William Fraser Mather Ross
b. circa 8 February 1850, d. 26 September 1938
- Father: Lachlan Ross b. 1791, d. 4 May 1879
- Mother: Hannah Mather b. 1815, d. 28 June 1872
- William Fraser Mather Ross was born circa 8 February 1850 in Eriboll, Sutherland County, Scotland.
- William Fraser Mather Ross arrived in the Port of Galveston on 5 February 1867, from Liverpool aboard the ship Havelock. He is identified on the passenger manifest as W. F. Fm Ross, age 19, a farmer. William's brother John was traveling on the same ship.
- He married Diega Faustina Ramon circa 1870.
- At the time of John Ross's marriage to Maria Navarro, her father gave her a labor (160 acres) of land, part of the land earlier partitioned and bequeathed to him by his father, upon which in 1873 John and William Ross founded Rossville.
- William Fraser Mather Ross and Diega Faustina Ramon appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Atascosa County, Texas, living near his brother John.. Other members of the household included Edward F. Ross, Mary A. Ross, Lenora D. Ross, Lucian James M. Ross and Henrietta A. F. Ross.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
- William Fraser Mather Ross and Diega Faustina Ramon appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Atascosa County, Texas, living next door to his brother John.. Other members of the household included Edward F. Ross, Lenora D. Ross, Lucian James M. Ross, Henrietta A. F. Ross, William F. M. Ross Jr., Grace O. Ross, Charlotte A. Ross, Ina B. Ross and Isabelle F. Ross.
- William Fraser Mather Ross and Diega Faustina Ramon appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Atascosa County, Texas.
- William Fraser Mather Ross appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Atascosa County, Texas. Other members of the household included Isabelle F. Ross and Joseph L. Dixon Jr.
- At the time of his death William Fraser Mather Ross was living in Rossville, Atascosa County, Texas.
- William Fraser Mather Ross died on 26 September 1938 in Poteet, Atascosa County, Texas.
- He was interred at Langston & Ross Memorial Cemetery, Poteet, Atascosa County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 8 Apr 2013
Family: Diega Faustina Ramon b. 12 November 1852, d. 16 April 1914
- Edward F. Ross b. April 1871, d. 12 September 1903
- Mary A. Ross b. circa 1874
- Lenora D. Ross+ b. July 1877, d. 6 September 1958
- Lucian James M. Ross b. June 1879
- Henrietta A. F. Ross b. June 1879
- William F. M. Ross Jr. b. January 1881
- Grace O. Ross b. March 1883
- Charlotte A. Ross b. circa October 1884
- Ina B. Ross+ b. 26 January 1886, d. 12 September 1968
- Isabelle F. Ross+ b. January 1890