CA956

Walker County, Texas - A History (1986)
(C. Avis Catalog entry #956)

Published by the Walker County Genealogical Society and Walker County Historical Commission

p. 9 Article T4
List of County Commissioners includes Ely. F. Ross 1854-1855


p. 666 Article F831
ROSS, ELY FRANKLIN

    Ely Franklin Ross was born in Redlick, Jefferson County, Mississippi in 1808 and died in 1883 in Walker County. He moved to Texas in 1838 and settled in Fort Bend County where he lived until he moved to Walker County in 1848. He united with the Huntsville Baptist Church in 1853. He later helped organize the Ebenezer Baptist Church where he was an ordained deacon. He was a charter member of the James A. Baker Masonic Lodge of Walker County which he joined in 1851.
    The first marriage of Eli Franklin Ross was to Mary Scott and they had eight children. Five children died and were buried in Fort Bend County. One son was buried in Mississippi and two other children were sent back to Mississippi after their mother's death.
    After his first wife's death, Eli married Mary Hodge in 1845. She was the daughter of William Hodge and Maggie Welsh. A son, William Brown and a twin sister,Ruth, who died in infancy, were born in Fort Bend County November 14, 1847. A daughter, Catherine Frances (Mooring) was also born in Fort Bend County. The children born in Walker County were: Oscar Wade 1849-1931; Francis Marion and Benjamin born in 1852, Benjamin died in infancy; Frances Marion (Uncle Tack) died in 1902; Mary Alice (Nichols) died in 1890; and John Allison 1855-1931.
    After the death of Mary Hedge Ross in 1855, Eli married Ruth Hodge Ross widow of Granville Ross. After Ruth's death in 1870, he married Margaret Sumners, 1829-1881.      

by Helon Ross


p. 668 Article F833
ROSS, LANCE G.

Lance Gordon Ross (1896-1971) son of William Brown Ross and Annie Eliza Pace ...


p. 669 Article F835
ROSS, WILLIAM BROWN

    William Brown Ross, son of Eli Franklin ROSS and Mary Hodge, was born in Fort Bend County November 14, 1847 and moved with his parents to Walker County in 1848. He died in Walker County May 11, 1934.  He was a member of James A. Baker Masonic Lodge and an active member of Ebenezer Baptist Church and one of the trustees of the Ebenezer Cemetery.
    On February 1, 1876, he married Annie Eliza Pace in Walker County. She was born in Alabama April 29, 1853 and died July 24, 1926 in Walker County. Their children were: Roger (1877-1935) who married Bethula Morgan; Rura (1878-1947) who married Ed Jenkins; Homer (1879-1959) who married Bonnie Hale; Mary (1882-1965) who married Dr. W. E. Fowler; Browne (1883-1938) who married J.E. Neason; Rhonda (1885-1886), Maude (1887-1911); Alice (1890-1972); Ruth (1892-1979) who married V. L. Word; Lock (1894-1960) who married Vera McCulloch; and Lance (1896-1971) who married Helon McGilberry. 

by Helon Ross