William P. Ross d. 1813 This person is listed buried in Cranes Corner Cemetery, Herkimer County, NY. This is all I know about him. Hope it helps someone in locating an area to search.

I have a book called Cherokee Roots.. It's Western Cherokee Rolls.1851 Old Settler Roll and 1852 Drennen Roll and 1898-1914 Dawes Roll and 1909 Guion Miller West Roll..I'll be happy to look up names for anyone..If you think your ancestors might be Cherokee or part Cherokee..It's a good book.........Judy

Flora, I have a copy of "A Genealogy of the Parks Family" by Henry William Clark, pub. 1905, that gives extensive data on the Parks, Hudson and Ross families. According to this book, Lunsford Hudson came to SC in 1780. "He was a son of Abraham Hudson, who was born in 1729 and died June 6, 1806. The Hudsons emigrated from England to America and settled in Va. When a child Abraham's nurse accidentally let him fall in a fire and one of his hands was severely burned and injured. His father, through sympathy for this affliction, willed him two plantations on the James river. . . . " Lunsford Hudson and his wife Amelia Parks (dau. of Thomas Parks and his third wife, Annie Brockman) had 13 children, the fifth of whom was Melissa Martin Hudson, who "was educated in the common schools and married John Ross, a farmer, Nov. 23, 1820. Mr. Ross was born in Greenville district, S.C., and received a common school education. He and his wife were members of the Baptist Church. . . They had fourteen children. . . " (named) Contact me privately about getting a copy of this data to you, if you like. Best, Mary in Columbia, SC > John Henry ROSS Sr - > Marriage: 23 November 1820 > Wife: Melissa Amelia Martin HUDSON - > Birth: 28 January 1806 Place: Greenville Co SC > Death: 15 June 1880 > Father: Lunsford HUDSON - (1768-1856) > Mother: Amelia PARKS - (1781-) > Children... > 1. F Child: Gilly Caroline ROSS - > Birth: 26 January 1828 Place: Greenville Co SC > Death: 20 September 1905 Place: Oconee Co SC > Spouse: Reuben Winfield LEE - > Marriage: About 1846 > Flora Newby > 3243 Old Chapel > Spring Texas 77373 > 281 353 4226 > [email protected] > Anyone know my Ross and Hudson families? > thank you Flora

Hello, I am in search of information on John Ross b. abt. 1798 in Bramley by Leeds,York,England. If anyone would have information on him and or his family I would be very greatful to hear from you. I was told that they were of the Baptist religion. I have 11 children for John and Mary and have information on it's way about other children. Thanks in advance!! Take care and Best wishes to all!! Elizabeth [email protected]

Thank you for your trouble. It is appreciated. Terry Ross ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Bauer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 7:52 PM Subject: [ROSS-L] My Ross Postings > I'll keep posting these old files from my computer. I'm not related to any of > them (I will mention it if I am!) but I often copy things I find in old books in > hopes they will help someone else. I have a lot of files and havent't posted > them to the Ross exchange in a long time. I hope you will enjoy them. I'll do > more as I get time. Pat Bauer > -- > Patricia McKee Bauer <[email protected]> > I'm webmaster for: > http://www.ccgs-wa.org (CCGS) > http://www.c4ca.org (Cultural Arts) > http://blackwells2.homestead.com (Blackwell Family) > http://patbauer.homestead.com (Family Tree) > http://www.pacifier.com/~patbauer (Reunions) > > > ==== ROSS Mailing List ==== > You can view the recent archives for this list at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/ROSS-L/

Husband: Daniel NORRIS - Birth: Between 1746/1748 Place: Charleston SC Death: 1818/1819 Father: John NORRIS Jr -(1710-1768) Mother: Jane (CAMMELL) ?? - (1728-1791) Marriage: 27 October 1783 Place: St. Johns Lutheran Church Wife: Mary ROSS - Husband’s Notes... Research: in 1785 a Daniel Norris received 200 acres situated on South Forks of Broadway Waters of the Savannah River Last Modified: 10 June 2000 Flora Newby 3243 Old Chapel Spring Texas 77373 281 353 4226 [email protected] Any help?thank you Flora

John Henry ROSS Sr - Marriage: 23 November 1820 Wife: Melissa Amelia Martin HUDSON - Birth: 28 January 1806 Place: Greenville Co SC Death: 15 June 1880 Father: Lunsford HUDSON - (1768-1856) Mother: Amelia PARKS - (1781-) Children... 1. F Child: Gilly Caroline ROSS - Birth: 26 January 1828 Place: Greenville Co SC Death: 20 September 1905 Place: Oconee Co SC Spouse: Reuben Winfield LEE - Marriage: About 1846 Last Modified: 13 May 2000 Flora Newby 3243 Old Chapel Spring Texas 77373 281 353 4226 [email protected] Anyone know my Ross and Hudson families?thank you Flora

Husband: William Bernard LIGHTFOOT - Birth: 1811 Death: 1870 Place: Mobile,Ala Father: Philip LIGHTFOOT Jr - (1784-1865) Mother: Sarah Savin BERNARD - Other Spouses Roberta BEVERLEY - Wife: Sarah Bee ROSS - Last Modified: 26 September 2000 Flora Newby 3243 Old Chapel Spring Texas 77373 281 353 4226 [email protected] Anyone know these Ross family members?thank you

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------375E748F0472DC3AE32BBE55 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Patricia McKee Bauer <[email protected]> I'm webmaster for: http://www.ccgs-wa.org (CCGS) http://www.c4ca.org (Cultural Arts) http://blackwells2.homestead.com (Blackwell Family) http://patbauer.homestead.com (Family Tree) http://www.pacifier.com/~patbauer (Reunions) --------------375E748F0472DC3AE32BBE55 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="Rossbk1.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Rossbk1.txt" I discovered a reference book at our public library a couple of days ago that might be of interest to some Ross family researchers. It is "Dictionary of American Portraits" by Cirker & Hayward - published 1967 by Dover Publications of New York. The book is 756 pages. The book contains "4045 pictures of important Americans from earliest times to the beginning of the 20th century." The Ross portraits included are of the following people: Alexander Ross - 1783-1836 - Scottish-Canadian pioneer in Oregon. Charlie Ross - b. ca. 1870 - kidnapped child, abducted in 1874 and never returned. Edmund Gibson Ross - 1826 - 1907 - U.S. Senator, journalist; voted for acquittal in Johnson impeachment trial. George Ross - 1730 - 1779 - Lawyer, Jurist, signer of Declaration of Independence. Sir John Ross - 1777-1856 - Scottish artic explorer, sought Northwest Passage. John Ross - 1790-1866 - Cherokee Indian Chief. Indian name Cooweescoowe or Kooweskowe. If your public library doesn't have this book you might ask them to obtain it for you via interlibrary loan. --------------375E748F0472DC3AE32BBE55--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------81B38C619CD5C50F59DB9AF9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Patricia McKee Bauer <[email protected]> I'm webmaster for: http://www.ccgs-wa.org (CCGS) http://www.c4ca.org (Cultural Arts) http://blackwells2.homestead.com (Blackwell Family) http://patbauer.homestead.com (Family Tree) http://www.pacifier.com/~patbauer (Reunions) --------------81B38C619CD5C50F59DB9AF9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="John1.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="John1.txt" After reading some more of the book about John Ross I have this: I've found a second marriage for John Ross Cherokee Chief. Maybe this will help to fill in some blanks for someone here. His first wife died in 1838 and he remarried to Mary Bryan STAPLER, a young woman 36 years his junior. She was the daughter of John and Ann B. STAPLER. They were married 2 Sep 1844 at Philadelphia, PA. She died on 20 Jul 1865 - a year prior to the death of John Ross. She was born in 1825. Their children were: Annie ROSS - b. 1845 - she possibly married a man named PIBURN because of one of the notes showing info from the "Anne Ross Piburn Collection" - this is just a guess. John ROSS Jr. - b. 1847. He attended a boys academy in Nazareth, PA and the Lawrenceville Classical and Commercial High School. I haven't yet found any further info about these two children from the book. --------------81B38C619CD5C50F59DB9AF9--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------FCA4A23F2095E2F1A24CAB48 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Patricia McKee Bauer <[email protected]> I'm webmaster for: http://www.ccgs-wa.org (CCGS) http://www.c4ca.org (Cultural Arts) http://blackwells2.homestead.com (Blackwell Family) http://patbauer.homestead.com (Family Tree) http://www.pacifier.com/~patbauer (Reunions) --------------FCA4A23F2095E2F1A24CAB48 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="Daniel2.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Daniel2.txt" This info is about Daniel Ross - the father of John Ross Cherokee Chief. It is from the book of that name. Page 5: In 1788 Daniel Ross moved with his father-in-law to Turkey Town on the Coosa River near present-day Center, Alabama, where he continued to trade with the Cherokees. Two years later, on October 3, 1790, Mollie's third child was born and named John after his grandfather. Daniel and Mollie reared a family of nine children; the two girls who preceded John were Jane and Elizabeth; the other children in succession were Lewis, Susan, Andrew, Annie, Margaret and Maria. From Turkey Town they moved to Willstown, one of the largest settlements of the Cherokees, then to Chickamauga, and finally to the northern end of the Lookout Mountain range at present-day Chattanooga. At the base of the mountain near the cool spring of Saint Elmo, Daniel Ross constructed a sturdy log house where he remained until John Ross's manhood. McDonald moved to a house built about 1797, one only about three miles southeast of the Ross house. In a few years, possibly about 1808 after the death of his mother, John Ross moved to the McDonald home and remained there off and on until about 1827. In time the area became known as Rossville, and young Ross continued to make improvements on the two-storied log house which still stands in reconstructed form at Rossville, Georgia. These various localities might give someone a hint or a connection to the famous John Ross. Good luck! --------------FCA4A23F2095E2F1A24CAB48--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------F4F7F9AA72C97B162D504881 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Patricia McKee Bauer <[email protected]> I'm webmaster for: http://www.ccgs-wa.org (CCGS) http://www.c4ca.org (Cultural Arts) http://blackwells2.homestead.com (Blackwell Family) http://patbauer.homestead.com (Family Tree) http://www.pacifier.com/~patbauer (Reunions) --------------F4F7F9AA72C97B162D504881 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="Daniel1.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Daniel1.txt" On page 5 of "John Ross Cherokee Chief" is this information: "Daniel Ross, born in Sutherlandshire, Scotland, about 1760, had been brought to America in his youth and had been left an orphan at Baltimore, Maryland, at the end of the REvolutionary War." Maybe someone can find more info about him from this info. Daniel Ross was the father of John Ross. --------------F4F7F9AA72C97B162D504881--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------5A044764CBD2AE04176E0107 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm going to post some information from the book about John Ross, Cherokee Chief. It's not in any particular order - hope it will help someone! I'm not related to him that I know of - yet! Pat Bauer -- Patricia McKee Bauer <[email protected]> I'm webmaster for: http://www.ccgs-wa.org (CCGS) http://www.c4ca.org (Cultural Arts) http://blackwells2.homestead.com (Blackwell Family) http://patbauer.homestead.com (Family Tree) http://www.pacifier.com/~patbauer (Reunions) --------------5A044764CBD2AE04176E0107 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="Rossbook.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Rossbook.txt" As I go through this John Ross - Cherokee Chief book I keep trying to decipher where the various people add on to his family. Nothing is in order in the book - no family chart, convenient lists, etc. Here is what I think you can add to what I have already given you: Lewis ROSS - John's brother - had one daughter, Araminta ROSS and two sons, John McDonald ROSS and Robert Daniel ROSS. The first husband of Jane ROSS (John's daughter) was Return J. MEIGS; her second husband was Andrew Ross NAVE. The first husband went off to the hunt for gold in California - can't find out yet what happened to him. Anyway, she remarried. Her second husband was killed in 1863. Listed as the favorite nephews of John Ross are: Daniel H. ROSS & William P. (Potter?) ROSS. They are both apparently the sons of John's sister Elizabeth. Apparently she married a man named Ross - I don't know who he was yet. It could possibly have been one of her cousins. Has anyone else been able to borrow this book yet? I hope you will and see if you can discover something I haven't found yet. So much of it has to do with various Indian business that it's hard to find things about his family - you know . . . the IMPORTANT stuff in the book. There is a good index which helps a lot. --------------5A044764CBD2AE04176E0107--

Ross, Betsy Griscom the daughter of Rebecca James and Samuel Griscom. She was born on 1 January 1752, in Philadelphia. On 4 November 1773, she eloped with John Ross, the son of the Rev. Aeneas Ross of New Castle, Delaware, to Gloucester, New Jersey, where they were married. He enlisted in the militia, and was killed on 21 January 1776, by an explosion of gunpowder on the wharf where he was working. The Pennsylvania Navy Board on 29 May 1777, paid her for making ships flags. Betsy Ross was a seamstress and also ran an upholstery shop. On June 15, 1777 she married Joseph Ashburn, and they had two daughters. On December 7, 1780, he boarded the privateer brigantine Patty as first mate, and in 1781 he commanded the Lion. Ashburn was captured by the British, and on August 31, 1781, he was committed to the Mill Prison near Plymouth, England, where he died in 1782. A fellow prisoner, John Claypoole, who was released by the British, brought the news of Joseph's death to Betsy Ross Ashburn. They were married on May 8, 1783, and had 5 daughters. Capt. Claypoole died on August 3, 1817. In 1870 Betsy Ross's grandson told the story that Gen. George Washington and a secret committe visited her upholstery shop and asked her to design a flag for the Continental Army. This story is traditional and has never been proved, but she did make flags for the Pennsylvania navy in 1777, a patriotic act. Betsy Ross Claypoole died on January 30, 1836. This was taken from Selected Biographies of Women Patriots. ************************************************************************************************ Elizabeth Griscom -- also called Betsy, their eighth child and a fourth-generation American, was born on January 1, 1752. Betsy went to a Friends (Quaker) public school. For eight hours a day she was taught reading,writing, and received instruction in a trade -- probably sewing. After completing her schooling, Betsy's father apprenticed her to a local upholsterer. Today we think of upholsterers primarily as sofa-makers and such, but in colonial times they performed all manner of sewing jobs, including flag-making. It was at her job that Betsy fell in love with another apprentice, John Ross, who was the son of an Episcopal assistant rector at Christ Church. Quakers frowned on inter-denominational marriages. The penalty for such unions was severe --the guilty party being "read out" of the Quaker meeting house. Getting "read out" meant being cut off emotionally and economically from both family and meeting house. One's entire history and community would be instantly dissolved. On a November night in 1773, 21-year-old Betsy eloped with John Ross. They ferried across the Delaware River to Hugg's Tavern and were married in New Jersey. Her wedding caused an irrevocable split from her family. [It is an interesting parallel to note that on their wedding certificate is the name of New Jersey's Governor, William Franklin, Benjamin Franklin's son. Three years later William would have an irrevocable split with his father because he was a Loyalist against the cause of the Revolution.] Less than two years after their nuptials, the couple started their own upholstery business. Their decision was a bold one as competition was tough and they could not count on Betsy's Quaker circle for business. As she was "read out" of the Quaker community, on Sundays one could now find Betsy at Christ Church sitting in pew 12 with her husband. Some Sundays would find George Washington, America's new commander in chief, sitting in an adjacent pew. --

Posted on: Ross Family Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Ross/582 Surname: ross ------------------------- i am looking for a william ross from PA. he was in the military(vietnam war)stationed i believe in SC. he was married at one time to a peggy dengler sometime around 1969.if anybody has any information please email me @[email protected]

Posted on: Ross Family Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Ross/581 Surname: ross ------------------------- i am looking for a william ross from PA. was in the military(vietnam war)stationed i believe in SC. was married to a peggy dengler around 1969. if anybody knows any information please email me.

I'll keep posting these old files from my computer. I'm not related to any of them (I will mention it if I am!) but I often copy things I find in old books in hopes they will help someone else. I have a lot of files and havent't posted them to the Ross exchange in a long time. I hope you will enjoy them. I'll do more as I get time. Pat Bauer -- Patricia McKee Bauer <[email protected]> I'm webmaster for: http://www.ccgs-wa.org (CCGS) http://www.c4ca.org (Cultural Arts) http://blackwells2.homestead.com (Blackwell Family) http://patbauer.homestead.com (Family Tree) http://www.pacifier.com/~patbauer (Reunions)

James Savage's book, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Before 1692, is now online! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/vt/state/savage/ -- Peace and Gentle Sunsets, Pam

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------51A850F4B4E827D5C5E805B8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here's another one! Pat Bauer -- Patricia McKee Bauer <[email protected]> I'm webmaster for: http://www.ccgs-wa.org (CCGS) http://www.c4ca.org (Cultural Arts) http://blackwells2.homestead.com (Blackwell Family) http://patbauer.homestead.com (Family Tree) http://www.pacifier.com/~patbauer (Reunions) --------------51A850F4B4E827D5C5E805B8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="Alexande.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Alexande.txt" More records from "Ross Family History" by J. Montgomery Seaver (1929) Page 22: Prominent British Rosses, Past Generations: Alexander Ross: (1647?-1720); bishop of Edinburgh; in 1678 was admitted to his first charge in the Old Church of Perth; elected to divinity chair at Glasgow; principal of St. Mary's College. With the fall of James II, he became an important figure in ecclesiastical politics; went to London in support of James, but he had already fled. Ross was a man of character, accomplishment and ability; neither on the occasion of the union (1707) nor of the rebellion (1715) did he emerge into public politics. Alexander Ross: (1699-1784); Scottish poet; graduate M.A. at Oxford; ;in 1732 obtained the position of schoolmaster at Lochlee. He was always interested in writing poetry for his own amusement, and finally some were published, his being "The Fortunate Shepherdess." Burns wrote, "Our true brother Ross was a wild warlock, one of the suns of the morning." Dr. Blacklock and John Pinkerton were loud in their praise, also. The poem was for many years, and still is, very popular in the north of Scotland. Alexander Ross: (1742-1827); general; b. Scotland. Served with distinction throughout the American War of Independence; aide- de-camp to Lord Cornwallis and was sent home by him with the dispatches of the Battle of Camden; represented Cornwallis as commissioner in arranging the details of surrender of Yorktown; in 1783 was deputy adjutant general in Scotland; was one of the most intimate friends of Cornwallis, whose correspondence in three volumes was edited by his son, Charles Ross. Page 27: Prominent British Rosses of Today (1929) BRIG-GEN. Alexander Ross: C.M.G., 1919; D.S.O., 1917; V.D.; b. Scotland, 1880; educ. Public and High Schools in Saskachewan; appointed to Command the 21st Infantry Brigade Canadian Militia with Rank of Col. (Hon. Brig.-Gen.), 1921. Living in Canada 1929. Alexander Carnegie Ross: M.A., C.B., 1900; of Birsemohr Lodge, Aboyne; b. 1859; s. of late Major J.; educ., Gymnasium and King's Coll., Aberdeen. Living in London - 1929. Alexander David Ross: M.A., D.Sc., Diploma in Education (Glasgow); B.Sc. (London); F.R.A.S., F.R.S.E., F. Inst. P., A.M.I.E.A.; Prof. of Mathematics and Physics in the University of Western Australia since 1912; b. 1883; s. of late Dr. David; educ. Royal Technical College, Glasgow; mem. of several home, Colonial and American scientific societies. PUblications: numerous researches in magnetism, spectroscopy and metallography in the Philosophical Magazine. Living in Perth in 1929. Rev. Alexander George Gordon Ross: Vicar of St. Marks' Swindon, since 1903; Hon. Canon of Bristol since 1909; educ., New Coll., Oxford (M.A.); ordained 1891. Livng in Wilts 1929. Page 53: Prominent Rosses of America, Past Generations Alexander Ross: Author; b., Nairnshire, Scotland, 1783; came to Canada in 1805 taught in Glengarry, U.C., and in about 1810, joined John Jacob Astor's expedition to Oregon. About 1825 he m. to Red River settlement, became sheriff and was a member of the council of Assineboia. He was the author of several books, including "Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River." James Ross: (son of Alexander above), b. Red River settlement, Manitoba, 1835; grad. with honors, Toronto University, 1857. After admission to the Bar of Manitoba, he was appointed, in 1870, Chief Justice of the provisional government under Louis Riel, drawing up the petition of right. Alexander Coffman Ross: Merchant; b., Zanesville, OH, 1812; became a merchant and one of the most enterprising business men in his native place. He was a member of whig glee club in the presidential canvass of 1840, and wrote the famous political song, "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too." Alexander Milton Ross, M.D.: Canadian Naturalist; b. Belleville, ONT., 1832; received degree of M.D., 1855; was appointed treasurer and commissioner of agriculture for the province of Ontario. He met Garibaldi and, in 1874, was instrumental in securing a pension for him from the Italian government. He received the decoration of the "Academie Francaise" from the government of France and was knighted by the Emperor of Russia and the kings of Italy, Greece, Portugal and Saxony. --------------51A850F4B4E827D5C5E805B8--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------1FDA57F139349D10863AC565 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This isn't my family - maybe he belongs to you! Pat Bauer -- Patricia McKee Bauer <[email protected]> I'm webmaster for: http://www.ccgs-wa.org (CCGS) http://www.c4ca.org (Cultural Arts) http://blackwells2.homestead.com (Blackwell Family) http://patbauer.homestead.com (Family Tree) http://www.pacifier.com/~patbauer (Reunions) --------------1FDA57F139349D10863AC565 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="Ben-ross.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Ben-ross.txt" This story is from "The Centennial History of Oregon" by Gaston. It was sent to me by a friend and I have no further info on the date of publication, etc. Pages 780-781: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ROSS Benjamin Franklin Ross was one of the early pioneers of Oregon and during life he was identified with many of the business enterprises of Coos county which became the stepping stones marking the progress of that county from an uninhabited wilderness to a prosperous and well populated district in the state of Oregon. He was born November 27, 1827, in Spencer county, Indiana, and was the son of Evan and Catherine (Ashby) Ross, who later removed to Iowa, where the father died at the age of forty-five years. The mother afterward removed to Oregon, where she passed away in 1883, at the age of eighty-eight years, in Coos County. They were the parents of fourteen children, of whom only two are living; Mrs. Bonebrake, the widow of Josiah V. Bonebrake, of Coos county, Oregon; and Mrs. Louisa Hodson, the widow of Jonathan Hodson, of Coos River, Oregon. Benjamin Franklin Ross was reared in his parents' home and received his early education in the public schools of Marion county, Iowa. He was by trade and occupation a mason and devoted his attention to the business of his craft until 1850. In that year he emigrated to Oregon, crossing the great American desert with ox teams, settling first in Jackson county and later in Coos county. He was one of the first twenty-five white settlers in that portion of the state and was one of the first to build a residence in this county. On reaching Oregon he took up a donation claim in Lane county and later removed to Coos county, where he settled in 1851. To him belongs the distinction of having built the first hotel in Empire, which he operated for several years and he was also the builder of the first house of that place. He later engaged in the butcher business at Marshfield, and in 1864 settled upon his homestead on Ross Inlet where he continued to reside until the time of his death which occurred March 15, 1912. During the years of his life as a farmer he was also engaged in raising stock of which he made a speciality. :At the time of his death he left a landed estate consisting of three hundred and twenty acres of highly improved agricultural land and was also interested in various gold mines in Coos county. Mr. Ross was united in marriage September 19, 1864, to Miss Rhoda E. Bonebrake, a native of Iowa, her birth having occurred April 19, 1842. She is the daughter of Jacob and Lavina (Drollinger) Bonebrake, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of North Carolina. They celebrated their wedding in Indiana, where they lived for many years and then removed to Iowa, being among the first settlers of that state and there continued to reside until 1862. In that year they removed to Oregon where they established their home and continued to live during the remaining years of their lives, the mother having died in October, 1883, and the father in 1894. They were the parents of seven children, five of whom are still living: Cynthia A., of Stockton, Kansas; Rhoda E., the widow of the subject of this review; John W., a resident of coos county, Oregon; Mrs. Josephine Riggs, of Marshfield, Oregon' and H.S. Bonebrake, who resides on Ross Slough, Coos county, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. F\Ross became the parents of one son, George F., who was born December 13, 1865, and who is engaged in farming on the old homestead. He was united in marriage to Miss Lucy Black, the daughter of Henry and Sarah (McGee) Black, both of whom are natives of Missouri, and who emigrated to Oregon in 1864, and at present are living at Marshfield in Coos county. To Mr. and Mrs. George F. Ross three children have been born; George F. Jr., born July 20, 1905; Mary E. who was born September 30, 1908 and Robert Everett, whose birth occurred February 25, 1912. Mr. B.F. Ross gave his political support to the Democratic party but was liberal in the exercise of his franchise. He was one of the veterans of the Rogue River Indian war of 1854, and a devout member of the United Brethren Church. He was a man highly respected by all his friends and associates and for many years was a prominent citizen in the community in which he lived. Mrs. Ross now resides with her son George. The death of Mr. Ross brought loss not only to his family but removed from the state one of its early pioneers who had accomplished much for the business and agricultural development of what is now one of the richest sections of Oregon Submitted by: --------------1FDA57F139349D10863AC565--