Shapley Ross Jr.
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Shapley Prince Ross Jr. (1811 - 1889)

Capt Shapley Prince Ross Jr.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentuckymap
Ancestors ancestors
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Husband of — married 4 Nov 1830 in St. Charles, St. Charles County, Missourimap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 78 in Waco, McLennan County, Texasmap
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Biography

Burial of Capt. Ross. Special to the Statesman.

Waco, September 18. – The remains of Capt. Shapley P. Ross were buried this afternoon in Oakwood cemetery with Masonic honors. The funeral procession was fully two miles long and the street was lined with citizens, who stood with hats off to watch the line of carriages. Gov. Ross, son of the deceased, Senator Coke and Gen. Thomas Harrison and a large number of prominent veterans were present. Every business house in the city, including drug stores and saloons were closed in the evening as a mark of respect to the dead. (David Gode: #9925751)[1]

Ordained preacher of the gospel, Davis Bainbridge, married Shapely Ross & Catherine Fulkerson on the 4th of November 1830 in Saint Charles, Missouri filing the licenses on the 14th of January 1831.

Census data:

1830: Harrison, Lincoln County, Missouri Shapley Ross aged 19 years old living with is widowed mother Mary Prince Ross. 1 Male between the ages 15 and 20 years. 1 Female between the ages 60 and 70 years. And 12 slaves.


4 Nov 1830: Ordained preacher of the gospel, Davis Bainbridge, married Shapley Ross & Catherine Fulkerson on the 4th of November 1830 in Saint Charles, Missouri filing the licenses on the 14th of January 1831.


1840:

1850: Milam & Williamson District, Milam County, Texas (Hotel) Shapley P Ross (39, KY) Head – Hotel Keeper Catharine (38, VA) Wife Mary R (18, MS) Daughter Margaret B (16, MS) Daughter Peter F (13, IO) Son Sullivan (12, IO) Son Ann (8, TX) Daughter James M (6, TX) Son Robert S (2, TX) Son

1860: Waco, McLennan County, Texas: S. P. Ross (50, KY) Head – Farmer C. H. (48, VA) Wife P. F. (23, IO) male – Capt. States Service L. S. (21, IO) male – Capt. States Service Amsis (17, TX) female Robert S. (12, TX) male – in school Katie (8, TX) female – in school William (6, TX) male Lizzie (12, TX) female (Indian) Parblo (14, Mexico) male, mix Domingo (35, Mexico) female, mix

1870:

1880: Waco, McLennan County, Texas S. P. Ross (70, KY) Head C. H. (67, VA) Wife (Living next door to widowed son Peter F. Ross and his daughter Mary J. and son S. P.)[2]

Built the first house in Waco, Tx. He was a hotel operator, postmaster, Indian Agent, and cattle drover leaving his mark on Texas history.[3]

A member of Capt. John C. (Jack) Hays's rangers in 1842 and a member of the Snively expedition in 1843.[4]

Captain Shapley P. Ross was born on the old Ross farm in Jefferson county, Kentucky, six miles from Louisville, January 18, 1811, son of Shapley and Mary (Prince) Ross, natives of Virginia. His father was a son of Lawrence and Susan (Oldham) Ross, the former a native of Scotland. Lawrence ross came to this country with his father when a boy, and while attending school in Virginia, was shot through the shoulder and taken prisoner by the Indians. He remained with the Indians until he was twenty-three years old, when he was given up by them at the first treaty of Limestone. He and his wife both lived to an advance age, his death occurring in Jefferson county, Kentucky, in 1817, at the age of ninety-eight, and his wife's two years later. Captain Ross' father was a Kentucky planter, and, like his father before him, a large slaveholder. He moved to Lincoln county, Missouri, in 1817, and died in 1823, at the age of sixty-five. The Captain's mother was a member of a distinguished Virginia family, and a woman of many estimable qualities. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. Her death occurred in Iowa, at the home of her son, the subject of our sketch, in 1837. To this worthy couple, Shapley and Mary Ross, were born five sons and three daughters, namely: William O., Lawrence, Mervin, Presley, Nevill and Shapley, Susan, Caroline, and Elizabeth.[5]

Sources

  1. The Austin Weekly Statesman, 19 September 1889
  2. Donzas
  3. Ky. D: Waco, Tx.
  4. TSHA [1]
  5. US Biographies [2]
  • "United States Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848", database with images, FamilySearch ([3] : 13 March 2018), Shapley P Ross, 1846.
  • "United States Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848", database with images, FamilySearch ([4] : 13 March 2018), Shapley P Ross, 1848.
  • "United States Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848", database with images, FamilySearch ([5] : 13 March 2018), Shapley P Ross, 1848.
  • "United States Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848", database with images, FamilySearch ([6] : 13 March 2018), S P Or Shapley P Ross, 1846-1848.
  • "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch ([7] : 12 April 2016), Shupley P Ross, Milam county, Milam, Texas, United States; citing family 318, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  • "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch ([8] : 12 December 2017), S P Ross, 1860.
  • "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch ([9] : 12 April 2016), Charles P Ross, Texas, United States; citing p. 75, family 516, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,097.
  • "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch ([10] : 15 July 2017), S P Ross, Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 103, sheet 45D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1318; FHL microfilm 1,255,318.
  • Find A Grave Memorial# 9925751 [11]
  • Lawrence Sullivan Ross on Wikipedia
  • Official Genealogy for the Family of Frank & Jesse James

Acknowledgements

  • This person was created on 05 December 2010 through the import of My Family File 8.ged.




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Ross-9607 and Ross-373 appear to represent the same person because: same birth, parents, spouse, child, death
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This profile is a duplicate of Ross-373 and should be merged. Parents need to be merged first.
This profile needs to be merged with Ross-9607, but parents should be merged first. Duplicate profile.

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