Thomas Henry ROSS & Nancy TRENTON

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Thomas Henry ROSS
Nancy TRENTON

Husband: Thomas Henry ROSS
Birth: 11 Nov 1801, probably MD, possibly VA
Death: 11 Jul 1890, Pesotum, Champaign Co., IL
Disposition: buried Nelson Cemetery, Pesotum, Champaign Co., IL

Marriage:

Wife: Nancy TRENTON
Birth: 15 Apr 1803, probably MD, possibly VA
Death: 20 Jan 1894, Pesotum, Champaign Co., IL
Disposition: buried Nelson Cemetery, Pesotum, Champaign Co., IL

Children:

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. David P. ROSS, b. 1830/1 or 1833/4 or 28 Aug 1829, MD or VA

— born in MD:
. Rachael ROSS, b. 1832/3; m. 1 Dec 1859, Edgar Co., IL, Bernhard/Bernhardt WORTH (1836/7-) of Baden, DEU

— born in VA:
. Sarah F. ROSS, b. 1835/6 -37
. Mary E. ROSS, b. 1838/9

— born in Urbana Twp., Champaign Co., OH:
. Nancy Margaret ROSS, b. 1841/2 or 1843/4
. Thomas Jefferson ROSS, b. 5 Feb 1843; d. 18 Jul 1925, Pesotum, Champaign Co., IL
. Francis M. [probably Marion] ROSS, b. 1846/7; d. by 1860

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; FRG, Germany, Deutschland; USA, US, United States, Illinois, Maryland, Virginia

Sources:

1a. Marriage Index: Maryland, 1655-1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-224): not found.

1b. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Virginia Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229): not found.

1c. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 (online at the Illinois State Archives web site):

WORTH, BERNHARD/BARHART (SEE WERTH) ROSS, RACHEL 1859-12-01 Vol. B, p. 32 Edgar Co.

. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #X; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 - - Co. - Twp. Roll - pp. - Ln. - - - - - -

These data indicate:

. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #80 of 88): Urbana Twp., Dist. No. 17, Champaign Co., OH, Roll M432_665, p. 427B, 190/192, enumerated 19 Aug 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Thomas Ross 47 M Farmer MD

Nancy     " 48 F "

Dan al?/id? " 19 M Laborer "

Rachael     " 17 F "

Sarah       " 14 F Va

Mary E      " 11 F "

Nancy M     " 8 F Ohio

Thomas J    " 6 M "

Franc?s M   " 3 M "

There is an Isaac ROSS (æ 21, b. Va) in the next household, apparently living with the family there as hired help (i.e., he's possibly our subject's son, though the birthplace says no).

. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #33-34 of 49 — indexed "Rop"): Paris P.O., Stratton Twp., Edgar Co., IL, Roll M653_176, pp. 562-563, PN 187-188, 1352/1304, enumerated 4 Aug 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Thomas H Ross 57 M Farmer 925 Va

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Nancy Ross 58 F Va

Margaret " 16 F Domestic O

Thomas " 15 M Farm Laborer Do

Bruce Troup 4 M Ill

Barnheart Worth 23 M Farmer Baden Germany

Rachel " 25 F Md

Rachel is fibbing about her age.

. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 24): Pesotum P.O., Pesotum Twp., Champaign Co., IL, Roll M593_193, p. 201B, PN 2, enumerated 2 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1870: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 17 19

10 10 Ross Thomas H 72 M W Farmer 11500 1670 Virginia / / /

____ Nancy 66 F W Keeping House Maryland / / /

____ Thomas 24 M W At Home 400 Ohio /

____ Rachael 28 F W At Home Ohio

It looks like Rachael either got divorced or widowed, and now she is really fibbing about her age.

. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #11 of 21): Pesotum, Champaign Co., IL, Roll 179, p. 213B, PN 11, SD 5, ED 17, enumerated 16 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 13 24 25 26

90 7 Ross T H W M 80 / Farmer MD VA VA

____ Nancy W F 81 Wife / Keeping house VA VA VA

Listed next to married son, T.J. ROSS (æ 36, b. OH).

. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

. Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947 (online at FamilySearch.org):

Name: - - - - Thomas J. Ross

Death Date: - - - - 18 Jul 1925

Death Place: - - - - Pesotum, Champaign, Illinois

Gender | Age: - - - - Male | 82

Birth Date: - - - - 05 Feb 1843

Birthplace: - - - - Ohio

Father: - - - - Thomas H. Ross

Father's Birthplace: - - - - Maryland

Mother: - - - - Mary Trenton

Mother's Birthplace: - - - - Maryland

Occupation: - - - - Retired Farmer

Burial Date: - - - - 20 Jul 1925

Vol | Pg | Certificate: - - - - 24748

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. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

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