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Rollins & Ross Families- Clay Co, Missouri

These are the graves of my great great grandparents and their children and in-laws.My great grandmother, Nancy (Nannie) Ross Rollins McGee, is the child of Eveline Ross Rollins and Benjamin Franklin Rollins. She is buried in Oklahoma City or Lawton, Oklahoma, and I am searching for her grave. Nancy Ross Rollins McGee and her husband, James were the parents of my grandmother, Evelyn Jane McGee Mills.Also in this cemetery are the graves of Squire John Ross, the brother of Eveline Ross Rollins, he lost his life in 1854 during the "Smithville Tragedy." He was stabbed to death while trying to help John W. Douglass and his father, William Ross. The article that was published in the Liberty Tribune on August 7, 1854 and also later published in the New York Times on August 24, 1854 states the that Samuel Shackelford shot William Ross twice and then turned and shot Mr. Douglass twice and the shot Mr. Imhoff twice. It goes on to say that Mr. Douglass was armed with a bowie knife and pistol and that attempted to defend himself, but Shackelford was able to seize his gun and knife. Shackelford then "commenced the work of destruction on Douglass, inflicting several wounds, of which Douglass fell dead. ....Persons then interfered to stop the effusion of blood. Samuel Shackelford stabbed every person whom he suspected as his enemy, inflicting a mortal wound on S. J. Ross." Squire John Ross was 21 years old when he died. Also included in this cemetery is William Ross and Nancy Hawkins Ross, the parents of Eveline Ross Rollins and parents of Squire John Ross. William Ross was the man who was shot and who I refer to in the paragraph above.

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Elizabeth Ross Black

20 Mar 1786 – 5 May 1859

New Carlisle, Clark County, Ohio, USA

PVT John Black Veteran Flowers have been left.

21 Dec 1755 – 14 Jul 1849

Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, USA

John Black Sr. Flowers have been left.

21 Aug 1787 – 12 Aug 1835

New Carlisle, Clark County, Ohio, USA

Sarah Ross Givens Flowers have been left.

18 Aug 1826 – 17 Jul 1889

Craig Springs, Craig County, Virginia, USA

Mary Ross Lugar Flowers have been left.

8 Aug 1812 – 15 Apr 1892

Craig Springs, Craig County, Virginia, USA

LTC Nathan Rawlings Veteran Flowers have been left.

Oct 1750 – 10 May 1821

Bridgeport, Lawrence County, Illinois, USA

Benjamin Franklin Rollins Flowers have been left.

20 Mar 1832 – 20 Jul 1897

Paradise, Clay County, Missouri, USA

Eveline Ross Rollins Flowers have been left.

8 Oct 1836 – 2 Jun 1914

Paradise, Clay County, Missouri, USA

Lee Rollins Flowers have been left.

12 Feb 1801 – 19 Jul 1854

Clay County, Missouri, USA

Thomas Jefferson Rollins Flowers have been left.

Jan 1838 – 24 Jun 1849

Clay County, Missouri, USA

William Penn Rollins Flowers have been left.

22 Oct 1841 – 10 May 1921

Smithville, Clay County, Missouri, USA

James Ross Flowers have been left.

23 Mar 1779 – 9 Oct 1862

Craig Springs, Craig County, Virginia, USA

Jane Black Ross Flowers have been left.

28 Apr 1785 – 18 Apr 1868

Craig Springs, Craig County, Virginia, USA

Nancy Hawkins Ross Flowers have been left.

10 Jan 1811 – 29 Nov 1869

Paradise, Clay County, Missouri, USA

Squire John Ross Sr. Flowers have been left.

16 Oct 1832 – 10 Aug 1854

Clay County, Missouri, USA

William Ross Flowers have been left.

6 Apr 1809 – 20 Oct 1875

Paradise, Clay County, Missouri, USA

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