Stories from Gus Adams, published in Tifton Gazette, Tift Co. GA
Ross Family
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J. E. (Edd) Dorminey edorminey@dishmail.net
Around the "turn of the Century" (1912) there was a man by the name of
Gus Adams (friends called him "Pat") who lived near Chula, Tift County,
GA with several families. First with William and Louisa Jane Branch and
then at the home of some of their grown children. After a while he moved
in with the D.H. Hogan family. Gus was from Brooklyn, New York and came
to Georgia about 1878 where he followed his occupation as a painter and
decorator. While residing and working around the Chula area, he went from
home to home and knew all the old residents of this section and visited
with them. He attended family reunions, annual meetings and celebrations,
and his writings of these gatherings were an interesting feature of the
"Tifton Gazette" in Tifton Georgia for many years. Gus died in 1933.
These stories live on to tell some very interesting histories of the
different families of the area. Look especially at the "Whiddon" write
up as it is very interesting in relation to the Dorminy family and
where they originated.
SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION
Bob Morrell was editor of the Tifton Gazette 30 years ago when he and his
wife Betty discovered and salvaged these genealogies from some old Tifton
Gazette papers that were crumbling and falling apart from being exposed to
age, dust, South Georgia heat and humidity. Betty took these old papers and
copied the Gus Adams genealogies onto "teletype" paper on her typewriter.
She said that during the process the act of turning the pages would tear the
brittle newsprint and she had to have something placed under them to turn
them or they would crumble in her hands. If she hadn^t saved these family
histories, they would have been lost forever as no other source has been
found that has copies of these articles except the one on the Paulk^s and
part of the one on the Dorminy family which we obtained from another source
CAUTION!!! Please be aware that Mr. Adams did not have the benefit of
a computer to cross check his information. He has a LOT of mistakes in
these histories but if you use them, and are aware of this fact, you
can benefit by having a starting point. Do not use this information as
your final reference . I know for a fact that a lot of Dorminy
information as well as other information is partially WRONG so to be
forwarned is to be forarmed.
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Tifton Gazette
March 22, 1912
Vol. XXI No. 46
THE ROSS FAMILY
James Ross moved from Jefferson county to the old Joe Sumner place.
Their children were: John, William, Alex, Lott, Sally and Nancy. John
moved away to Florida. William married Sally Bishop. Their children
were: John and William. John married Mary Clements. Their children
were: Abe married Gusie Fletcher: Dave married Miss Parker: John
married Miss Winn.
William, son of William Ross, married Betty Luke. Their children were:
Asa died ; Bobby married Miss Nobles she died. He then married Sally
Kendrick. Lott married Miss Hendricks; Jim married Sarah Melissa
Fletcher; Jim married Nell Renleyu; Ava married George Spurlock.
Jim Ross, son of John , died single.
John married Mrs. Dave Branch; Frances, single.
Alex, son of old Jim Ross, died in the war.
Lott, son of old Jim Ross, married Ellen Gibbs. They had one child,
Franklin, who married Judea Branch, daughter of Big Bill.
Sally, daughter of James Ross, married old George Warren. Their
children were; John married Sabry Clements; Jesse married Jane Sumner;
Barton went to Florida; Francis married Robert Land; Betsy married
William Clements; Cab married Dan Sutton.
Nancy, daughter of old James Ross, married Dick Smith.
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Please take note that this information came from long ago and has not
been corrected for accuracy. Many of these sketches have names
transposed or just plain wrong information so use this as a starting
point, not the final end to your research. THIS IS NOT AN ORIGINAL
DOCUMENT. It is a summary of the genealogical findings of one man, Gus
Adams, which were unsubstantiated and should be used as such.
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