GREAT GREAT UNCLE

We cannot control the movement of time
Nor can we control our own destiny
Or the destiny of those we love

But we can take comfort in knowing
That those who have lived in our hearts
Are never really gone

As long as we keep them with us
In our hearts and thoughts
They will be with us always
For love, which is timeless
Never ceases to exist

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POTATO FARMER
Thaddeus D. Ross - One of the prominent and well to do landowners of Monticello is Thaddeus D. Ross, who is proprietor of two large farms in this neighborhood, one of seventy acres and the other of one hundred and sixty, both bordering on the Lake Road ~ Mr. Ross engages in general agriculture, rotating his crops from year to year, and specializing in the growing of potatoes ~ For the storage of this valuable crop he maintains a capacious cellar, on the quarter section and in town possesses a warehouse for storage of potatoes and other agriculture produce~

Thaddeus D. Ross was born near Lake Road on September 5, 1879, son of Ludlow and Nancy Ross ~ Both of whom were natives of New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada, former deceased ~ Ludlow and Nancy Ross were married in Maine, and spent the balance of their lives in Monticello, lived for four years in Kingman, Maine ~ They were the parents of seven children, of whom Thaddeus was the only son, and he received his education in the common schools of Monticello ~ At the age of sixteen years he went to work as woodman and farmer, doing this for seven years, engaging himself as a woodman in the winter and as a farmer in the summer ~ At the age of twenty three years he purchased his first farm and, a tract of seventy acres, which he cultivated with success from Guy Fletcher ~ Mr. Ross employs the soundest of business methods in the conduct of these lands, and is regarded highly by the business men of Monticello with whom he has commercial dealings ~ He takes an native part in the political life of the community and is affiliated with the Republican party ~ His opinion on matters of a political character is often sought after, and when given, is received with appreciation ~ A member of the Baptist Church, Mr. Ross contributes liberally to causes sponsored by it ~ Thaddeus D. Ross married Hattie Belyea daughter of James and Elizabeth Belyea, both of whom are natives of Maine, though they spent the later years of life in Boston ~ Mr. and Mrs. Ross are the parents of; Inez, Alice, Leland, Clyde, Olie, and Grace ~

Source: Maine: Resources, Attractions, And Its People : A History / Edited By Harrie B. Coe ~ Page 137.

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CHILDREN
Inez Clare ROSS
6-29-1906 – 12-8-1972
MARRIED Gerald A. Stitham 3-18-1931 ~
Grove Hill Cemetery, Texas
{I have birth and death certificates}
children: Melissa Griffin, Cornelia Elms, Valentia Ravern, Gerald Stitham ~

Alice Madaline ROSS
6-29-1909 – 5-5-1953
MARRIED Allan Markey 10-2-1931 ~
buried in Lowville Rural Cemetery, New York

Leland Arnold ROSS
7-25-1911 - 10-31-1978
MARRIED Evelyn L. ~

Infant ROSS {male}
6-10-1913 - 7-11-1913

Clyde Alton ROSS
3-15-1915 – 7-10-1993
MARRIED Geneva G. Dobson 8-20-1939 ~

James L. ROSS
4-7-1918 - 5-18-1918

Infant ROSS {male}
7-6-1919

Infant ROSS {male}/stillborn}
4-23-1920

Olie Wendell ROSS
7-26-1921 – 12-6-1997
MARRIED Laura ~

Walter Ross
1-1923 – 4-26-1923

Grace G. ROSS CAMPBELL
7-7-1924 - 8-29-2018
MARRIED Clifton

SIBLINGS
Gertrude E. Ross 1875 ~ Married George Belyea
Martha Jane ROSS 1882 ~ George Beckwith
Lucy ROSS 1885–1952 ~ Married Wilmot Nickerson
Daisy Liza Ross 1889–1950 ~ Married Joseph McElhiney
Ethel ROSS 1891-1932 ~
Inez ROSS 1900-1905 ~

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MARRIED: 25 Oct 1905

THANK YOU KATE FOR THE AWESOME PICTURES ~

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY VERY GOOD FRIEND LUCINDA FOR GOING THAT EXTRA MILE AND GETTING THIS INFO FOR ME ~

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK VICKI FOR SPONSORING THIS MEMORIAL