Edward Alexander RossAge: 59 years1867–1927
- Name
- Edward Alexander Ross
- Given names
- Edward Alexander
- Surname
- Ross
 Birth | March 9, 1867 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 21 months)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 10 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Marriage | Mary Susan “Susie” Shemwell — View this family August 23, 1910 (Age 43 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Homer Alston Ross October 6, 1912 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a son | Homer Alston Ross October 1, 1913 (Age 46 years) |
| Burial of a son | Homer Alston Ross October 7, 1913 (Age 46 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Valley Cemetery |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Madge Lucille Ross October 2, 1914 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 48 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 49 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 50 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Census | February 8, 1920 (Age 52 years) |
 Death | January 28, 1927 (Age 59 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Valley Cemetery |
| Family with Mary Susan “Susie” Shemwell |
| himself |
Edward Alexander Ross Birth: March 9, 1867 — Illinois, United States Death: January 28, 1927 |
| wife |
Mary Susan “Susie” Shemwell Birth: November 6, 1873 32 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 2, 1946 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: August 23, 1910 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
Homer Alston Ross Birth: October 6, 1912 45 38 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States Death: October 1, 1913 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Madge Lucille Ross Birth: October 2, 1914 47 40 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States Death: October 11, 1998 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
| James Mathew Sights + Mary Susan “Susie” Shemwell |
| wife’s husband |
James Mathew Sights Birth: October 3, 1869 30 32 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 24, 1906 |
| wife |
Mary Susan “Susie” Shemwell Birth: November 6, 1873 32 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 2, 1946 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 7, 1892 — Niagara, Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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11 months step-daughter |
Effie R Sights Birth: November 1892 23 18 Death: April 24, 1980 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years step-son |
Herman Russel Sights Birth: estimated March 1896 26 22 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States Death: March 2, 1939 |
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2 years step-daughter |
Blanche H Sights Birth: April 29, 1898 28 24 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States Death: September 10, 1972 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years step-son |
Ashford Rankin Sights Birth: April 20, 1903 33 29 Death: August 11, 1985 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Edward Alexander Ross - Household
Niagra Rd. Hebbardsville, Henderson, Kentucky
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