Hi Bobbie, What is the name/date of your Moore? My hubby's Mom is a Moore. The family came from PA and is connected to the Leasure Family. Kay Bobbie Reihsen wrote: > > 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