Ambrose's father passed away when he was just three years old, and his mother remarried. Ambrose did not get along with his step father, so at the approximate age of 10, he left Missouri for a trip to California with his uncle Will. He and his brother Hugh Franklin are shown on the 1860 census for California as living in Yuba County, California, and Ambrose's occupation at that time is listed as Miner.
Ambrose Jackson Doss married Martha Louise Smith Doss on 10 Sep 1883.
In a letter from Ambrose's granddaughter Shirley, dated March 29, 1996, she writes: "It seems as though Ambrose and his brother Frank took the first herd of horses from Missouri to California.
Ambrose Jackson Doss married Martha Louise Smith Doss on 10 Sep 1883.
In a letter from Ambrose's granddaughter Shirley, dated March 29, 1996, she writes: "It seems as though Ambrose and his brother Frank took the first herd of horses from Missouri to California.
Ambrose's father passed away when he was just three years old, and his mother remarried. Ambrose did not get along with his step father, so at the approximate age of 10, he left Missouri for a trip to California with his uncle Will. He and his brother Hugh Franklin are shown on the 1860 census for California as living in Yuba County, California, and Ambrose's occupation at that time is listed as Miner.
Ambrose Jackson Doss married Martha Louise Smith Doss on 10 Sep 1883.
In a letter from Ambrose's granddaughter Shirley, dated March 29, 1996, she writes: "It seems as though Ambrose and his brother Frank took the first herd of horses from Missouri to California.
Ambrose Jackson Doss married Martha Louise Smith Doss on 10 Sep 1883.
In a letter from Ambrose's granddaughter Shirley, dated March 29, 1996, she writes: "It seems as though Ambrose and his brother Frank took the first herd of horses from Missouri to California.
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