Rebecca Borden Burton Voss, 1847? - November 19, 1935, was born in Lexington. She spent most of her adult life in Dayton. She was the wife of Moses Voss, a whitewasher from Tennessee, according to the 1880 U.S. Census. He was also a U.S. Civil War veteran. Rebecca was the mother of Anna Spencer and Ella Voss. She became a widow when Moses died in 1897.
In 1913, Rebecca Voss lived on 5th Street in Dayton. The street address was given in a Lexington Leader newspaper inquiry by J. F. Burton, who had not heard from his siblings in Dayton. In the 1900 U.S. Census, Rebecca was listed as being employed as a washerwoman. In the 1920 U.S. Census, she owned her home at 295 Willard Street in Dayton.
Rebecca Borden Burton Voss was said to be 89-years-old when she died at the Ohio State Mission Home in Dayton in 1935. She was buried in Woodland Cemetery.
Sources: Ancestry; Rebecca Voss at Find A Grave; "J. F. Burton, colored, ...," Sunday Lexington Leader, 3/5/1913, p. 3; "Aunt of Dunbar poet is dead," The Dayton Daily News, 11/21/1935, p. 29.
Biography at https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300004629
In 1913, Rebecca Voss lived on 5th Street in Dayton. The street address was given in a Lexington Leader newspaper inquiry by J. F. Burton, who had not heard from his siblings in Dayton. In the 1900 U.S. Census, Rebecca was listed as being employed as a washerwoman. In the 1920 U.S. Census, she owned her home at 295 Willard Street in Dayton.
Rebecca Borden Burton Voss was said to be 89-years-old when she died at the Ohio State Mission Home in Dayton in 1935. She was buried in Woodland Cemetery.
Sources: Ancestry; Rebecca Voss at Find A Grave; "J. F. Burton, colored, ...," Sunday Lexington Leader, 3/5/1913, p. 3; "Aunt of Dunbar poet is dead," The Dayton Daily News, 11/21/1935, p. 29.
Biography at https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300004629
Rebecca Borden Burton Voss, 1847? - November 19, 1935, was born in Lexington. She spent most of her adult life in Dayton. She was the wife of Moses Voss, a whitewasher from Tennessee, according to the 1880 U.S. Census. He was also a U.S. Civil War veteran. Rebecca was the mother of Anna Spencer and Ella Voss. She became a widow when Moses died in 1897.
In 1913, Rebecca Voss lived on 5th Street in Dayton. The street address was given in a Lexington Leader newspaper inquiry by J. F. Burton, who had not heard from his siblings in Dayton. In the 1900 U.S. Census, Rebecca was listed as being employed as a washerwoman. In the 1920 U.S. Census, she owned her home at 295 Willard Street in Dayton.
Rebecca Borden Burton Voss was said to be 89-years-old when she died at the Ohio State Mission Home in Dayton in 1935. She was buried in Woodland Cemetery.
Sources: Ancestry; Rebecca Voss at Find A Grave; "J. F. Burton, colored, ...," Sunday Lexington Leader, 3/5/1913, p. 3; "Aunt of Dunbar poet is dead," The Dayton Daily News, 11/21/1935, p. 29.
Biography at https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300004629
In 1913, Rebecca Voss lived on 5th Street in Dayton. The street address was given in a Lexington Leader newspaper inquiry by J. F. Burton, who had not heard from his siblings in Dayton. In the 1900 U.S. Census, Rebecca was listed as being employed as a washerwoman. In the 1920 U.S. Census, she owned her home at 295 Willard Street in Dayton.
Rebecca Borden Burton Voss was said to be 89-years-old when she died at the Ohio State Mission Home in Dayton in 1935. She was buried in Woodland Cemetery.
Sources: Ancestry; Rebecca Voss at Find A Grave; "J. F. Burton, colored, ...," Sunday Lexington Leader, 3/5/1913, p. 3; "Aunt of Dunbar poet is dead," The Dayton Daily News, 11/21/1935, p. 29.
Biography at https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300004629
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