Fannie Melissa Ross (1848 - 1922)

Born 7 Jul 1848 in Ohio

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas (Jauch) Yauch — married 1 Jun 1875 in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 29 Jan 1922 at age 73 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Fanny M. Ross was born in Ohio 7 Jul 1848, daughter of Stephen Decatur Ross and _____ King.^[1]

She might be the Melissa Ross, age 2, in the 1850 census with Stephen Ross and Jane, in Gallia, Ohio.^[2]

She's also Melissa in 1860 (same family, but mother is now Sarah J.), now in Ripley, Brown Co., Ohio.^[3] Enumerated with them this year is an Eliza King, also born Virginia (as is wife Sarah). The King surname aligns with the Fanny's mother's maiden name provided on her death record.

She might be the Fanny Ross, part of an Ohio-born family (exceptions: (step?) mother Sarah b Virginia) enumerated in Cattlesburg, Kentucky in 1870. Father is Stephen D. Ross, a cooper.^[4]

Fanny married Thomas Yauch in Lawrence Co., Ohio in 1875.^[5]

In 1880, they lived in Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio with two children.^[6]

Fanny had six births, but only two survived to adulthood.

Fanny died in 1922 at the age of 73 of bronchial pneumonia.^[1]

A Kentucky death records search at RootsWeb (formerly at vitals.rootsweb.com/ky/death/search.cgi ) shows:

Last Name - YAUCH

First Name - FANNIE

MI - M

Age - 073

Death Place - FAYETTE

Death Date - 01-29-1922

Volume - 002

Certificate - 00676

Death Volume - 1922

A previous profile at the Lexington [KY] Cemetery online database (http://lexcem.org ) had the following:

Name: Mrs Fannie Ross Yauch

City, State Lexington, Ky

Age at Death 73

Burial Date 1/31/1922

Disposition Number 22583

Funeral Director Milward

Internment Location

Section: G-1

Lot: 117

Part: S1/2-lot N

Grave: 2

Buried in the same plot is a 4-year-old Thomas Yauch, buried in 1891.

Obituary:^[7]

Mrs. Fannie Ross Yauch, 72, wife of Thomas Yauch, died at the home, 862 Manchester street, Saturday. This was the second death in the family in two weeks, her Daughter, Mrs. Lula Caywood, having died at the same home Jan. 15. Mrs. Yauch is survived by her husband, a son, Thomas S. Yauch, of Maderia, Cal., a granddaughter, Frances Yauch and four brothers, Stephen Ross, of San Diego, Cal., Walter Ross of Maderia, Cal., John Ross of San Francisco, Cal., and Harry Ross of Lexington, Neb. The funeral services will be held at the residence Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock, the Rev. D.C. Lilly officiating.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TF-V96D-J?cc=1417491 : 2 January 2019), > image 1 of 1; Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DY8S-TD1?cc=1401638&wc=95R3-TQH%3A1031310001%2C1033615101%2C1031680201 : 9 April 2016), Ohio > Gallia > Ohio > image 4 of 13; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBSZ-9FTW?cc=1473181&wc=7QSN-68Y%3A1589432777%2C1589423589%2C1589428615 : 24 March 2017), Ohio > Brown > Ripley > image 16 of 67; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6W93-RRB?cc=1438024&wc=KP7K-MNL%3A518657901%2C519019601%2C519034601 : 11 June 2019), Kentucky > Boyd > Catlettsburg > image 20 of 26; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5BH-9XJV?cc=1614804&wc=ZRLY-PTL%3A121345601%2C121899201 : 15 July 2014), Lawrence > Marriage records and index 1875-1881 vol 12 > image 50 of 345; county courthouses, Ohio.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBX-9QZW?cc=1417683&wc=X4P4-MNL%3A1589410656%2C1589412076%2C1589407459%2C1589395133 : 24 December 2015), Ohio > Scioto > Portsmouth > ED 171 > image 13 of 36; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111242593/fannie-malissa-yauch: accessed 15 August 2022), memorial page for Fannie Malissa Ross Yauch (7 Jul 1848–29 Jan 1922), Find a Grave Memorial ID 111242593, citing The Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Carolyn (contributor 48058433).