Zenas Nesbit Ross

1802 - 1862  (60 years)

• Name	Zenas Nesbit Ross
  Birth	12 Mar 1802	,,,North Carolina,USA
  Gender	Male
  Religion	8 Jun 1818	Apple Creek Presbyterian Church,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,United States   [1]
  	Joins Apple Creek Church
  Death	20 Sep 1862	Cape Girardeau County,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA
  Record Created	09 Aug 2018
  familyserch.org ID	L5VG-356
  Burial	Apple Creek Cemetery, Pocahontas,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA
  	findagrave.com memorial # 23140743
  Notes	30 Mar 1851: Elder - Pleasant Hill Church - https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61048/records/16607177 image 7 4 Feb 1854: Zenas Ross charged with drunkenness. https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61048/records/16607177. image 14 4 Mar 1854: Charged for using ardent spirits to excess. https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61048/records/16607177 image 17 7 May 1854: Zenas Ross appears and admitts charges are true and expresses deep sorrow and repentence. images 20-21. 17 Feb 1858: Zenas Ross admits to free use of ardent spirits and expresses deep sorrow and repentence. image 29 6 Mar 1859 Zenas Ross, elder, summons for unworthy conduct. image 41 17 Mar 1859: Zenas Ross charge for inotxication at the fair at Cape Girardeau October 1858. images 42-44
  Person ID	29154969	robsgenealogy
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family	Sadah Fleming,   b. 18 Jan 1802, ,,Cabarrus County,North Carolina,USA d. 27 Sep 1879, Cape Girardeau County,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1825	Cape Girardeau County,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 22 years and 9 months - She : ~ 22 years and 11 months.
  Children	1. Margaret Harriet Ross   2. Zenas Nesbit Ross, Jr.,   b. 15 Dec 1839, Cape Girardeau County,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA d. 3 May 1893, Cape Girardeau County,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F54264280	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2026

  
  

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  Birth - 12 Mar 1802 - ,,,North Carolina,USA Religion - Joins Apple Creek Church - 8 Jun 1818 - Apple Creek Presbyterian Church,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,United States Marriage - Abt 1825 - Cape Girardeau County,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA Death - 20 Sep 1862 - Cape Girardeau County,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA Burial - - Apple Creek Cemetery, Pocahontas,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S84310488] Session Record, 4 (Reliability: 2).