Born 1813 Ashe Cty NC
Married Adah Sanders or Perkins
Died 1900
86 yr 10 mo 11 days
Buried in his home cemetery
NOTES
1850 Grayson Cty Va Census
#490
William Ross, 37 b NC Tailor Assets $800
Ada S 36 b Va
Martha L 14
Letty L 12
Ludema J 11
Mary E 9
Amanda C 7
Jerome T 5
Alexander C 1
Washington T 35, Tailor (may have been an employee)
NOTES FROM GARY PAISLEY
The first textile related industry at Mouth of Wilson Va was Wilborn's suit making business.
He was considered a master tailer and during the CW supplied most of the uniforms to the regimnments of the CSA in the area ibnclding the 51st va, 26th and 33 NC.
These suits were said to be exquisite and many men were burie din their suits even late into the 1920s.
Later some graves were robbed by souvenir hunters.
Before, through and after the war Wilborn hired out sewing to women in the community sometimes to war widows.
His daughters and daughters in lwa may have helped.
1870 MOW was a boom town with a sulphur springs, buisnmess of suits, leather goods, RM Lane saddles, medicine, flour, liquor, horses, blacksmith, cabinet makinh, candy and many Doctors.
There was a ferry run by Newt Halsey just upstream from the 1874 round house.
Born 1813 Ashe Cty NC
Married Adah Sanders or Perkins
Died 1900
86 yr 10 mo 11 days
Buried in his home cemetery
NOTES
1850 Grayson Cty Va Census
#490
William Ross, 37 b NC Tailor Assets $800
Ada S 36 b Va
Martha L 14
Letty L 12
Ludema J 11
Mary E 9
Amanda C 7
Jerome T 5
Alexander C 1
Washington T 35, Tailor (may have been an employee)
NOTES FROM GARY PAISLEY
The first textile related industry at Mouth of Wilson Va was Wilborn's suit making business.
He was considered a master tailer and during the CW supplied most of the uniforms to the regimnments of the CSA in the area ibnclding the 51st va, 26th and 33 NC.
These suits were said to be exquisite and many men were burie din their suits even late into the 1920s.
Later some graves were robbed by souvenir hunters.
Before, through and after the war Wilborn hired out sewing to women in the community sometimes to war widows.
His daughters and daughters in lwa may have helped.
1870 MOW was a boom town with a sulphur springs, buisnmess of suits, leather goods, RM Lane saddles, medicine, flour, liquor, horses, blacksmith, cabinet makinh, candy and many Doctors.
There was a ferry run by Newt Halsey just upstream from the 1874 round house.
Family Members
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Martha Lucinda Ross Keesling
1836–1902
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Letitia L "Lettie" Ross Neikirk
1837–1933
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Ludema Jane Ross Elliott
1840–1916
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Mary E Ross Barton
1842–1897
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Amanda Clementine Ross Young
1843–1929
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Pvt Jerome Troy Ross
1845–1864
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Alexander Cicero Ross
1849–1910
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Nancy Caroline Ross Idol
1851–1926
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Louisa Joanna "Lou" Ross Wagg
1852–1938
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William Tell Ross
1855–1903
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