 Birth | September 1, 1893 31 20 |
 Birth of a sister | Maggie Payton Ross May 21, 1896 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sallie May Ross March 19, 1898 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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 |
| Birth of a sister | Lela Vivian Ross January 4, 1900 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Joseph Samuel Ross October 15, 1901 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Edgar Free Ross September 24, 1904 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Frank Glen Ross September 25, 1906 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Reuben Gray Ross September 18, 1910 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Woodrow Wilson Ross August 27, 1912 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a father | Joseph Clemons Ross April 8, 1914 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 22 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Zerutus Doretta Morris June 13, 1917 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a sister | Maggie Payton Ross October 15, 1918 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 23 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 24 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/ |
 Marriage | Bracy MacPherson Rose — View this family January 22, 1925 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a brother | Edgar Free Ross April 25, 1925 (Age 31 years) |
| Burial of a brother | Edgar Free Ross April 26, 1925 (Age 31 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lucas-Rose Cemetery |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 36 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a sister | Lela Vivian Ross December 9, 1933 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | James Knox Polk Stagner July 7, 1935 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a husband | Bracy MacPherson Rose September 10, 1936 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a mother | Maniza Jane Stagner May 24, 1941 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 56 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | December 8, 1982 (Age 89 years) |