Ula B. Ross

Ula Barksdale Ross was born in Banner, Mississippi, on March 3, 1869.^[1] He was the son of George Washington Ross and Sarah Catherine (Gedford) Ross.^[1] He attended the public schools of Calhoun County, Mississippi.^[1] He was in the real estate and insurance businesses, and was also a farmer.^[1] He was a marshal of Banner, Mississippi, and a mayor of Lambert, Mississippi.^[1] He represented Quitman County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1916 to 1920.^[1]

Ross married Myrtis McDowell Linder on 27 December 1887.^[1] They had three children: Herman Linder Ross, George Lee Ross, and Thelma Vance Ross.^[1]