The Rosson Family

Bertha Rosson

Birth: 24 October 1888

Father: Willis Bobo Rosson

Mother: Ida S. (Adams) Rosson

Death: 28 April 1890

Sources:

Howard Adams Rosson

Birth: 13 December 1892, in Todd county, Kentucky, United States

Father: Willis Bobo Rosson

Mother: Ida S. (Adams) Rosson

Married: Alma Wilks on 17 November 1920. Alma was born on 23 September 1895, in Cedar Hill, Robertson county, Tennessee, the daughter of John Lewis Wilks and Sarah Jane Fiser. Alma died on 23 June 1989, in Springfield, Robertson county, Tennessee.

Death: 8 October 1954, in Springfield, Robertson county, Tennessee, United States

Sources:

Birth: Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb (some entries have 13 December 1892, and some have 13 December 1893; since Howard's younger sister is born in November 1894, I prefer the 1892 date)
Father: Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb
Mother: Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb
Marriage: Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb; Alma birth and death from U.S. Social Security Death Index, parents from Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb
Death: IGI; Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb has some entries with 8 October 1954 and some with 8 October 1955. The more definitive entries (with place etc.) have 1954, so that is what I have gone with

Louis Bobo Rosson

Birth: 23 November 1890

Father: Willis Bobo Rosson

Mother: Ida S. (Adams) Rosson

Death: 18 May 1857

Sources:

Lucile Rosson

Birth: 21 November 1894

Father: Willis Bobo Rosson

Mother: Ida S. (Adams) Rosson

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Mabel S. (Rosson) Wilcox

Birth: 31 October 1876, in Tennessee, United States

Father: Willis Bobo Rosson

Mother: Ida S. (Adams) Rosson

Marriage: James Edward Wilcox on 20 May 1897, in Robertson county, Tennessee, United States. James was born on 30 November 1876 in District 1, Montgomery county, Tennessee, the son of James Ewing Wilcox and Jane Eliza Hatcher. In 1904, he is recorded living in Guthrie, Kentucky.

Death: September 1962

Census:
1880: District 1, Montgomery county, Tennessee

Sources:

Birth: 1880 census; exact date from Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb
Father: 1880 census; Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb
Mother: 1880 census; Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb
Marriage: IGI; Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb
Death: Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb

Philip Buford Rosson

Birth: 8 December 1886, in Tennessee, United States

Father: Willis Bobo Rosson

Mother: Ida S. (Adams) Rosson

Married: Mary Elizabeth Fuqua. Mary was born on 2 August 1889, in Kentucky, the daughter of Burrell Grubb Fuqua and Virginia West Mitchell, and died on 1 January 1978, in Springfield, Robertson county, Tennessee.

Death: 5 March 1983, in Springfield, Robertson county, Tennessee, United States

Buried: Highland Cemetery, Guthrie, Kentucky, United States

Census:
1930: Robertson county, Tennessee

Sources:

Birth: U.S. Social Security Death Index; Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb
Father: Fuqua ancestry on Rootsweb; Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb
Mother: Fuqua ancestry on Rootsweb; Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb
Marriage: Fuqua ancestry on Rootsweb; Mary details from Fuqua ancestry and transcription of Highland Cemetery markers
Death: U.S. Social Security Death Index
Burial: Transcription of Highland Cemetery markers

Robert Craig Rosson

Birth: 9 September 1878, in Tennessee, United States

Father: Willis Bobo Rosson

Mother: Ida S. (Adams) Rosson

Death: October 1968, in Springfield, Robertson county, Tennessee, United States

Census:
1880: District 1, Montgomery county, Tennessee

Sources:

Birth: 1880 census; exact date from U.S. Social Security Death Index and Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb
Father: 1880 census; Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb
Mother: 1880 census; Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb
Death: U.S. Social Security Death Index

Willis Bobo Rosson

Birth: 10 November 1847, in Tennessee, United States

Father: Sampson Rosson

Mother: Marinda (Bobo) Rosson

Married (1st): Elizabeth Ann Pickering on 24 October 1866, in Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States. Elizabeth was born on 15 January 1845 and died on 23 December 1869.

Children:

Anna Rosson
Lula Rosson (1868 - 1947)

Married (2nd): Ida S. Adams in 1875

Children:

Mabel S. Rosson (1876 - 1962)
Robert Craig Rosson (1878 - 1968)
Philip Buford Rosson (1886 - 1983)
Bertha Rosson (1888 - 1890)
Louis Bobo Rosson (1890 - 1957)
Howard Adams Rosson (1892 - 1954)
Lucile Rosson (1894 - ? )

Occupation: Farmer

Death: 19 January 1929

Notes: The WorldConnect entry on Willis Rosson simply has him married to a Ida S. Adams born about 1857 in Kentucky. However, in Heritage in Quilts (Daughters of the American Revolution Tennessee Society p.37), mention is made of a coverlet owned by Sadie Mimms Rosson "passed down from the owner's father's family, Matilda Moore and George Adams who emigrated to America from Ireland".

Census:
1880: District 1, Montgomery county, Tennessee

Sources:

Birth: 1880 census; exact date from IGI; Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb
Father: IGI; Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb
Mother: IGI; Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb; IGI has Mariann Marinda Bobo
Marriage (1st): Early Tennessee Rosson Marriages; Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb
Marriage (2nd): Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb; Heritage in Quilts
Occupation: 1880 census
Death: IGI; Worldconnect entry on Rootsweb

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