SANDY and STACY and all. Thanks for the civil war info and yes, this would be a good file to order for additional family info. I am going to send what I have here , as this is my cousins family and I really feel I shouldn't be in here, but, to get things straight. But, no documents on some info. Hope it helps. marie, iowa I believe his sister Elizabeth Ross born ca 1841 Pa married WM MARTIN and their kids = SAMUEL born ca 1862 HANNAH born ca 1863 1850 MAHASKA CO, IA FRANCIS ROSS 38 PA, PAGE 163 MARGARET 29 PA GEORGE M. 19 PA CATHERINE J. 17 PA MARGARET 15 PA THOMAS 13 PA JACOB 11 PA ELIZABETH 9 PA (ca 1841) ISAIAH 4 PA WM 2 IA MARGARET 1 IA 1860 DECATUR CO, IA, Francis Ross Long Creek, Decatur, IA 49 1810 Pennsylvania Male Margaret Ross Long Creek, Decatur, IA 48 1811 Pennsylvania Female Jacob Ross Long Creek, Decatur, IA 18 1841 Pennsylvania Male Isaiah Ross Long Creek, Decatur, IA 16 1843 Pennsylvania Male 1860 DEC CO, IA, DEC TWN WM MARTIN 23 IN, (ca1837) MARRIED WITHIN THE YEAR (he died ca 1863) ELIZABETH 17 IA (ca 1843) no kids = WM MARTIN died about 1863 and she remarried WM BLUNT 1870 DEC CO, IA, LONG CREEK THOMAS ROSS 59 PA (is this Francis Thomas?) MARGARET 50/60 PA ISAH 24M PA SAMUEL MARTIN 10 IA (is this a duplicate or other grand kids? HANNAH J. MARTIN 8 IA === 1870 DEC CO, IA, DEC TWN, PAGE 252 WM BLUNT 19 IN (he died 1878) ELIZABETH 23 PA JANE MARTIN 7 IA (ca1863) SAMUEL MARTIN 8 IA 1880 Census Place: Long Creek, Decatur, Iowa Source: FHL Film 1254336 National Archives Film T9-0336 Page 181C Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Darwin COOK Self M M W 42 NY Occ: Farmer Fa: --- Mo: --- Elizabeth COOK Wife F M W 34 PA (ca 1846) Occ: Keeping House Fa: PA Mo: --- (when she died in 1923 she had a dau JANE SMITH) Samuel MARTIN SSon M S W 19 IA (ca 1861) Occ: Farmer Fa: IN Mo: PA Iaac BLUNT SSon M S W 8 IA Fa: IL Mo: PA Robert F. BLUNT SSon M S W 6 IA Fa: IL Mo: PA James M. BLUNT SSon M S W 4 IA Fa: IL Mo: PA ============== 1880 Census Place: Richland, Decatur, Iowa Source: FHL Film 1254336 National Archives Film T9-0336 Page 350A Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Perry GREEN Self M M W 24 IA (he died ca 1921) Occ: Farmer Fa: KY Mo: IN Jane GREEN Wife F M W 17 IA (she married bef 1923 to G.W.Smith, but buried as a Green?msh) Fa: --- Mo: --- D. M. GREEN Dau F S W 1 IA Fa: IA Mo: IA ==== 1880 Francis ROSS Long Creek, Decatur, IA <1813> Pennsylvania Self ,WD, both parents PA next John BLUNT Self M Male W 24 IN Farmer IN OH Martha A. BLUNT Wife M Female W 19 IA Keeping House IN IN John R. BLUNT Son S Male W 5M IA IN IA James BLUNT Brother S Male W 20 MO Laborer IN OH = -----Original Message----- From: Sandy Wunder [mailto:swunder@bresnan.net] Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 11:18 AM To: IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [IADECATU] ROSS 1850 Hi again Stacy & all, Thomas and Margaret ROSS are in Mahaska Co., Iowa in 1850. The guess about the name Isaiah was correct--he's 4. If the supposition is correct that they may be the grandparents of Hannah Jane Ross you are seeking, the one of their sons was probably her father--perhaps killed in or he died as a result of injuries in the Civil War? The sons in the household in 1850 are: George W. age 19, Thomas 13 and Jacob 11. Any of these would have been old enough to father a child by 1862 or so. In the Civil War Pension collection on Ancestry.com there is a pension file claim against the service of a Thomas Ross Jr. by father Thomas Ross Sr., guardian. The younger Thomas served in the 29th Iowa Infantry, Company G. The pension was filed for on May 1, 1882. Of course you can get that file to get the details of the children's ages, marriage date, wife's name, etc. Looks pretty likely that the Thomas Jr. is probably the father of your Hannah Jane. For what it's all worth! Sandy ==== IADECATU Mailing List ==== Stacey Dietiker, Momdit@aol.com: Decatur County List Administrator, Website Coordinator, Decatur County IA Genweb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx