Birth Name: Henry Ross Perot
Place of Birth: Texarkana, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 27, 1930
Ethnicity: English, small amount of French
Ross Perot is an American businessperson. He was an independent candidate for President of the United States in 1992, and was the Reform Party’s presidential nominee in 1996.
Ross is the son of Lula/Lulu Mae/May (Ray) and Gabriel Ross Perot. His son is businessperson Ross Perot, Jr.
Ross’s paternal grandfather was Gabriel Elias Perot (the son of Omar/Omer Perot and Mary E.).
Ross’s paternal grandmother was Margaret/Maggie H. Anderson (the daughter of Thomas Tisdale Carrington Anderson and Mary Ellen Hudgins). Thomas was the son of The Rev. John E. Anderson and Margaret Maria Tisdale. Ross’s great-grandmother Mary Ellen was the daughter of James W. Hudgins and Margaret E. A. Warren.
Ross’s maternal grandfather was Henry Whiteside/Whitsit/Whitsitte Ray (the son of Henry Theodore Ray and Tabitha Missouri Zoo Sharp). Tabitha was the daughter of Jehu Harris/Harrison Sharp and Tabitha White.
Ross’s maternal grandmother was Elizabeth Edna James (the daughter of D. B. James and Margaret).
Sources: Genealogies of Ross Perot – http://www.wargs.com
http://gw.geneanet.org
Genealogy of Ross Perot (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Ross’s parents – http://www.findagrave.com
Ross’s paternal grandfather, Gabriel Elias Perot, on the 1860 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org