Hi Claire, Thank you for both your wonderful Ross info.letters. It will be a good place for me to start another search. Right now all I have is her name and wedding date. It is said that either her mother or grandmother was a Moore. Not able to prove that yet. Thank you so much for your help. Bobbie >From OHJEFFER-L-request@rootsweb.com Sat Jan 16 19:59:06 1999 >Received: from [207.113.245.30] by hotmail.com (1.1) with SMTP id MHotMailB86AAB032D6D4D1017078CF71F51E0F170; Sat Jan 16 19:59:06 1999 >Received: (from slist@localhost) > by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA21622; > Sat, 16 Jan 1999 19:56:39 -0800 (PST) >Resent-Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 19:56:39 -0800 (PST) >From: Chsutton11@aol.com >Message-ID: <396421f2.36a15f6b@aol.com> >Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 22:56:27 EST >Old-To: OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Subject: ROSS >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 214 >Resent-Message-ID: <"LEWu7D.A.VQF.09Vo2"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> >To: OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com >Reply-To: OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1415 >X-Loop: OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: OHJEFFER-L-request@rootsweb.com > >Hi Bobbie, >Upon further checking, I found the following two paragraphs in the "History of >Belmont and Jefferson Counties, J. A. Caldwell, 1880. > >Page 594 >"Moses Ross was born in Chester county, Pa, in 1772. In 1803, Moses, his >brother Robert and their mother, removed to Jefferson county, Ohio, and >located on the farm where his sons yet reside, in Island Creek Township. In >1804 he married Elizabeth Ramsey, who was born in 1782, by whom he reared nine >children. He died in 1855. During the war of 1812, he was paymaster of a >regiment. James and David Ross own the homestead. Our subject's father, John >Ross was a captain in the Revolutionary war, and served all through that >struggle for liberty under General Washington." > >Page 601 >"John Ross was born in Jefferson County in 1806. His father was Moses Ross, >an early settler in the county. Mr. Ross was reared on the farm, and in 1834, >married Miss Sarah Davis. They have eight children and had five sons in the >late war." > >Could these be the father and brother of your Maria? > >Claire Sutton > > >In a message dated 1/15/99 11:26:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, OHJEFFER-D- >request@rootsweb.com writes: > >> Our John THOMPSON married Maria ROSS on 2 June 1827 in Steubenville, >> Jefferson Co PA. I would presume she was from that area also. >> Is there any way to find out about the Ross families that might be >> her parents? She has been very elusive and I just cannot find any trace >> of her. >> I think she would have been born about 1806-8. > > >==== OHJEFFER Mailing List ==== >This list is archived. To search the archives visit > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com