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Helen Augusta <I>Daggett</I> Ross

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Helen Augusta Daggett Ross

Birth
Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA
Death
21 Feb 1905 (aged 69)
Concord, Essex County, Vermont, USA
Burial
Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA Add to Map
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d/o Alpheus Daggett (1806-1844)
Elvina M. Carpenter (1815-1839)
Sister to Rumina Daggett Ross (104401416)
After the death of her parents Helen came to Waterford to live with her uncle Abram Ross.
w/o Jonathan

The following bio is compliments of member Bill McKern.

Vermont Schoolteacher. She was educated at the Tilden Female Seminary of Lebanon, New Hampshire and received her teaching qualification. She resided outside Vermont for twenty eight years while she taught in various cities and towns, with the majority of her career spent at institutions for the blind in Janesville, Wisconsin and Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1887 she married Jonathan Ross, a longtime Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court who served as an interim U.S. Senator from 1899 to 1900. She was killed in an accident while on a sleigh ride with her husband. While waiting at a crossing, their horse was frightened by the noise of a train and dashed between two cars. The sleigh was demolished, Mrs. Ross was killed instantly, and Mr. Ross was severely injured. He died in the hospital a day or two later.
d/o Alpheus Daggett (1806-1844)
Elvina M. Carpenter (1815-1839)
Sister to Rumina Daggett Ross (104401416)
After the death of her parents Helen came to Waterford to live with her uncle Abram Ross.
w/o Jonathan

The following bio is compliments of member Bill McKern.

Vermont Schoolteacher. She was educated at the Tilden Female Seminary of Lebanon, New Hampshire and received her teaching qualification. She resided outside Vermont for twenty eight years while she taught in various cities and towns, with the majority of her career spent at institutions for the blind in Janesville, Wisconsin and Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1887 she married Jonathan Ross, a longtime Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court who served as an interim U.S. Senator from 1899 to 1900. She was killed in an accident while on a sleigh ride with her husband. While waiting at a crossing, their horse was frightened by the noise of a train and dashed between two cars. The sleigh was demolished, Mrs. Ross was killed instantly, and Mr. Ross was severely injured. He died in the hospital a day or two later.

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  • Created by: Anne
  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104401729/helen_augusta-ross: accessed ), memorial page for Helen Augusta Daggett Ross (1 Oct 1835–21 Feb 1905), Find a Grave Memorial ID 104401729, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA; Maintained by Anne (contributor 47137413).