- Born April 3, 1883 in Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
- Parents were JOHN KARNS ROSS and AGNES JANE NANCY FINLEY.
- Married MARGARET VIOLA APPLEGATE on September 14, 1915 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.
- Died September 19, 1944.
CHILDREN
- WILLIAM EUGENE ROSS, born February 27, 1916 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; died November 6, 1986 in Milford, Clermont County, Ohio. Married CHARLOTTE JOSEPHINE MILLER in January, 1953 in Indiana.
- MARY A. ROSS, born June 17, 1919 in Ohio; died June 3, 2009. Married ORA BARE.
- AGNES ROSE ROSS, born August 26, 1920 in Ohio; died February 8, 1996 in Marietta, Cobb county, Georgia. Married ALBERT JOHN WASS.
- ROBERT ROSS, born August 15, 1923 in Clermont County, Ohio; died December 28, 2008 in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio. Married MABEL I. DUDLEY.
- GLADYS ROSS, born in 1925 in Ohio.
- JOHN EARL ROSS, born December 2, 1927 in Clermont County, Ohio; died January 25, 1970 in Comanche County, Oklahoma. Married WILDA LUCILLE DANBURY. Married WILDA LENORE STEPHENS.