Robert Ross and Minerva Potter

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Husband Robert Ross

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           Born: 2 Feb 1805 - , , , Kentucky
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       Marriage: 15 Apr 1833 - , , Cooper, MO

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Wife Minerva Potter

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            AKA: Ross
           Born: 23 Dec 1813 - , , Christian, KY
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           Died: 12 Apr 1895 - , , Pettis, MO
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         Father: John N./M. Potter (1783-1864)
         Mother: Martha (Patsy) Edgar (1795-1872)

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• 1850 Census, 28 Aug 1850 - , District 68, Pettis, Missouri

157/157
Manava Ross36 F ------ 1,000 Virginia
William J. --16 M Farmer Missouri
David M.--15 M doMo
George W. --12 MMo
Martha J.--08 F schoolMo
Andrew J. --05 M schoolMo
Mary E. --02 F Mo

• Research Note

There is a Ross Family Bible for this family referenced in two of the Ancestry World Tree submissions.

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Notes (Marriage)

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Ancestry.com. Cooper County, Missouri: Marriages (1819-1850) & Wills (1820-1870). [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp. Marriage Records (1819-1850) and Will Records (1820-1870) of Cooper County, Missouri. Chillicothe, MO: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, circa 1965.

Robert Ross to Minerva Potter 15 April 1832 150

Minnie Potter

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Wife Minnie Potter

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         Father: John J. Potter (1874-1950)
         Mother: Jennie Lee Fair (1881-1918)

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Mrs Avery Crew Potter

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Wife Mrs Avery Crew Potter ²¹

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           Born: Est 1891
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         Father: Thomas Potter (1868-      ) 21
         Mother: Laura Thomas (1866-1946) 21

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Mrs. J.C. Dillard Potter

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Wife Mrs. J.C. Dillard Potter

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         Father: Robert Allen Potter (1872-1960)
         Mother: Anna E. Miller (1880-1965)

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• Obituary ⁶

Obituary - Sedalia (Missouri) Democrat, 3 January 1978

Joseph C. Dillard

Joseph Cox Dillard, 70, 2205 South Harrison, died Sunday afternoon at Bothwell Hospital.

He was born in Sedalia, Dec. 23, 1907, son of the late William R. and Grace Overstreet Dillard. On Oct. 7, 1939, he married Lois M. Potter, who survives of the home.

Mr. Dillard graduated from Sedalia High School in 1925 and attended the Central Business College. He worked for the City Light & Traction co. from 1926 to 1935. He then moved to Three Rivers, Mich., where he worked for the Michigan Power Co. as supervisor of the accounting department until 1970, when he returned to Sedalia. He was a member of the Methodist church.

Other survivors include a daughter, Mr. Linda Diane Johnson, Columbia; a brother, William R. Dillard, St. Louis; a sister, Grace Sievert, Wickenburg, Ariz.; and a grandson.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Heckart-Gillespie Colonial Chapel with the Rev. H. J. Hudson Jr. officiating. Pallbearers will be A. B. Case, John P. Edwards, Rainer Kocsis, Lawrence Mundy, Julius Stohr, and Seigel Woodard.

Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

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