Hi Everybody, Because I have spent about the last five years writing the book, Silent WIndmills: Ancestry of Neva Viola Ross, it has been some time since being on the Ross list. As well, most E-Mail addresses of Ross cousins out their have changed and/or I have lost them. But I wanted to let people I promised know that the book is now finished. It can be reviewed at www.sherman.ws. Following is the (basic) Ross line shown in the book. Although this is a skeleton of my direct line, tons of Ross family information is included (see examples below) in the book including Penturf, Payton, and many other surnames. For the record, I do believe that Priscilla Estes was probably daughter of Richard Estes, but do give an alternative possibility. Substantial copies of documentation are included in the book. My Ross line: 1 JAMES ROSS, Sr. Sr. b: Abt 1793 KY d: September 20, 1859 in Woodson County, KS +NANCY MILLER b: Madison County, KY m: May 15, 1814 in Estill Co, KY. She died after 1859 in Wichita, Wilson County, KS. (Daugther of PRISCILLA ESTES and JACOB MILLER) 2 JAMES ROSS, Jr. b: April 07, 1824 Buchanan County, MO d: July 27, 1909 in Latah County, ID. +1)RACHEL E. JONES b: ca 1818-1820 d: in 1860 Wilson County, KS. (Daughter of ANDERSON JONES (Son of NC WILLIAM JONES and MARY ______) and POLLY HAMBRIGHT). 3 GEORGE WASHINGTON ROSS b Dec 23, 1859 Wilson County, KS d: May 14, 1945 in Colfax, WA. Buried in Latah COunty, ID +AGNES ELIZABETH LYND (Charles, Samuel, John) b: Jan 27,1872 WA County, KS m: Aug 29, 1886 in Potlatch, Nez Perce County, ID divorced September 6, 1899 d August 10, 1939 in Nez Pierce County, ID. (Daughter of CHARLES AUGUSTUS LYND and HELENA GROVER LYND TAYLOR) 4 GEORGE RILEY ROSS b: July 20, 1887 ID d: November 01, 1918 in Judith Gap, MT LOTTIE VIOLA SMITH, b: Sept. 9, 1884 Clay Center, Clay County, NE m: Dec 23, 1909 in Bovil, ID d: Dec 13, 1950 in Arlington, Snohomish County, WA (Daughter of FRANCIS MARION SMITH and ELIZA OLIVE SUMNER) The book, Silent Windmills: Ancestry of Neva Viola Ross, Includes; * Nehemiah Ross. See proof of his marriage, his orphans Ellen Ross Fisher and Licena Jane Ross Hedrick, and how Benjamin Dodson fought for the orphans' pension from Nehemiah's Civil War service. (He also had a son Newton Jasper Ross) who died young. More importantly, see the proof that he was not a deserter. * Jacob Ross. His four marriages and many children by different wives are shown. * The murder of well known Kansas settler and hunter John Ross. Sources include IA, KS, MO, and ID census reports, James Ross Sr.'s 1859 estate, Wilson County, KS marriages, other estates, historical accounts, property deeds, legal papers such as lawsuits, military files, and more. Many of these actual documents are included in the Appendix. If you have any questions please contact me at MALUTZ@AOL.COM or visit my website. Margaret "Marge" Sherman Lutzvick www.sherman.ws