Alexander Love Ross

Mecklenburg County, NC - Alexander Love Ross Family Bible

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Bibles: Alexander Love Ross, 1816: Mecklenburg County, NC

NOTE: Christopher Elms and his brother and father found three old bibles in his deceased grandmother's attic. Unfortunately, the heat nearly destroyed the bibles, but the family record pages were legible. Although the title page was missing, Chris found a date of 1814 on the New Testament title page.

Alexander Love Ross, son of Major Frances Ross and Rachel Hill Ross, died in Mecklenburg County, NC in 1823. Col. Thomas J. Grier was named guardian of the minor children, and two of Thomas' children married children of A.L. Ross. John Harris Grier married Margaret Paulina Ross, and Robert A. Ross married Mary Jane Grier.

The bible passed to the Elms family through granddaughter, Melvina Grier Blankenship Elms, wife of James A. Elms. Emma Garrison Elms, daughter-in-law of Melvina and James Elms, added her children to empty spaces on the family pages.

Digital images available on request via e-mail jsm45@bellsouth.net.

Alexander Love Ross Bible, Published 1816

SURNAMES INCLUDED: ROSS, GRIER, ELMS, HARRIS, STRONG, NEEL, GARRISON, HARRISON, HILL, and TAYLOR

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BIRTHS

James ROSS was born 23 December 1773 WW ROSS was born 21 Sep 1777 AL ROSS was born October 4th 1775 Rachel HILL, wife of AL ROSS, was born Jan. 22, 1779 AL ROSS was ___________[?] Frank HARRIS ELMS was born May 14, 1896 William Albert ELMS was born April 31, 1895

DEATHS

Francis ROSS died March the 27th 1779 Rachel his wife died April the 26th 1790 Rachel ROSS wife of AL ROSS died 17 July 1821 AL ROSS Died August the 16 1823 William James ROSS - son of AL ROSS Died October the 8 - 1823 Janie [too faint to read]

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BIRTHS

Malvina Desdemona HARRIS was born the 2nd day of January 1823 John Alexander HARRIS was born the 27th day of August 1830 Rachel Eleanor HARRIS was born July 27th 1832 [something illegible in old style writing] Janie Melvina ELMS was born May 8 1903 Ella Gertrude ELMS was born October the 16th 1889 Mamie Loriene ELMS was born May the 22 1891 Livy GRIER ELMS was borm March the 10, 1893 William Albert ELMS was born Jan 31st 1895

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MARRIAGES

AL ROSS & Rachel was married December the 23--------1800 John M. HARRIS & Evelina E. ROSS were married the 19th day of April 1825 William Jas. STRONG & Elisabeth ROSS were married the 20th of March 1827 Samuel NEEL & Louisa ROSS were married the 6th of May 1830 Robt. A. ROSS & Deborah C. Taylor were married the 9th of Nov 1843 Robert A ROSS & Mary J GRIER were married Nov 8 1848 [Top of right column missing] William Albert ELMS and Emma Louise GARRISON was married January the 11th 1888 Burr John HARRISON and Isoletta Deviere GARRISON was married March the 17th 1887

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DEATHS

James ROSS died Oct the 19th 1802 WW ROSS died August the 5th 1808 Deborah C. ROSS wife of R.A. ROSS died October 12th 1846 Jane Hill ROSS died Feby 12th 1877 Aged 73 years Robert A ROSS died Jany 24th 1863 aged 41 years 6 months & 12 days Melvina Desdemona HARRIS Daughter of JM & EE HARRIS died January the 10 - 1833 [in pencil and smudged] Janie _____________ ELMS Janie Melvina ELMS died April 24, 1904 Age 1 year 11 months

END OF BIBLE RECORDS

Obituary of Alexander Love Ross: FROM "WESTERN CAROLINIAN" OF SEPT. 2, 1823: DIED In the prime of his life, at his seat on the Catawba River, Mecklenburg Co., NC. Capt. Alexander Ross,--eminent for his honesty, integrity, and firm patriotic principals. He was the last son of the Revolutionary hero, Maj. Francis Ross, of S. C. who fell in the struggle for the independence of his country. Capt. Ross left a numerous family of children, and respectable connections, who will long lament their irreparable loss.

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Name: Alexander Love Ross Given Name: Alexander Love Surname: Ross Sex: M

Note:

   North Carolina : The Old North State and the new, vol.V, pg 377, Robert Alexander Ross

Mecklenburg County, NC - Alexander Love Ross Family Bible

   Bibles: Alexander Love Ross, 1816: Mecklenburg County, NC

   http://files.usgwarchives.org/nc/mecklenburg/bibles/ross02.txt

Birth: _PRIM: Y 4 OCT 1775 Death: _PRIM: Y 16 AUG 1823 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Father: Francis Ross b: in York, South Carolina Mother: Rachael Love

Marriage 1 Rachael Hill b: 22 JAN 1779

Children

   Has No Children William James Ross b: 6 JUL 1815 in North Carolina

   Has Children Robert Alexander Ross b: 12 JUL 1821 in North Carolina

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Marriage 1 Rachel Hill b: 22 Jan 1779

   Married: 23 Dec 1800 5 6

Children

   Has Children Evalina Eleanor Ross b: 9 Dec 1801

   Has No Children Jane Hill Ross b: 28 Mar 1804

   Has No Children Elizabeth Ross b: 19 Jun 1806

   Has No Children Francis Madison Ross b: 19 Jun 1806

   Has No Children Louisa Ross b: 8 May 1809

   Has Children Margaret Paulina Ross b: 30 Mar 1813

   Has No Children William J. Ross b: 6 Jul 1815

   Has Children Robert Alexander Ross b: 12 Jul 1821 in Steel Creek, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina