> > >Hi Sally, I am thinking that the one I am looking for is the Wm Ross with >the wife Martha. Wm was on the 1850 and 1860 census and not the 1870 census >and there is a Martha on the 1870 census living with a son Wm. This is great >help and thanks so much. Now to find a will or probate record and hope it >lists all of his children. For my sourcing info who wrote this book on >Pioneers of the Prairie, the page number and publishing date? Thanks again, >Lorelee Madras, Oregon The Book "Pioneers Of The Prairie" was written by Wilma Brunenn .The one I have says First Edition iIsee nothing about who published it sorry. Sally in southern oregon