Thanks Kay and Claire, Looking forward to finding the Ross family. Will need to check who has a baby girl about 1800-1810. Thank you both for your help. Hope the Ross searchers will all benefit. Bobbie >From ohjeffer-l-request@rootsweb.com Sun Jan 17 04:54:03 1999 >Received: (from slist@localhost) > by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA21569; > Sun, 17 Jan 1999 04:51:32 -0800 (PST) >Resent-Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 04:51:32 -0800 (PST) >Message-ID: <36A1DD48.5C5@idt.net> >Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 07:53:28 -0500 >From: Kay Davidson <ldkd19@idt.net> >Reply-To: ldkd19@idt.net >X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01C-IDT-v5 (Win95; U) >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Old-To: OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: ROSS >References: <396421f2.36a15f6b@aol.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Resent-Message-ID: <"fIqOsD.A.sQF.Tzdo2"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> >To: OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1417 >X-Loop: OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: OHJEFFER-L-request@rootsweb.com > >Bobbie and Claire: >I have the following Ross family in our files. They may be more pieces >to put into this put into this puzzle: >Descendants of John Ross > > 1 John Ross b: 1776 >.. +Elizabeth Dean >......... 2 John D. Ross b: September 02, 1806 in Indiana, Indiana Co., >PA >............. +Hannah Morrison b: August 16, 1808 in Union Twp., Mifflin >Co. PA > >Kay > > > >> 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