The information noted below was compiled by Randi Richardson. According to information found online at Wikipedia, Ross Franklin Lockridge, Jr. was born April 25, 1914, in Bloomington, Indiana. On March 6, 1948, suffering from severe depression, he committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. This was shortly before the publication of his widely praised novel, RAINTREE COUNTY. Whether or not Ross was born in Monroe County, as noted at Wikipedia, seems rather questionable based upon his residency in Ft. Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, in 1920. He was enumerated there at the age of five with his parents, Ross F. and Elsie Lockridge, and his siblings: Shockley, age 15; and Lillian, age 10. The elder Ross worked as a welfare director at a knitting mill. In 1930, 15-year-old Ross Lockridge, Jr., along with his sister, 21-year-old Lillian, was enumerated in the household of his parents, Ross and Elsie Lockridge, ages 52 and 50, respectively, on High Street, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. The elder Ross Lockridge, a native of Indiana, was reportedly a representative for a book company and owned his home valued at $15,000. The following obits for Lockridge family members were noted in the Monroe County Obituary Index compiled by the Monroe County Public Library in Bloomington, Indiana. Elsie (Shockley) Lockridge, age 81, Bloomington Herald Telephone, March 23 & 24, 1961 Lillian Louise Lockridge, age 52, Bloomington Herald Telephone, May 12, 1961 Ross F. Lockridge, age 74, Bloomington Herald Telephone, January 14 & 15, 1952 Ross F. Lockridge, Jr., age 33, Bloomington World-Telephone, March 8 & 9, 1948