Ross, James Andrew b. 20 Sep 1836 Gibson, Tennessee, USA d. 26 Sep 1917 Joseph, Sevier, Utah, USA: Early Latter-day Saints Database

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Name	Ross, James Andrew
Born	20 Sep 1836	Gibson, Tennessee, USA
Gender	Male
Residence	1846-1852	Shirts' Camp, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA
	Address: https://winterquartersbyu.earlylds.com/settlements/pottawattamie-county/#ShirtsCamp
Died	26 Sep 1917	Joseph, Sevier, Utah, USA
Buried	1 Oct 1917	Kanosh, Millard, Utah, USA
FamilySearch Link	20 Dec 2024
	Address: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWVH-8MV
Person ID	I135074	Early Latter-day Saints
Last Modified	20 Dec 2024

Father	Ross, Thomas, b. 15 Sep 1814, Guilford, North Carolina, USA , d. 4 Oct 1898, Joseph, Sevier, Utah, USA (Age 84 years)
Mother	Smith, Rachel, b. 22 Aug 1813, Smith, Tennessee, USA , d. 19 Dec 1900, Joseph, Sevier, Utah, USA (Age 87 years)
Married	30 Sep 1835	Tennessee, USA
Family ID	F30159	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Smith, Sarah Ann, b. 11 Feb 1838, Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee, USA , d. 1 Jan 1879, Kanosh, Millard, Utah, USA (Age 40 years)
Married	6 May 1857
Last Modified	20 Mar 2015
Family ID	F35553	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

FAMILY GROUP RECORD BY NAUVOO LAND AND RECORDS

HISTORIES:
Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, Frank Esshom, pages 214 and 1142
Our Pioneer Heritage; Daughters of the Utah Pioneers; Vol 9 page 226; Vol 14 page 487; 2 pages
Treasures of Pioneer History; Kate Carter; Vol 3 page 414

OTHER SOURCE:
Early Branches of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1830-1850; Lyman D. Platt; parents Thomas Ross and Rachel
were members of Camp Creek, IL Branch; pages 9 -10
Nauvoo data Bank: two entries from Heart Throbs of the West
Internet Research:
lds.org: Church History-Mormon Overland Travel, Aaron Johnson 1850; 1 page
familysearch.org: family tree 2 pages
findagrave.com: 3 pages

SPOUSES:
#2. Melinda Ann Cummings md 6 Mar 1857 in Salt Lake City, Utah (div bef July 1864)
#3. Catherine Elnors Anderson md 25 May 1879 in Meadow Creek, Utah

BURIAL: Kanosh Cemetery, Kanosh, Millard, Utah, USA

NOTE: James Andrew Ross was known as Andrew Ross

Sources
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