Martha Jane <I>Burgess</I> Ross

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Martha Jane Burgess Ross

Birth
Alabama, USA
Death
9 May 1927 (aged 74)
Gillham, Sevier County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Gillham, Sevier County, Arkansas, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.1774283, Longitude: -94.311868
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1860 U.S. Census, Rustic Bower Post Office, Northern Division, DeKalb, Alabama, Seabird Cowan, Ass't Marshal: Martha J Burgess (7), birth about 1853 in Alabama, attended school within the year, living in household of Joseph M Burgess (35), with Martha (25), Thomas (9), James (4) and Nancy M (2). (Families enumerated before and after Joseph and Martha are Parsons, Falkner [Martha's parents, siblings, and nephews], Smith [Martha's sister Eliza and family], Stewart [Martha's sister Mary and family], and Moore.)

On June 1, 1900, Martha Ross (45) lived in Sulphur Springs Township, Howard, Arkansas with her husband John T. (45), farmer. and children Edgar A. (19), Mary (15), Fannie (12), Booker (11), and Henry C. (4). She was the mother of seven [sic] children, six [sic] of whom were living.

MRS. MARTHA ROSS DIED MONDAY AT GILLHAM, ARK.

Mrs. Martha Ross, of Gillham, Arkansas, died at her home Monday night, May 9th. She was the mother of Mrs. John Flanagin, of Broken Bow.

The friends of Mrs. Flanagin deeply sympathize with her in this sad hour. Among those attending the funeral from Broken Bow were Mrs. Harvey Cagle, Mrs. Clara Collier, Mrs. Lewis Parker and Mrs. W.O. Stafford.

The News extends sympathy to the bereaved family.

--The Broken Bow News, Broken Bow, Oklahoma, Thursday, May 12, 1927, front page
1860 U.S. Census, Rustic Bower Post Office, Northern Division, DeKalb, Alabama, Seabird Cowan, Ass't Marshal: Martha J Burgess (7), birth about 1853 in Alabama, attended school within the year, living in household of Joseph M Burgess (35), with Martha (25), Thomas (9), James (4) and Nancy M (2). (Families enumerated before and after Joseph and Martha are Parsons, Falkner [Martha's parents, siblings, and nephews], Smith [Martha's sister Eliza and family], Stewart [Martha's sister Mary and family], and Moore.)

On June 1, 1900, Martha Ross (45) lived in Sulphur Springs Township, Howard, Arkansas with her husband John T. (45), farmer. and children Edgar A. (19), Mary (15), Fannie (12), Booker (11), and Henry C. (4). She was the mother of seven [sic] children, six [sic] of whom were living.

MRS. MARTHA ROSS DIED MONDAY AT GILLHAM, ARK.

Mrs. Martha Ross, of Gillham, Arkansas, died at her home Monday night, May 9th. She was the mother of Mrs. John Flanagin, of Broken Bow.

The friends of Mrs. Flanagin deeply sympathize with her in this sad hour. Among those attending the funeral from Broken Bow were Mrs. Harvey Cagle, Mrs. Clara Collier, Mrs. Lewis Parker and Mrs. W.O. Stafford.

The News extends sympathy to the bereaved family.

--The Broken Bow News, Broken Bow, Oklahoma, Thursday, May 12, 1927, front page

Gravesite Details

granite die on base marker, double with John Preston



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