was laid to rest in Rossville cemetery. Out-of-town relatives and friends present for the funeral included: Celina Ross, Wamego; Jess Ross, Manhattan, Jim Ross, Belvue, nephews; Lee Ross, nephew, and family, Topeka; Mr. and Mrs. Dick Porter and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles McGehee and daughter, grandchildren from Topeka; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hopkins, Mrs. Mary Newberry, all of Topeka.