When Lillian was born,
she could only drink goat's milk, so a goat was bought by
her father.  Lillian
was a fantastic cook and seamstress, taught at Redbank Elementary
School in Patrick County and at Joseph Martin Elementary School
in Martinsville. She retired from teaching, and worked at the DuPont
plant. Lillian married Thomas Tatum and lived in Florida for most
of their married life, then moved back to Martinsville. When Lillian
passed away, Thomas then resided with his brother-in-law, Conrad
Ross, on Oakdale Street.
Louise married Douglas Ryland Compton who served in World War
II. He was reported missing in action November 1943 and was never
found. Later she married Wilmer Smith Noble, Jr. and t hey
resided on Whittle Road in Martinsville. Louise was a nurse at the
DuPont Plant in Martinsville when it opened and was there for many
years. She did not have children by either marriage, but her nieces
and nephews were very important to her. She loved to play bridge,
to read, she loved to knit and her many friends and family were
recipients of her crafts. Louise loved to talk of family and, like
her brothers, told stories of the family especially for her nieces
and nephews to remember.
 Guy
Warren 'Goldberg' Ross served in the U.S. Army in World War II. He is
remembered by many as a very kind person who was always considerate of
other people. Guy never married.
Betsy Ross married Harold Elsworth Miers and they had two children, Charlie
William Miers and  Martha
McKenzie Miers who married James Anderson. Betsy taught school at Patrick
Henry Elementary School for years, and her sweet manner is remembered
by her students. Betsy stayed quite busy with teaching and church work
while raising her family, and even today is still busy with her church
work. She enjoys playing bridge with many of her friends, shares her love
of teaching as her daughter is a teacher, and shares her love of bridge
with her nephew, Paul. Betsy, Harold and their family resided on Gratton
Road for many years. She, as a child, was the first person in her family
to become a patient of Dr. Samuel Adams in Martinsville, and remembers
him as saving the life of her daughter when she was born prematurely.
Betsy is the only living child of Brewster and Mattie.
 I
feel very fortunate to have known all of Brewster and Mattie Ross' children,
with the exception of Guy who was deceased when Paul and I were married.
I was  blessed
to have known Mattie for several years before her death and shall remember
her as a strong lady with a gentle spirit, as is her daughter, Betsy.
There are cousins galore in this family, relatives still living in Henry,
Patrick and Franklin Counties today, each of them proud to be a descendant
of Daniel Ross, Sr.
Reprinted from Pat Ross' History Blog HERE |
