He was killed in a logging accident when his horse became scared and kicked timber on top of him.
Sources
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPN5-KML : accessed 28 February 2023), Ira Ross in household of John J Ross, Elk, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 77, sheet 9B, family 153, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1685; FHL microfilm 1,375,698.
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMP5-1ZZ : 10 March 2018), Ira Ross, 25 Jan 1954; citing Coco, Kanawha, West Virginia, County Records, v R p 60, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 460,376.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Arie by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Arie: