(The Austin Weekly Statesman, 19 September 1889)
Burial of Capt. Ross.
Special to the Statesman.
Waco, September 18. – The remains of Capt. Shapley P. Ross were buried this afternoon in Oakwood cemetery with Masonic honors. The funeral procession was fully two miles long and the street was lined with citizens, who stood with hats off to watch the line of carriages. Gov. Ross, son of the deceased, Senator Coke and Gen. Thomas Harrison and a large number of prominent veterans were present. Every business house in the city, including drug stores and saloons were closed in the evening as a mark of respect to the dead. (David Gode: #9925751)
Ordained preacher of the gospel, Davis Bainbridge, married Shapely Ross & Catherine Fulkerson on the 4th of November 1830 in Saint Charles, Missouri filing the licenses on the 14th of January 1831.
Census data:
1830: Harrison, Lincoln County, Missouri
Shapley Ross aged 19 years old living with is widowed mother Mary Prince Ross.
1 Male between the ages 15 and 20 years.
1 Female between the ages 60 and 70 years.
And 12 slaves.
4 Nov 1830: Ordained preacher of the gospel, Davis Bainbridge, married Shapley Ross & Catherine Fulkerson on the 4th of November 1830 in Saint Charles, Missouri filing the licenses on the 14th of January 1831.
1840:
1850: Milam & Williamson District, Milam County, Texas
(Hotel)
Shapley P Ross (39, KY) Head – Hotel Keeper
Catharine (38, VA) Wife
Mary R (18, MS) Daughter
Margaret B (16, MS) Daughter
Peter F (13, IO) Son
Sullivan (12, IO) Son
Ann (8, TX) Daughter
James M (6, TX) Son
Robert S (2, TX) Son
1860: Waco, McLennan County, Texas:
S. P. Ross (50, KY) Head – Farmer
C. H. (48, VA) Wife
P. F. (23, IO) male – Capt. States Service
L. S. (21, IO) male – Capt. States Service
Amsis (17, TX) female
Robert S. (12, TX) male – in school
Katie (8, TX) female – in school
William (6, TX) male
Lizzie (12, TX) female (Indian)
Parblo (14, Mexico) male, mix
Domingo (35, Mexico) female, mix
1870:
1880: Waco, McLennan County, Texas
S. P. Ross (70, KY) Head
C. H. (67, VA) Wife
(Living next door to widowed son Peter F. Ross and his daughter Mary J. and son S. P.)
Original material By Donzas:
(B: Ky. D: Waco, Tx. Built the first house in Waco, Tx. He was a hotel operator, postmaster, Indian Agent, and cattle drover leaving his mark on Texas history.)
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Shapley Prince Ross was one of the notable pioneers of Texas. He was of Scotch descent and was born and reared in Kentucky. After spending some years on the northwestern frontier, he moved, in 1839, from Benton's Port, Iowa, to Texas, and first settled at old Washington, in Washington county, one of the capitals of Texas. Subsequently, he went to Austin, where he entered the United States Army, and was a soldier in the war with Mexico. Previously to this, however, about 1840, he had moved his family to Milam County and established their home where Cameron now stands. He laid out the town of Waco and built the first house in Waco, which still stands. His daughter, Mrs. Kate Ross Padgitt, wife of Thomas Padgitt, was the first white child born there. Mr. Ross was identified with all the early warfare against the Indians in Texas, both as a soldier in the United States Army and as a member of the Texas Rangers. In the latter, he was associated with Rip Ford in service in northwestern Texas and later was appointed Indian agent for the government at Fort Belknap. About 1859, after resigning from this position, he returned to his home in Waco, where he spent the rest of his life. He died here, on September 21, 1889. He was of the typical Scotch clansman build, over six feet high and well proportioned, and was strong both physically and mentally. Among his children, one son, Lawrence Sullivan Ross, deceased, figured prominently for many years and won high honor in Texas. Two sons and two daughters are still living, namely, the subject of this sketch and Robert S., of Waco, and Mrs. Thomas Padgitt, also of Waco, and Mrs. Margaret V. Harris, of Dallas. The latter and her sister Mary had a double wedding at Waco in 1849, and they were the first white women to be married in Waco. (A History of Central and Western Texas, Vol 1, Captain B. B. Paddock, The Lewis Publishing Company, New York, 1911
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Burial of Capt. Ross.
Special to the Statesman.
Waco, September 18. – The remains of Capt. Shapley P. Ross were buried this afternoon in Oakwood cemetery with Masonic honors. The funeral procession was fully two miles long and the street was lined with citizens, who stood with hats off to watch the line of carriages. Gov. Ross, son of the deceased, Senator Coke and Gen. Thomas Harrison and a large number of prominent veterans were present. Every business house in the city, including drug stores and saloons were closed in the evening as a mark of respect to the dead. (David Gode: #9925751)
Ordained preacher of the gospel, Davis Bainbridge, married Shapely Ross & Catherine Fulkerson on the 4th of November 1830 in Saint Charles, Missouri filing the licenses on the 14th of January 1831.
Census data:
1830: Harrison, Lincoln County, Missouri
Shapley Ross aged 19 years old living with is widowed mother Mary Prince Ross.
1 Male between the ages 15 and 20 years.
1 Female between the ages 60 and 70 years.
And 12 slaves.
4 Nov 1830: Ordained preacher of the gospel, Davis Bainbridge, married Shapley Ross & Catherine Fulkerson on the 4th of November 1830 in Saint Charles, Missouri filing the licenses on the 14th of January 1831.
1840:
1850: Milam & Williamson District, Milam County, Texas
(Hotel)
Shapley P Ross (39, KY) Head – Hotel Keeper
Catharine (38, VA) Wife
Mary R (18, MS) Daughter
Margaret B (16, MS) Daughter
Peter F (13, IO) Son
Sullivan (12, IO) Son
Ann (8, TX) Daughter
James M (6, TX) Son
Robert S (2, TX) Son
1860: Waco, McLennan County, Texas:
S. P. Ross (50, KY) Head – Farmer
C. H. (48, VA) Wife
P. F. (23, IO) male – Capt. States Service
L. S. (21, IO) male – Capt. States Service
Amsis (17, TX) female
Robert S. (12, TX) male – in school
Katie (8, TX) female – in school
William (6, TX) male
Lizzie (12, TX) female (Indian)
Parblo (14, Mexico) male, mix
Domingo (35, Mexico) female, mix
1870:
1880: Waco, McLennan County, Texas
S. P. Ross (70, KY) Head
C. H. (67, VA) Wife
(Living next door to widowed son Peter F. Ross and his daughter Mary J. and son S. P.)
Original material By Donzas:
(B: Ky. D: Waco, Tx. Built the first house in Waco, Tx. He was a hotel operator, postmaster, Indian Agent, and cattle drover leaving his mark on Texas history.)
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Shapley Prince Ross was one of the notable pioneers of Texas. He was of Scotch descent and was born and reared in Kentucky. After spending some years on the northwestern frontier, he moved, in 1839, from Benton's Port, Iowa, to Texas, and first settled at old Washington, in Washington county, one of the capitals of Texas. Subsequently, he went to Austin, where he entered the United States Army, and was a soldier in the war with Mexico. Previously to this, however, about 1840, he had moved his family to Milam County and established their home where Cameron now stands. He laid out the town of Waco and built the first house in Waco, which still stands. His daughter, Mrs. Kate Ross Padgitt, wife of Thomas Padgitt, was the first white child born there. Mr. Ross was identified with all the early warfare against the Indians in Texas, both as a soldier in the United States Army and as a member of the Texas Rangers. In the latter, he was associated with Rip Ford in service in northwestern Texas and later was appointed Indian agent for the government at Fort Belknap. About 1859, after resigning from this position, he returned to his home in Waco, where he spent the rest of his life. He died here, on September 21, 1889. He was of the typical Scotch clansman build, over six feet high and well proportioned, and was strong both physically and mentally. Among his children, one son, Lawrence Sullivan Ross, deceased, figured prominently for many years and won high honor in Texas. Two sons and two daughters are still living, namely, the subject of this sketch and Robert S., of Waco, and Mrs. Thomas Padgitt, also of Waco, and Mrs. Margaret V. Harris, of Dallas. The latter and her sister Mary had a double wedding at Waco in 1849, and they were the first white women to be married in Waco. (A History of Central and Western Texas, Vol 1, Captain B. B. Paddock, The Lewis Publishing Company, New York, 1911
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
(The Austin Weekly Statesman, 19 September 1889)
Burial of Capt. Ross.
Special to the Statesman.
Waco, September 18. – The remains of Capt. Shapley P. Ross were buried this afternoon in Oakwood cemetery with Masonic honors. The funeral procession was fully two miles long and the street was lined with citizens, who stood with hats off to watch the line of carriages. Gov. Ross, son of the deceased, Senator Coke and Gen. Thomas Harrison and a large number of prominent veterans were present. Every business house in the city, including drug stores and saloons were closed in the evening as a mark of respect to the dead. (David Gode: #9925751)
Ordained preacher of the gospel, Davis Bainbridge, married Shapely Ross & Catherine Fulkerson on the 4th of November 1830 in Saint Charles, Missouri filing the licenses on the 14th of January 1831.
Census data:
1830: Harrison, Lincoln County, Missouri
Shapley Ross aged 19 years old living with is widowed mother Mary Prince Ross.
1 Male between the ages 15 and 20 years.
1 Female between the ages 60 and 70 years.
And 12 slaves.
4 Nov 1830: Ordained preacher of the gospel, Davis Bainbridge, married Shapley Ross & Catherine Fulkerson on the 4th of November 1830 in Saint Charles, Missouri filing the licenses on the 14th of January 1831.
1840:
1850: Milam & Williamson District, Milam County, Texas
(Hotel)
Shapley P Ross (39, KY) Head – Hotel Keeper
Catharine (38, VA) Wife
Mary R (18, MS) Daughter
Margaret B (16, MS) Daughter
Peter F (13, IO) Son
Sullivan (12, IO) Son
Ann (8, TX) Daughter
James M (6, TX) Son
Robert S (2, TX) Son
1860: Waco, McLennan County, Texas:
S. P. Ross (50, KY) Head – Farmer
C. H. (48, VA) Wife
P. F. (23, IO) male – Capt. States Service
L. S. (21, IO) male – Capt. States Service
Amsis (17, TX) female
Robert S. (12, TX) male – in school
Katie (8, TX) female – in school
William (6, TX) male
Lizzie (12, TX) female (Indian)
Parblo (14, Mexico) male, mix
Domingo (35, Mexico) female, mix
1870:
1880: Waco, McLennan County, Texas
S. P. Ross (70, KY) Head
C. H. (67, VA) Wife
(Living next door to widowed son Peter F. Ross and his daughter Mary J. and son S. P.)
Original material By Donzas:
(B: Ky. D: Waco, Tx. Built the first house in Waco, Tx. He was a hotel operator, postmaster, Indian Agent, and cattle drover leaving his mark on Texas history.)
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Shapley Prince Ross was one of the notable pioneers of Texas. He was of Scotch descent and was born and reared in Kentucky. After spending some years on the northwestern frontier, he moved, in 1839, from Benton's Port, Iowa, to Texas, and first settled at old Washington, in Washington county, one of the capitals of Texas. Subsequently, he went to Austin, where he entered the United States Army, and was a soldier in the war with Mexico. Previously to this, however, about 1840, he had moved his family to Milam County and established their home where Cameron now stands. He laid out the town of Waco and built the first house in Waco, which still stands. His daughter, Mrs. Kate Ross Padgitt, wife of Thomas Padgitt, was the first white child born there. Mr. Ross was identified with all the early warfare against the Indians in Texas, both as a soldier in the United States Army and as a member of the Texas Rangers. In the latter, he was associated with Rip Ford in service in northwestern Texas and later was appointed Indian agent for the government at Fort Belknap. About 1859, after resigning from this position, he returned to his home in Waco, where he spent the rest of his life. He died here, on September 21, 1889. He was of the typical Scotch clansman build, over six feet high and well proportioned, and was strong both physically and mentally. Among his children, one son, Lawrence Sullivan Ross, deceased, figured prominently for many years and won high honor in Texas. Two sons and two daughters are still living, namely, the subject of this sketch and Robert S., of Waco, and Mrs. Thomas Padgitt, also of Waco, and Mrs. Margaret V. Harris, of Dallas. The latter and her sister Mary had a double wedding at Waco in 1849, and they were the first white women to be married in Waco. (A History of Central and Western Texas, Vol 1, Captain B. B. Paddock, The Lewis Publishing Company, New York, 1911
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Burial of Capt. Ross.
Special to the Statesman.
Waco, September 18. – The remains of Capt. Shapley P. Ross were buried this afternoon in Oakwood cemetery with Masonic honors. The funeral procession was fully two miles long and the street was lined with citizens, who stood with hats off to watch the line of carriages. Gov. Ross, son of the deceased, Senator Coke and Gen. Thomas Harrison and a large number of prominent veterans were present. Every business house in the city, including drug stores and saloons were closed in the evening as a mark of respect to the dead. (David Gode: #9925751)
Ordained preacher of the gospel, Davis Bainbridge, married Shapely Ross & Catherine Fulkerson on the 4th of November 1830 in Saint Charles, Missouri filing the licenses on the 14th of January 1831.
Census data:
1830: Harrison, Lincoln County, Missouri
Shapley Ross aged 19 years old living with is widowed mother Mary Prince Ross.
1 Male between the ages 15 and 20 years.
1 Female between the ages 60 and 70 years.
And 12 slaves.
4 Nov 1830: Ordained preacher of the gospel, Davis Bainbridge, married Shapley Ross & Catherine Fulkerson on the 4th of November 1830 in Saint Charles, Missouri filing the licenses on the 14th of January 1831.
1840:
1850: Milam & Williamson District, Milam County, Texas
(Hotel)
Shapley P Ross (39, KY) Head – Hotel Keeper
Catharine (38, VA) Wife
Mary R (18, MS) Daughter
Margaret B (16, MS) Daughter
Peter F (13, IO) Son
Sullivan (12, IO) Son
Ann (8, TX) Daughter
James M (6, TX) Son
Robert S (2, TX) Son
1860: Waco, McLennan County, Texas:
S. P. Ross (50, KY) Head – Farmer
C. H. (48, VA) Wife
P. F. (23, IO) male – Capt. States Service
L. S. (21, IO) male – Capt. States Service
Amsis (17, TX) female
Robert S. (12, TX) male – in school
Katie (8, TX) female – in school
William (6, TX) male
Lizzie (12, TX) female (Indian)
Parblo (14, Mexico) male, mix
Domingo (35, Mexico) female, mix
1870:
1880: Waco, McLennan County, Texas
S. P. Ross (70, KY) Head
C. H. (67, VA) Wife
(Living next door to widowed son Peter F. Ross and his daughter Mary J. and son S. P.)
Original material By Donzas:
(B: Ky. D: Waco, Tx. Built the first house in Waco, Tx. He was a hotel operator, postmaster, Indian Agent, and cattle drover leaving his mark on Texas history.)
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Shapley Prince Ross was one of the notable pioneers of Texas. He was of Scotch descent and was born and reared in Kentucky. After spending some years on the northwestern frontier, he moved, in 1839, from Benton's Port, Iowa, to Texas, and first settled at old Washington, in Washington county, one of the capitals of Texas. Subsequently, he went to Austin, where he entered the United States Army, and was a soldier in the war with Mexico. Previously to this, however, about 1840, he had moved his family to Milam County and established their home where Cameron now stands. He laid out the town of Waco and built the first house in Waco, which still stands. His daughter, Mrs. Kate Ross Padgitt, wife of Thomas Padgitt, was the first white child born there. Mr. Ross was identified with all the early warfare against the Indians in Texas, both as a soldier in the United States Army and as a member of the Texas Rangers. In the latter, he was associated with Rip Ford in service in northwestern Texas and later was appointed Indian agent for the government at Fort Belknap. About 1859, after resigning from this position, he returned to his home in Waco, where he spent the rest of his life. He died here, on September 21, 1889. He was of the typical Scotch clansman build, over six feet high and well proportioned, and was strong both physically and mentally. Among his children, one son, Lawrence Sullivan Ross, deceased, figured prominently for many years and won high honor in Texas. Two sons and two daughters are still living, namely, the subject of this sketch and Robert S., of Waco, and Mrs. Thomas Padgitt, also of Waco, and Mrs. Margaret V. Harris, of Dallas. The latter and her sister Mary had a double wedding at Waco in 1849, and they were the first white women to be married in Waco. (A History of Central and Western Texas, Vol 1, Captain B. B. Paddock, The Lewis Publishing Company, New York, 1911
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Family Members
Children
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Nancy Smith "Ann" Ross Carter
1825–1895
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Mary Rebecca Ross Barnard
1831–1904
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Margaret Virginia Ross Harris
1833–1915
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Peter Fulkerson Ross
1837–1909
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BG Lawrence Sullivan Ross
1838–1898
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Anna Ross Fitzwilliam
1841–1892
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James Murvin Ross
1845–1850
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Robert Shapley Ross
1848–1923
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Katherine "Kate" Ross Padgitt
1851–1912
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William Hallam Ross Sr
1853–1918
