ABSALOM COMMODORE PERRY ROSS (My Great Grandfather)
b. 1827 Muskingum County, OH d. 1-24-1879 Wayne Township, Jones County, IA
Married 3-19-1850 Muskingum County, OH to:
Ann C. Heasty b. 5-4-1830 Zanesville, OH d.12-9-1907 Monticello, IA

     Children:

  1. Mary C. b. 1852 OH
  2. Rebecca Ann b. 5-18-1853 Zwingle, IA d. 1-1-1941 Bonner Springs, KS
      
  3. Marshall H. b. 3-1858 IA, d. 1942 Horton, KS
  4. Ellen Jane b. 7-1861 IA, d. UNK LaPorte City, IA
  5. Nancy Carline b. 1862 IA
      
  6. Perry Absalom b. 3-23-1866 Monticello, IA d. 3-18-1954 Horton, KS(My Grandfather)
      
  7. John Francis b. 5-23-1868 Monticello IA, d. 5-30-1950 Horton, KS
  8. Lillian F. b. 1871 IA

PERRY ABSALOM ROSS (My Grandfather)
b. 3-23-1866 Monticello, IA d. 3-18-1954 Horton, KS
Married 9-16-1886 Clay Center, KS to:

Gertrude Nevada Johnson b.2-15-1866 Ravenna, OH d. 9-11-1934 Horton, KS

Children:

       
  1. Viola A. Ross-Schutte b. 9-4-1887 KS d. 8-7-1976 Davenport, IA
  2. Grace Mabel b. 8-1-1890 Horton, KS d. 5-21-1965 McFarland, KS
       
  3. Marion Absalom Sr. b. 8-18-1891 Clifton, KS d. 10-10-1952 Kansas City, KS(MY FATHER Early Picture)
  4. Clarence Commodore b. 5-29-1894 Strawberry, KS
       
  5. Earl William b. 1900 KS
       
  6. Ida P. b. 1901 KS d. UNK Moline, IL
  7. Robert V. b. 1905 Horton, KS
  8. Raymond Paul b. 3-10-1907 KS d. 3-25-1961 Los Angeles, CA
          9. Lawrence Edwin b. 3-10-1911 KS d. 8-31-1987 Concord, CA
          10. Kenneth Wayne b. 3-11-1914 Horton, KS d. 7-3-1997 St. Joseph, MO

       
      MARION ABSALOM ROSS SR. (My Father)
b. 8-18-1891 Clifton, KS d. 10-10-1952 Kansas City, KS
Married 7-24-1911 to:
       
      Stella Mae Claflin
b. 1-11-1893 Wymore, NE d. 3-7-1981 Paola, KS

Children:

       
  1. Marion Alonzo Ross Jr.b. 9-11-1912 Horton, KS d. 1-5-2005 Kansas City, KS ( My Half Brother)
      
  2. Leonard Martin Ross b. 1-14-1915 Horton, KS d. 4-9-1996 St. Joseph, MO (My Half Brother)
       
  3. Pauline J. Ross-Jessee b. 2-18-1918 KS d. 4-4-1986 Kalamazoo, MI (My Half Sister)
      
  4. Robert Irwin Spragg Sr. b. 8-16-30 Iowa City, Iowa
      
      Blanche Irene Spragg b. 9-2-1909 d. 9-14-1964 Oelwein, Iowa (Mother of Robert Irwin Spragg)
      (She was the house keeper for Marian Ross Sr.)

MARION ALONZO ROSS Jr. (My Half Brother)
b. 9-11-1912 Horton, KS
d. 1-5-2005 Kansas City, KS
Married to:

Josephine Briggs
b. 8-16-1914
d. 5-13-1984 Paola, KS

Children:

       
  1. Marilyn Joyce b. 7-26-1935 d. 4-3-1990 Paola, KS (My Niece)
       
  2. Glenda Joanne b. 12-25-1936 (My Loving and Wonderful Niece)
       
  3. Naomi Carole b. 7-3-1939 (My Loving and Wonderful Niece)

MARILYN JOYCE ROSS
b. 7-26-1935 Troy, KS d. 4-3-1990 Paola, KS
Married to:
Leroy Adams
b. UNK d. UNK

Children:

  1. Deborah Sue b. 12-1954
  2. Leroy Adams Jr. b. 7-1958

GLENDA JOANNE ROSS
b. 12-25-1936
Married 5-22-1958 to:
Raymond K. Baker
b. UNK

Children:

  1. Kathleen Ann b. 12-13-1958
  2. James Keith b. 1-30-1962

NAOMI CAROLE ROSS
b. July 3, 1939
Married to:
Terrance Dotson
b. UNK

Children:

  1. Julia b. 11-11-1965
  2. Paul Joseph b. 6-14-1961