Fountain E. Pitts Ross

Fount P. Ross died at his home in Prairie Grove about 7:30 o’clock yesterday morning after a short illness of pneumonia. Mr. Ross was about 68 years of age and was born and reared near Lebanon, Tennessee. At the beginning of the Civil War he enlisted in the Confederate service and was a good soldier. In 1870 he came to this State and settled on the farm which he owned at the time of his death, near New Sulphur, three and one-half miles south of Prairie Grove. Since last fall he had been living in Prairie Grove. Mr. Ross was a member of the Methodist Church, South and was a devoted Christian gentleman, always manifesting great interest in church work. He was also a member of the Masonic fraternity and of Prairie Grove Camp of Confederate veterans. Mr. Ross was twice married and is survived by his second wife, who before marriage was Miss Maggie McLaughlin, and five children, Kelly Ross of Los Angeles, California, George Ross of Grove, I.T., Mrs. Maggie Crabtree and Mrs. Susie Mitchell of Pryor Creek, I.T. and Greg Ross, who lived with his parents. The funeral services were held at the Methodist Church at 10 o’clock this morning, Rev. T.A. Martin officiating, and the interment made at the Sharp graveyard this afternoon. [Prairie Grove Herald 2/18/1904] F.P. Ross, 68 years of age, died last week of pneumonia at his home at Prairie Grove. He was an old Confederate soldier and a member of the South Methodist Church. [The Springdale News 2/26/1904] (See George Gibson for