James Brantley Ross (1917 - 1998)

Born 25 Oct 1917 in Gould, Harmon, Oklahoma, United States

Ancestors

Died 28 Feb 1998 at age 80 in Valley Springs, Calaveras, California, United States

Biography

The son of Albert Ross and Mary (Enyart) Ross, James Ross was born in Gould Township, Oklahoma^{[citation needed]} in 1917, residing there with his family.^[1] By 1930, they lived in Arizona, residing in Palo Verde.^[2] James' mother passed away in 1934; in 1940, James lived with his father and his two brothers, near Tempe, Arizona.^[3]

James Ross registered for the World War II draft when he was 22, registering in Mesa, Arizona on October 16, 1940.^[4] He listed his address as Box 472 in Tempe, Arizona and that he was employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps at Camp F-41-A in Safford, Arizona. He was described as 5'9" tall and 145 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes. He enlisted in the United States Navy on September 22, 1943 and was discharged on April 17, 1946.^[5]

After the war, James Ross married Alice Luella Flom (1911-2002), the daughter of Johannes Larsen Flom and Inga Andrina Kolstad, marrying in Cannon Falls, Minnesota on August 16, 1951.^{[citation needed]} They made their home in Hesperia, California and in Valley Springs, California, where he passed away at the age of 80.^[6] He is buried at Urley Cemetery in Sogn, Minnesota.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ9Z-BN7 : 3 February 2021), J Brantley Ross in entry for A M Ross, 1920.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH13-ST5 : accessed 11 January 2023), James B Ross in household of Albert M Ross, Palo Verde, Maricopa, Arizona, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 112, sheet 1B, line 62, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 60; FHL microfilm 2,339,795.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch[1]accessed 11 January 2023), Arizona > Maricopa > Supervisorial District 1 > 7-87 Supervisorial District 1 outside Tempe City bounded by (N) supervisorial district line, Salt River; (E) Tempe City Limits, Southern Pacific Railroad (West Chandler Branch); (S) Base Line Rd; (W) Bartlet Rd, W 8th; also Home for Mexican Children, unnamed island > image 10 of 23; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
4. ↑ National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Arizona, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 108; Order No. 1224; Serial No. 3248. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Ancestry Record 2238 #6742365 with attached Image
5. ↑ Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.[2]
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3KP-FNB : 11 January 2021), James B Ross, 28 Feb 1998; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #94292316