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P.R. Ross

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  P.R. Ross

    P.R. married R.E. Hill [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. J. Hill
    2. J. Hill
    3. L. Hill

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  L.K. Ross

    L.K. married D.M. Shepard [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  D.M. Shepard
    Children:
    1. 1. P.R. Ross
    2. L.K. Ross, Jr


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James Arthur Ross was born 1 Mar 1915, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA (son of Frank Ross and Rebecca Jane Green); died 13 Jul 1987, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 16 Jul 1987, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Paternal DNA: Haplogroup R1b1b2a1a1: Northern Europe
    • Reference Number: 439

    James married Barbara Anderson 27 May 1932, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Barbara (daughter of Ernest Eugene Anderson and Roberta Whitted) was born 20 Sep 1916, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 30 Sep 2010, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Barbara Anderson was born 20 Sep 1916, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA (daughter of Ernest Eugene Anderson and Roberta Whitted); died 30 Sep 2010, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Maternal DNA: Haplogroup L3d1c -> North & East Africa
    • Reference Number: 440
    • Residence: 1930, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 13Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter

    Children:
    1. Donald Leroy Ross was born 25 Jul 1932, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 3 Jul 2009, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA.
    2. James Warren Ross was born 29 Jun 1939, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 11 Jul 2020, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA.
    3. 2. L.K. Ross
    4. Lester Ross was born 8 May 1946, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 3 Mar 1991, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    5. S. Ross

  3. 6.  James Otto Shepard, Sr.James Otto Shepard, Sr. was born 28 Nov 1915, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA (son of George Franklin Shepard and Anna Marie Batton); died 20 Jul 2004, Houston, Texas, USA; was buried 24 Jul 2004, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Paternal DNA: I1-P109 -> Scandinavian - Viking origin
    • Reference Number: 176
    • Residence: 1920, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1930, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • _MILT: 27 Nov 1942, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA
    • _MILT: 7 Dec 1942
    • other: 25 Nov 1945

    James married Cynthia H. Norton, PhD 2 Nov 1946, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Cynthia (daughter of George W. Norton and Flossie Phillips) was born 19 Nov 1928, Burnett, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died Living. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Cynthia H. Norton, PhDCynthia H. Norton, PhD was born 19 Nov 1928, Burnett, Vigo, Indiana, USA (daughter of George W. Norton and Flossie Phillips); died Living.

    Other Events:

    • Maternal DNA: L1c2b1 -> West Africa
    • Political Party: Republican
    • Reference Number: 175
    • Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • _DEG: 1968, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Indiana State University-Bachelors in Political Science
    • _DEG: 1972, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; University of Massachusetts, Doctorate in Education
    • Residence: Between 1974 and 1976, Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
    • Tenure: Between 1986 and 1989, Sierra Leone; U. S. Ambassador - Appointed by Ronald Reagan - POTUS
    • Residence: Between 1986 and 1989, Freetown, Western Area, Sierra Leone; West Africa
    • Tenure: Between 1989 and 1993, Burundi; U. S. Ambassador - Appointed by George Bush - POTUS
    • Residence: Between 1989 and 1993, Burundi; East Africa
    • Tenure: Between 2004 and 2008, Tunis, Tunisia; United States Executive Director of the African Development Bank
    • Residence: Between 2004 and 2008, Tunis, Tunisia

    Notes:

    Cynthia Shepard Perry
    Ambassadorial Posts
    Sierra Leone, 1986 - 1989
    Burundi, 1989 - 1993

    Cynthia Perry was most recently the United States Executive Director of the African Development Bank. A native of Indiana, Dr. Perry was the US Ambassador to Sierra Leone from 1986-1989 and to Burundi from 1989-1993.

    Her career began in 1957 with the Nichols Investment Corporation. Dr. Perry later joined the IBM Corporation as an educational representative in the Office Products Division. From 1968-1971, she was the Director of the National Teachers Corps at the University of Massachusetts, where she received her Doctorate in International Education in 1972. Joining the faculty of Texas Southern University in 1971, she was an Associate Professor and Associate Director of Teacher Corps/Peace Corps and then became a full Professor and Dean of International Affairs from 1978-1982.

    Her first assignment to Africa was at the University of Nairobi in 1968 through Operation Crossroads Africa. From 1971-1973, Mrs. Perry and her husband, Dr. James O. Perry, trained a group of Peace Corps volunteers in Sierra Leone. In 1974, she led a special educational delegation to Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria and Liberia. She lived in Kenya from 1974-1976, trained Peace Corps paramedical volunteers, lectured at the University of Nairobi and was a consultant to the US Information Service in Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia. In 1976, she was appointed Staff Development Officer at the UN Economic Commission for Africa. From 1982 until her appointment, Mrs. Perry was Chief of the Education and Human Resources Division in the Africa Bureau of the US Agency for International Development.

    Children:
    1. 3. D.M. Shepard
    2. M.K. Shepherd
    3. J.O. Shepard, Jr
    4. M.G.S. Shepard, PhD


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Frank Ross was born 3 Dec 1871, Indiana, USA (son of Byron Ross and Emmazilla "Emma" Walden); died 9 Jun 1942, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 9 Jun 1942, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Maternal DNA: Haplogroup L1b1a7: West Africa
    • Paternal DNA: Haplogroup R1b1b2a1a1: Northern Europe
    • Race: Colored
    • Reference Number: 154
    • Residence: 1880, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1920, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Notes:

    Died:
    Age: 70

    Frank married Rebecca Jane Green 15 Nov 1891, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Rebecca (daughter of Edward Green and Mary Jane Stewart) was born 23 Feb 1874, Indiana, USA; died 14 Mar 1968, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 14 Mar 1968, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Rebecca Jane Green was born 23 Feb 1874, Indiana, USA (daughter of Edward Green and Mary Jane Stewart); died 14 Mar 1968, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 14 Mar 1968, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Negro
    • Reference Number: 1577
    • Residence: 1910, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1920, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Notes:

    Died:
    Age: 94

    Children:
    1. Troy Oberlin Ross was born 5 Oct 1889, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 10 Jun 1954, South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA.
    2. Clyde F. Ross was born 13 Feb 1894, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 21 Jan 1983, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 25 Jan 1983, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    3. Marguerite Ross was born 27 Feb 1896, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 19 Feb 1991, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 23 Feb 1991, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    4. Carl Ross was born 26 Apr 1898, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 19 Sep 1961, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    5. Bert Victor Ross was born 14 Dec 1902, Indiana, USA; died 23 Jun 1987, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 27 Jun 1987, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    6. Bertha Vivian Ross was born 14 Dec 1902, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 14 Aug 1930, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 14 Aug 1930, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    7. Nora Waneita Ross was born 13 Oct 1905, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 18 May 1990, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 24 May 1990, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    8. Beulah Mae Ross was born 17 Nov 1907, Nevins, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 18 May 2001, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    9. Cecil Fayetta Ross was born 14 Jul 1908, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 1990, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 12 May 1990, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    10. 4. James Arthur Ross was born 1 Mar 1915, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 13 Jul 1987, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 16 Jul 1987, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    11. Glen Leon Ross was born 13 Sep 1918, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 9 Feb 2018, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 15 Feb 2018, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

  3. 10.  Ernest Eugene Anderson was born 2 Jun 1892, Vigo, Indiana, USA (son of Thomas Jordan Anderson and Dovetta Stewart); died 2 Feb 1991, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Paternal DNA: Haplogroup E-U290 -> North and East Africa
    • Reference Number: 162
    • Residence: 1930, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 35Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

    Ernest married Roberta Whitted 5 Jul 1913, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Roberta (daughter of James Whitted and Grace Anderson) was born 18 Sep 1895, Illinois, USA; died 1994, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Roberta Whitted was born 18 Sep 1895, Illinois, USA (daughter of James Whitted and Grace Anderson); died 1994, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Maternal DNA: Haplogroup L3d1c -> North & East Africa
    • Reference Number: 163
    • Residence: 1900, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 3Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
    • Residence: 1930, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 33Age: 35; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

    Children:
    1. Clementina "Tina" Anderson was born 15 Jun 1914, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 26 Feb 1995, Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried 4 Mar 1995, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    2. 5. Barbara Anderson was born 20 Sep 1916, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 30 Sep 2010, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    3. Clara Aranell Anderson was born 17 Oct 1920, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 24 Jul 2008, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    4. Revella Anderson was born 27 Mar 1922, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 8 Apr 1967, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    5. Ernest Eugene Anderson, Jr. was born 17 Aug 1923, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 1 Aug 2010, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Grandview Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    6. Harold James Anderson was born 3 Jun 1935, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 17 Dec 2016, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; was buried 28 Dec 2016, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA.
    7. Beatrice La Verne Anderson was born 22 Dec 1924, Indiana, USA; died 6 Mar 2011, Anaheim, Orange, California, USA.
    8. Erneita Anderson was born 17 Aug 1923, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 12 Apr 2009, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

  5. 12.  George Franklin ShepardGeorge Franklin Shepard was born 3 Nov 1877, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA (son of Thomas Franklin Shepard and Elizabeth Bass); died 29 May 1952, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Maternal DNA: U5a1b1: found in most of Europe and in Kyrgyzstan
    • Paternal DNA: I1 -> Northern Europe and Scotland
    • Reference Number: 1
    • Residence: 1900, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1920, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1930, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    George married Anna Marie Batton 6 Feb 1902, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Anna (daughter of Joseph Batton and Rebecca Jane Pettiford) was born 16 Jul 1881, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 31 Jan 1975, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 3 Feb 1975, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Anna Marie BattonAnna Marie Batton was born 16 Jul 1881, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA (daughter of Joseph Batton and Rebecca Jane Pettiford); died 31 Jan 1975, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 3 Feb 1975, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Mulatto
    • SSN issued: Indiana, USA
    • Reference Number: 707
    • Social Security Number: 310-54-4104
    • Residence: 1900, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1920, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1930, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Notes:

    Died:
    Age: 93

    Children:
    1. Maynard Joseph Shepard was born 17 Jun 1904, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 23 Aug 1988, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 27 Aug 1988, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    2. Alonzo Shepard was born Abt 1926, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died Abt 1926, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 1926, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    3. Thomas Ulysses Shepard was born 14 Jun 1908, Indiana, USA; died 7 Jan 1987, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; was buried , Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA.
    4. Henrietta Shepard was born 14 Aug 1914, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 29 Apr 1970, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 4 May 1970, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    5. 6. James Otto Shepard, Sr. was born 28 Nov 1915, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 20 Jul 2004, Houston, Texas, USA; was buried 24 Jul 2004, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    6. Nola Jane Shepard was born 15 Jun 1918, Indiana, USA; died 23 Mar 2012, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; was buried 30 Mar 2012, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    7. George Ramsey Shepard was born 6 Aug 1920, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 13 Jan 1992, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 17 Jan 1992, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    8. Felix Cabell Shepard, Sr. was born 18 Dec 1921, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 14 Nov 1990, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    9. Reva R. Shepard was born 9 Apr 1924, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 18 May 1944, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 18 May 1944, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

  7. 14.  George W. Norton was born 2 Apr 1891, Vigo, Indiana, USA (son of Walker Norton and Lily M. Riley); died 28 Apr 1973, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 2 May 1973, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Paternal DNA: E-M4451 --> North Africa
    • Race: Negro
    • Reference Number: 131
    • Residence: 1910, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • _MILT: 24 Aug 1918; Age: 27
    • Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1942, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Notes:

    Died:
    Age: 82

    George married Flossie Phillips 26 Feb 1918, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Flossie (daughter of Lee Phillips and Hattie Hill) was born 16 Aug 1900, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 29 Sep 1973, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 3 Oct 1973, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Flossie Phillips was born 16 Aug 1900, Vigo, Indiana, USA (daughter of Lee Phillips and Hattie Hill); died 29 Sep 1973, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 3 Oct 1973, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Maternal DNA: L1c2b1 -> West Africa
    • Race: Negro
    • Reference Number: 132
    • Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Notes:

    Died:
    Age: 73

    Children:
    1. 7. Cynthia H. Norton, PhD was born 19 Nov 1928, Burnett, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died Living.
    2. Lillian Mae Norton was born 17 Dec 1918, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died Sep 1969, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 13 Sep 1969, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    3. Walter Norton was born 22 Jul 1920, Knox, Indiana, USA; died 26 Jul 1959, Tucson, Pima, Arizona, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    4. George Norton was born 14 May 1922, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 4 Aug 2002, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    5. James William Norton was born 25 Jul 1924, Burnett, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 1984, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA; was buried 14 Jul 1984, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    6. Madonna Norton was born 1931, Indiana, USA.
    7. Iona Delores Norton was born 7 May 1932, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 10 Jan 2012, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 14 Jan 2012, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    8. H. Norton
    9. Orville Rex Norton was born 12 May 1926, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 21 Jan 2016, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 27 Jan 2016, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.


  

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