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David Marion Ross

31 Jul 1854 – 29 Jun 1916

Birth31 Jul 1854
Death29 Jun 1916
CemeteryMountain View Cemetery
Mountain View , Howell County , Missouri , USA
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Missouri death Cert. #21141

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David M. Ross was born in Clark county, Ohio, July 31, 1954 and died at his home near Mountain View, June 29, 1916, age 61 years, 11 months and 28 days. He was the eighth, in order, of nine children born to Joseph and Catherine Ross. His father was of Scotch parentage and died in Ohio in 1879. His mother was of German parentage and died in 1889. Mr. Ross grew to maturity and received his education in his native state. After leaving school he engaged in farming. On May 18, 1876 he married Sarah C. Gipe, a native of Darke county, Ohio. To this union was born 6 children, five of whom are living. In the spring of 1890 Mr. Ross and family moved to Valley county, Nebr. Mrs. Ross died there in November 1902. In December 1903 he married Mrs. Florilla M. Mowery, and to this union was born two sons who are living. In November 1913 he moved to his farm near Mountain View where he resided until his death. Mr. Ross was a loving husband and kind parent, a staunch friend and a devoted Christian. Printed in the Mountain View Standard, Mountain View, Missouri on 28 July 1916 ______________ David M. Ross, one of the most successful farmers and stock men of Valley county, Nebraska, is well known for his public spirit and for his interest in promoting the welfare and advancement of his state and county. He has a beautiful home near Arcadia, where he has resided some half dozen years or more, and has there developed a fine farm. He has erected suitable buildings for carrying on his work and the house occupied by him and his family is one of the handsomest and most comfortable ones in his part of the county. It has spacious porches, which add much to its beauty and comfort, and is well situated on a good building site. Mr. Ross is one of the substantial citizens of his community and is well known for his uprightness and integrity. He is a native of Clark county, Ohio, born July 31, 1854, being eighth in order of birth of the nine children born to Joseph and Catherine (Freet) Ross. The father, who was of Scotch parentage, died in Ohio in 1879, being a native of Maryland, and the mother, who was of German descent and a native of Pennsylvania, died in December, 1889. One of their sons, William Ross, served three years in the civil war. Mr. Ross grew to maturity and received his education in his native state, and after leaving school engaged in farming. On May 18, 1876, he married Miss Sarah C. Gipe, a native of Darke county, Ohio, a daughter of Garret and Mary J. (Long) Gipe, both natives of Pennsylvania. In the spring of 1890 Mr. Ross came with his wife and five children to Valley county, Nebraska. In November, 1902, Mrs. Ross fell from a wagon, was run over and crushed to death, being survived by her husband and five children. Their children are as follows: Amanda, wife of A. L. Juett, lives at Laten, California, and has four children; Joseph H. and Charles G. are merchants at Raisen City, California; Mary C., wife of Floyd Miller, of Custer county, Nebraska, has three children; Pearl R., wife of C. V. Stern, of Valley county. In 1900 Mr. Ross purchased four hundred and eighty acres of land in Vinton township, remained there four years, then sold this farm and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on section twenty-nine, township eighteen, range fifteen, on which he has erected the house and other buildings, developing and equipping the fine stock and grain farm which he has since owned and occupied. On December 2, 1903, Mr. Ross married Mrs. Florilla M. Mowery, who was born in Adams county, Indiana. Her parents, James and Maria (McCallum) Nelson, came to Nebraska in 1886. The mother died in Sherman county and the father in Valley county, where he was frozen to death, having become bewildered and lost his way returning from Ord. Florilla Nelson first married Daniel E. Mowery, four of whose five children are living: Alta M., married Adeson Musselman and lives near Mr. Ross; Jennie M., Inez G., and Zora J., are still under the parental roof. Two children have been born to Mr. and, Mrs. Ross: David Levi and Wilbur M. Mr. Ross and family worship in the Church of the Brethern [sic], formerly known as the Dunkards, Mr. Ross was largely instrumental in organizing school district number fifty-nine, of which he served as treasurer for several years. Mr. Ross lived in a log house in Ohio, and for eight years occupied a "soddy" in the west. He has endured the many privations of a new country, and weathered one of the worst blizzards, in February, 1890. In 1908 he erected a fine, modern frame dwelling and a large, roomy barn on his farm, together with an excellent water system, adding a silo to his equipment in 1911. A full page view of his well improved place is to be found on another page. Source: Compendium of history, reminiscence, and biography of Nebraska, Chicago: Alden Publishing Company, 1912, page 470-471

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