Biographical Data
Basic Identification
Gender: male
Ethnicity: African American
Immigration:
Attributed Race: black
Free or Enslaved: unknown
Birth & Family
Birth Date: c.1856/00/00
Birthplace: Virginia
Mother: Ann Ross
Father: Caleb Ross (Sr.)
1st Spouse: unknown
2nd Spouse: unknown
Age Details
Age: 80
Age Group: elder adult (60+)
Life Details
Occupation(s): tobacco factory laborer
Last Church: unknown
Military Service: veteran
Last Residence: Lynchburg, Virginia
Last Address: 721 Hollins Street (City Home)
Death
Death Date: 1936/08/04
Death Note: none
Place of Death: Lynchburg Hospital
Cause of Death: strangulated hernia
Burial & Undertaking
Burial Date: 1936/08/05
Funeral Home: unknown
Indigent?: private interment
Gravesite and Grave Marker Data
Grave Marker or Marker Fragment: yes
Section:
108.AB
Confirmation Source for Location: gravemarker
Grave Marker Erector(s): unknown
Confirmation Source for Interment: gravemarker
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Obituary and Biographical Detials
1920 Census: lived at 92 Polk Street, occupation laborer, married but not living with wife
1934 LCD residence: 721 Hollins Street (City Home), residing with “Lucy Ross”
Military headstone was ordered by Mrs. Bertha Smith, 85 Monroe Street, Lynchburg, on 8 August 1936