[5] Letitia was also a niece of Colonel James F. Dowdell, who commanded the Thirty-seventh Regiment, Confederate States of America, and for several years before the civil war was a member of the U.S. Congress from the East Alabama district.

[2] During the civil war, Col. W. C. Dowdell served under General James Holt Clanton, while Mrs. Dowdell was active in patriotic and relief work, caring for sick and wounded soldiers in her own home for months at a time.

[1] For a number of years, Ross was prominently associated with UDC work, especially since the organization of the Admiral Semmes Chapter, of Auburn.

She also held the positions of recording secretary and first vice-president in the state division and frequently was a delegate to the general convention, UDC.

Among noteworthy achievements of her administration as President of the Alabama Daughters (UDC), Ross planned and carried to successful completion the celebration in Montgomery, Alabama, February 18, 1911, of the fiftieth anniversary of the inauguration of Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederate States.

She was a four minute speaker in Auburn, and served the local and State Red Cross as well as the YMCA.