Melissa Minerva Ross: Our Family History

Generation: 1

Melissa Minerva Ross was born on 5 Jul 1848 in Coffee Co, Tennessee (daughter of John Fry Ross and Ardenia E. Phillips); died on 28 May 1938 in McKinney, Collin Co, Texas.

Melissa married James Curtis Lowry on 19 Mar 1868. James was born on 12 Aug 1835 in Pennsylvania; died on 9 Nov 1905 in McKinney, Collin Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Florence Ada Lowry was born on 21 Oct 1870 in Collin Co, Texas; died on 28 Jan 1946 in McKinney, Collin Co, Texas.

Generation: 2

John Fry Ross was born on 15 Aug 1821 in Coffee Co, Tennessee (son of Rice Farrar Ross and Sarah A. Bonham); died on 8 Aug 1868 in McKinney, Collin Co, Texas.

John married Ardenia E. Phillips on 28 Mar 1847 in Coffee Co, Tennessee. Ardenia was born in Mar 1818 in Virginia; died in 1903 in McKinney, Collin Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ardenia E. Phillips was born in Mar 1818 in Virginia; died in 1903 in McKinney, Collin Co, Texas.

Children:

1. Melissa Minerva Ross was born on 5 Jul 1848 in Coffee Co, Tennessee; died on 28 May 1938 in McKinney, Collin Co, Texas.

Generation: 3

Rice Farrar Ross was born on 3 Dec 1776 in York Co, South Carolina; died on 8 Apr 1856 in Rome, Floyd Co, Georgia.

Rice married Sarah A. Bonham on 3 Apr 1803 in Edgecombe Co, North Carolina. Sarah (daughter of Absalom Bonham and Rebecca (Morris) Cox) was born on 5 Oct 1787 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey or Lincon Co, North Carolina; died on 29 Mar 1849 in McNairy Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah A. Bonham was born on 5 Oct 1787 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey or Lincon Co, North Carolina (daughter of Absalom Bonham and Rebecca (Morris) Cox); died on 29 Mar 1849 in McNairy Co, Tennessee.

Children:

2. John Fry Ross was born on 15 Aug 1821 in Coffee Co, Tennessee; died on 8 Aug 1868 in McKinney, Collin Co, Texas.

Generation: 4

10.

Absalom Bonham was born in 1739 in Bonhamtown, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey (son of Rev. Malachiah Bonham, Sr. (dna) and Jemima (or Deborah) Harken); died on 4 Oct 1794 in Lincolnton, North Carolina.

Absalom married Rebecca (Morris) Cox after 1765. Rebecca (daughter of John Cox and Rebecca Morris) was born about 1739; died after 1771. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Rebecca (Morris) Cox was born about 1739 (daughter of John Cox and Rebecca Morris); died after 1771.

Children:

John Bonham was born about 1766 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1767 in of, North Carolina.
5. Sarah A. Bonham was born on 5 Oct 1787 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey or Lincon Co, North Carolina; died on 29 Mar 1849 in McNairy Co, Tennessee.
Samuel Cox Bonham was born about 1770 in Lincolnton, North Carolina; died after 1800 in of, Pennsylvania.