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• m. William Battle*.

• Children:
  • Isaac Battle(1775-1816).
    • m. Lucinda Atkinson Mayo (1788-___?)
    • Isaac and Lucinda had 5 children:
      • Charity Ann Horn Battle; b. Edgecombe County NC, Feb 28, 1807
        • m. Martin Clark
      • William Mayo Battle; b. Jan 19, 1809
        • m. Sarah Jane Smith
      • Joel Allen Battle; b. Sep 19, 1811
        • m1. Sarah Searcy
        • m2. Adeline Sanders Mosely
      • Susan Lavinia Battle
        • m. Benjamin Williams; of Tennessee (no children)
      • Betsy Battle; died young.

  • Joel Battle* (1779-1829)
    • m. Mary Palmer "Polly" Johnston* (1786-1866)
    • Joel and Mary Palmer "Polly" had children.
  • Ann Battle (1781-___?); moved to Mississippi.
    • m. Daniel Ross. Ann was his 2nd. wife. Daniel Ross had previously been married to Amelia Battle, daughter of Elisha Battle and Sarah Bunn.
    • Ann and Daniel had 4 children:
      • William Ross; moved to Tennessee, married there and had several children.
      • James D. Ross (1800-1834); moved to Wake County NC, then to Hinds County MS.
        • m. Sandal Lyle Ford, daughter of William Knoght Ford and Charlotte Lyle; and had 4 children:
          • William Ross; c. Tarrant County TX, 1869
            • m. Miss Tannehill of Mississippi., and had 3 children: Mary A. Ross, William Ross II, andKate Ross.
          • Bennett Battle Ross; b. Wake County NC, Jun 28, 1828; d. Auburn AL, Feb 11 1878; Methodist Minister and Teacher; Graduated A.B. and A.M. LaGrange College (AL); Prof., Southern Wesleyan Univ., Florence AL; Prof. A & M College, Auburn AL (now Auburn Univ.)
            • m. Charlotte Augusta Walker, in Talladega AL, on Jul 26, 1855. She is the daughter of William Walker and Mary A. Tullis. Bennett and Charlotte had 5 children:
              • James William Ross; b. Jun 1857; d. Jul 1858; Talladega AL.
              • Frank Walker Ross; b. Sep 1858; d. May 1861, Talladega AL.
              • Mary Fort Ross; b. May 18 1861, Talladega AL; d. Sep 17, 1895, Baton Rouge LA; educated at the Alabama Female Acad., Huntsville AL.
                • m. William Dana Taylor; son of W. T. Taylor and Mary Hubbard; Prof. LA State Univ.; Prof. of Engineering at Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison WI. Mary and William had 4 children:
                  • Lily Ross Taylor; b. Madison WI, Aug 12, 1886.
                  • Mary Catherine Taylor; b. Madison WI, Aug 20, 1888.
                  • Frank Taylor; b. Madison WI, Nov. 17, 1890; d. 1890.
                  • Bennett Ross Taylor; b. Madison WI,Jan 6, 1892.

              • Bennett Battle Ross II; Teacher and State Chemist, Auburn AL; b. Dec 25, 1864, Tuskegee AL; d. Miami FL, Apr 4, 1930; Graduated A.B. and M.S., Alabama Poly. Inst., Auburn AL; Studied in Germany 1884-87 (Goettingen and Berlin Universities); Prof. of chemistry at LA State Univ., AL Poly Inst., Dean: Dept. of Science, and School of Chemistry at AL Poly Inst. (twice); State Chemist 1896; President, Asso. of Official Agricultural Chemists of U. S.; Acting President of AL Poly. Inst.; several honorary degrees; m. in Auburn on Aug 18, 1897 to Letitia Roane Dowdell, daughter of William Crawford Dowdell and Elizabeth C. Thomas; no children.
              • Charles Hunter Ross; Teacher; b. Tuskegee AL on Oct 14, 1867; d. El Paso TX on Feb 23, 1900; Graduated B.S. 1886 and C.E. 1888, AL Poly. Inst. and Ph.D. 1892, Johns Hopkins Univ., Balto. MD. Prof. English and Modern Languages at AL Poly. Inst.; author of numerous papers on philological subjects. Never married.

          • Sarah A. Ross (1830-1859); of Columbus MS.
            • m. Frank M. Eckford, and had 4 children: Alice Eckford; W. Ross Eckford of Prescott AZ; Kate Eckford, who married Mr. Price of Little Rock AR; and Leila Eckford. After Sarah died in 1859, Frank married her sister Mary Catherine (below)
          • Mary Catherine Ross (1832-1875)
            • m. Frank M. Eckford, and had 2 children: Mary Eckford, and Annie Eckford.

      • Elizabeth Ross; died young
      • Charity Ross
        • m1. Kennett Hines of NC; and later moved to MS.
        • m2. Col. Johnston of NC

Brief Biography:

References

• The Battle Book, by Herbert Bremerton Battle, 1923, Table 1, page 200, and Table 52.