Robert Jennings Ross’ Family in Indiana
White County, Indiana Newspaper Excerpts
1887-1896
These are chronological excerpts in the local community papers which show incidents related to the family in Indiana from the time they arrived from Ohio (October, 1890) until they left from Alabama (February, 1896).
I. Transcriptions from The WHITE COUNTY DEMOCRAT
Monticello, White County, Indiana (Published on Fridays each Week)
Excepted by E. Lamar Ross on February 26, 2005
17 October 1890 p.9 “Mr. Ross moved to our burg from Ohio last week”
II. Transcribed Articles & Notices from THE MONTICELLO HERALD of
Monticello, White County, Indiana (Published on Thursdays Each Week)
Excerpted by E. Lamar Ross (October, 2004
Jennings Ross, Nelson Johnson, M.K. (Moses Kennedy) Ross and Duff Turner (all known relatives) were found in the local news for the Guernsey Community a few miles northwest of Monticello, Indiana. The other Ross family members may or may not be related.
16 Mar 1893 p.1 col.1 “Rufus Ross will take his departure in a few days for the far West. He thinks he will locate at Las Vegas, New Mexico, where he hopes to find a climate more suited to his health.”
23 Mar 1893 p.1 col.1 “”Buck’ Ross canceled his Goodland engagement and went hunting. The Goodland Herald says he “would have faced a strong audience - - that is physically strong”.”
6 Apr 1893 p.1 col. 3 “The four-year-old daughter of Mr. Jennings Ross a few miles north-west of town met a horrible death last week by fire. Her little brother about ten years old was burning garden trash Thursday, and the child in playing about the burning heaps got too near, and her clothing caught fire. Her father, who was at work some distance off, hurried to her and removed her clothing as quickly as he could, burning his hands badly in his efforts. The child was carried in, and Dr. Robison was called. He found the burns serious, extending over a large portion of her body, and the skin in places pealing off in strips. He did all that could be done for her relief, but the child died Saturday morning after much suffering. Mr. Ross is comparatively a newcomer, having moved here from Ohio about three years ago. His sad calamity awakens general sympathy.”
20 Apr 1893 p.1 col.1 “Rufus Ross found the Colorado climate detrimental rather than beneficial to his health and lost no time in getting back to Indiana”
29 Jun 1893 p.1 col.1 “Mrs. John Turner and daughter spent Sunday at Brookston with Mrs Anna Wallace”
“May Turner, Effie Obenchain, Birdie McBeth and Clara Woltz visited friends at Delphi last week.”
6 Jul 1893 p.1 col.1 “Frank Ross was at home from Chicago over the Fourth. He has a good position in the large job printing establishment of Jno. Beatty, where he is engaged in the appetizing work of printing bills of fare”
24 Aug 1893 p.1 col.1 “A paternity suit was instituted in ‘Squire Ross’s court Monday by Laura Keller against Herbert Cornell, and he was bound over to the Circuit court.”
22 Mar 1894 p.8 col.2 “Born to Mr. And Mrs. Jennings Ross on the 16th, a boy. Mother and child doing well and Jennings steping high.”
5 Apr 1894 p.8 col.1 “Born to Mr. And Mrs. Nelson Johnson, on Mar. 29th, a girl”
3 May 1894 p.1 col.1 “Mrs. Johnson and children of Springfield are here visiting relatives and friends.”
24 May 1894 p.1 col.1 “A young man named Charles Ross died at Bringhurst last week from a blow received from a boxing glove in a friendly sparring match about a month ago.”
14 Jun 1894 p.8 col.2 “Duff Turner has quit working for W.D. Wilson and commenced last Monday to work for Swan and Hart on the old Bellou farm.
21 Jun 1894 p.8 col.3 “Nelson Johnson and Ora Pike went to Monticello last week, and while coming home about a mile north of town one of the cart wheels broke down, throwing them out, but no one was hurt. W.D. Wilson was just behind them and, gathering up the wreck and 50 pounds of flour, brought them home. Lots of fun for Wilson, but the boys could not laugh much.”
13 Sep 1894 p.8 col.2 Elmer Hamilton and Duff Turner have got them a horse-power corn cutter and are cutting corn for W.D. Wilson this week.”
“Jennings Ross, his wife and daughter are all down with malarial fever. His wife and daughter are very low but Jennings is some better.”
18 Oct 1894 p.8 col. 2 “Mrs. Nelson Johnson and daughter are very low with typhoid fever.”
27 Dec 1894 p.8 col.2 “Jennings Ross and Nelson Johnson went to Pulaski county last week to look at some farms. They appear to like them pretty well.”
18 Apr 1895 p.8 col.4 “Jenning Ross has moved on the McCreary forty north of Jud. Paul’s.”
2 May 1895 p.8 col.3 “Jennings Ross’s brother of Ohio came out Monday to visit him.”
25 Jul 1895 p.8 col.2 “M.K. Ross went to Monticello Monday to work at the carpenter trade.”
5 Sep 1895 p.1 col.1 “George Ross has abandoned the idea of starting a saloon and will open a meat market in the Carson hotel building.”
3 Oct 1895 p.8 col.2 “Nelson Johnson and wife are taking care of a 10-pound boy.”
“Moses K. Ross started to Iowa Sunday to look after some land that he has out there.”
31 Oct 1895 p.1 col. 1 “Ben Ross and sister, Mrs. C.S. Kingsbury, went to Sheldon, Ill., Sunday to attend the funeral of an aunt.”
19 Dec 1895 p. 8 col. 3 “Nelson Johnson hauled a load of hay for W.D. Wilson, and on his way home his wagon came uncoupled, and in getting it together he got his nose skinned and lost a glove and a four-tine fork.”
16 Jan 1896 p.8 col. 3 “Nelson Johnson and Jenning Ross are preparing to move to Georgia in the near future.”
13 Feb 1896 p. 8 col. 2 “Jenning Ross and Nelson Johnson have moved to Gadsden, Etowah county, Ala. They started their goods on Saturday, and their family started last Tuesday.”
[Note: This was in Thursday, 13 Feb 1896 paper so it means that Jennings Ross and family either left on Tuesday, 11 Feb 1896 or Tuesday, 4 Feb 1896 depending on what is meant by “last Tuesday”.]
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