Hannah Ross

Hannah Ross

• Father: John Clarke Ross b. 3 February 1841, d. 1 October 1925
• Mother: Maria Antonia Navarro y Chavez b. 13 March 1845, d. 1922

• Hannah Ross was born on 26 June 1880 in Texas.
• John Clarke Ross and Maria Antonia Navarro y Chavez appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Atascosa County, Texas, living next door to his brother William.. Other members of the household included Hannah Ross, Tom M. Ross and Alexander Ross.
• She married Willis Eason Wood, son of Charles Harris Wood and Alice Cornelia Boles, circa 1904.
• Laura Ann Boles appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Dallas, Texas, at 190 Griffin and also nine additional boarders. For some reason, Willis and Hannah's daughter Mary Alice Wood, who would have been about five years old, is missing from the household.. Other members of the household included Hannah Ross, Powell Erwin, Edwin I. Erwin, Hal Erwin, Ross Emil Erwin, Frank Dick Erwin, Nancy Jane Powell, Hiram P. Erwin, Willis Eason Wood and Hannah Marguerite Wood.
• Willis Eason Wood and Hannah Ross appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Dallas, Texas, at 2501 Exline Street. Other members of the household included Hannah Marguerite Wood and Tom Ross Wood.
• The following appeared on 5 April 1929 in The Dallas Morning News: (Flowers and Mourning Goods) Plants 15c to 50c per dozen. Cut flowers. Mrs. Eason Wood. 4-6001. 4-3743. 2607 Exline.
• Willis Eason Wood and Hannah Ross appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Dallas, Texas, at 2607 Exline Street. Other members of the household included Hannah Marguerite Wood and Tom Ross Wood.
• She was a nurseryman/florist, according to the 1930 census.
• Hannah Ross became a widow at the 12 March 1942 death of her husband Willis Eason Wood.
• The following appeared on 13 March 1942 in The Dallas Morning News: Eason Wood, age 63, passed away at his home, 3712 Oakland, early Thursday. Survived by wife, Mrs. Hannah Ross Wood; two daughters, Mrs. Alice Taberer, Rossville, and Mrs. Margaret Cox, Dallas; a son, Tom Wood, Albuquerque, N.M; two brothers, Frank Erwin, Newark, N.J., and Austin Erwin, Snyder, Texas; a sister, Mrs. Kitty Myers [sic], Dallas, and an aunt, Mrs. Laura Erwin, Dallas. Funeral services Friday at 4 p.m. at Colonial Baptist Church, with the Rev. John G. Moore officiating. Burial Oakland Cemetery. Arrangements Rhoton Funeral Home, Carrollton. Phone 137.
• Hannah Ross died on 12 June 1943 at age 62 in Dallas County, Texas.
• She was interred at Oakland Cemetery, Dallas, Texas.

• Last Edited: 26 Apr 2012

• Charts: Descendants of ABERCROMBIE Charles & Edwina Malinda "Dicey" Booth, Descendants of WOOD William & Lydia Ballentine